Learning Structural Causal Models through Deep Generative Models: Methods, Guarantees, and Challenges

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Main Authors: Poinsot, Audrey, Leite, Alessandro, Chesneau, Nicolas, Sébag, Michèle, Schoenauer, Marc
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author Poinsot, Audrey
Leite, Alessandro
Chesneau, Nicolas
Sébag, Michèle
Schoenauer, Marc
author_facet Poinsot, Audrey
Leite, Alessandro
Chesneau, Nicolas
Sébag, Michèle
Schoenauer, Marc
contents This paper provides a comprehensive review of deep structural causal models (DSCMs), particularly focusing on their ability to answer counterfactual queries using observational data within known causal structures. It delves into the characteristics of DSCMs by analyzing the hypotheses, guarantees, and applications inherent to the underlying deep learning components and structural causal models, fostering a finer understanding of their capabilities and limitations in addressing different counterfactual queries. Furthermore, it highlights the challenges and open questions in the field of deep structural causal modeling. It sets the stages for researchers to identify future work directions and for practitioners to get an overview in order to find out the most appropriate methods for their needs.
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spellingShingle Learning Structural Causal Models through Deep Generative Models: Methods, Guarantees, and Challenges
Poinsot, Audrey
Leite, Alessandro
Chesneau, Nicolas
Sébag, Michèle
Schoenauer, Marc
Machine Learning
This paper provides a comprehensive review of deep structural causal models (DSCMs), particularly focusing on their ability to answer counterfactual queries using observational data within known causal structures. It delves into the characteristics of DSCMs by analyzing the hypotheses, guarantees, and applications inherent to the underlying deep learning components and structural causal models, fostering a finer understanding of their capabilities and limitations in addressing different counterfactual queries. Furthermore, it highlights the challenges and open questions in the field of deep structural causal modeling. It sets the stages for researchers to identify future work directions and for practitioners to get an overview in order to find out the most appropriate methods for their needs.
title Learning Structural Causal Models through Deep Generative Models: Methods, Guarantees, and Challenges
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05025