AIJun 25, 2018

A Proof of the Front-Door Adjustment Formula

arXiv:1806.10449v1
Originality Incremental advance
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This work addresses a foundational theoretical gap in causal inference for researchers and practitioners, but it is incremental as it proves an existing formula.

The paper tackled the problem of proving the Front-Door adjustment formula, a key concept in causal inference, and successfully provided a proof using the do-calculus.

We provide a proof of the the Front-Door adjustment formula using the do-calculus.

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