Discussion of "The Blessings of Multiple Causes" by Wang and Blei
arXiv:1910.06991v15 citations
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This is an incremental commentary aimed at researchers in causal inference, focusing on refining an existing method.
The paper critically reviews the deconfounder method, highlighting its advantages and limitations, and briefly considers three potential ways to address some of these limitations.
This commentary has two goals. We first critically review the deconfounder method and point out its advantages and limitations. We then briefly consider three possible ways to address some of the limitations of the deconfounder method.