Estimating causal effects with optimization-based methods: a review and empirical comparison

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2022.01.046OpenAlexW4210433482MaRDI QIDQ2171584

Vedat Verter, Martin Cousineau, Joelle Pineau, Susan A. Murphy

Publication date: 9 September 2022

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.00097

zbMATH Keywords

constrained optimizationconfoundingdata sciencecausal inferenceanalytics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations research and management science (90Bxx)

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