Causal network learning with non-invertible functional relationships

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.09646v1
• Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 21:32:05 GMT
• Title: Causal network learning with non-invertible functional relationships
• Authors: Bingling Wang and Qing Zhou
• Abstract summary: Several recent results have established the identifiability of causal DAGs with non-Gaussian and/or nonlinear structural equation models (SEMs) In this paper, we focus on nonlinear SEMs defined by non-invertible functions, which exist in many data domains. We develop a method to incorporate this test in structure learning of DAGs that contain both linear and nonlinear causal relations.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Discovery of causal relationships from observational data is an important problem in many areas. Several recent results have established the identifiability of causal DAGs with non-Gaussian and/or nonlinear structural equation models (SEMs). In this paper, we focus on nonlinear SEMs defined by non-invertible functions, which exist in many data domains, and propose a novel test for non-invertible bivariate causal models. We further develop a method to incorporate this test in structure learning of DAGs that contain both linear and nonlinear causal relations. By extensive numerical comparisons, we show that our algorithms outperform existing DAG learning methods in identifying causal graphical structures. We illustrate the practical application of our method in learning causal networks for combinatorial binding of transcription factors from ChIP-Seq data.

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