论文标题
通过正交搜索选择因果特征
Causal Feature Selection via Orthogonal Search
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论文摘要
在许多学科中，在大量解释变量中推断反应变量的直接因果父母的问题具有很高的实际意义。但是，已建立的方法通常至少会随着解释变量的数量而呈指数级扩展，难以扩展到非线性关系，并且很难扩展到环状数据。受{\ em Debiased}机器学习方法的启发，我们研究了一种单Vs.-the-Rest特征选择方法，以发现响应的直接因果父母。我们提出了一种用于纯观测数据的算法，同时还提供理论保证，包括可能在周期存在下的部分非线性关系的情况。由于它仅需要对每个变量进行一个估计，因此我们的方法甚至适用于大图。与既定方法相比，我们证明了显着改善。
The problem of inferring the direct causal parents of a response variable among a large set of explanatory variables is of high practical importance in many disciplines. However, established approaches often scale at least exponentially with the number of explanatory variables, are difficult to extend to nonlinear relationships, and are difficult to extend to cyclic data. Inspired by {\em Debiased} machine learning methods, we study a one-vs.-the-rest feature selection approach to discover the direct causal parent of the response. We propose an algorithm that works for purely observational data while also offering theoretical guarantees, including the case of partially nonlinear relationships possibly under the presence of cycles. As it requires only one estimation for each variable, our approach is applicable even to large graphs. We demonstrate significant improvements compared to established approaches.
