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Product type Book

Published in May 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804612989

Pages 456 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Data Science

Author (1):

Aleksander Molak

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Causality – an Introduction

2. Chapter 1: Causality – Hey, We Have Machine Learning, So Why Even Bother?

3. Chapter 2: Judea Pearl and the Ladder of Causation

4. Chapter 3: Regression, Observations, and Interventions

5. Chapter 4: Graphical Models

6. Chapter 5: Forks, Chains, and Immoralities

7. Part 2: Causal Inference

8. Chapter 6: Nodes, Edges, and Statistical (In)dependence

9. Chapter 7: The Four-Step Process of Causal Inference

10. Chapter 8: Causal Models – Assumptions and Challenges

11. Chapter 9: Causal Inference and Machine Learning – from Matching to Meta-Learners

12. Chapter 10: Causal Inference and Machine Learning – Advanced Estimators, Experiments, Evaluations, and More

13. Chapter 11: Causal Inference and Machine Learning – Deep Learning, NLP, and Beyond

14. Part 3: Causal Discovery

15. Chapter 12: Can I Have a Causal Graph, Please?

16. Chapter 13: Causal Discovery and Machine Learning – from Assumptions to Applications

17. Chapter 14: Causal Discovery and Machine Learning – Advanced Deep Learning and Beyond

18. Chapter 15: Epilogue

19. Index

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Part 3: Causal Discovery

In Part 3, we will start our journey into the world of causal discovery. We will begin with an overview of the sources of causal knowledge and a deeper look at important assumptions.

We will introduce four families of causal discovery algorithms and implement them using gCastle. We will move toward advanced methods and demonstrate how to train a DECI algorithm using PyTorch.

Along the way, we will show you how to inject expert knowledge into the causal discovery process, and we will briefly discuss methods that allow us to combine observational and interventional data to learn causal structure more efficiently.

We will close Part 3 with a summary of the book, a discussion of causality in business, a sneak peek into the (potential) future of the field, and pointers to more resources on causal inference and discovery for those who are ready to continue their causal journey.

This part comprises the following chapters: