TIED: An Artificially Simulated Dataset with Multiple Markov Boundaries

Alexander Statnikov, Constantin F. Aliferis
Proceedings of Workshop on Causality: Objectives and Assessment at NIPS 2008, PMLR 6:249-256, 2010.

Abstract

We present an artificially simulated dataset (TIED) constructed so that there are many minimal sets of variables with maximal predictivity (i.e., Markov boundaries) and likewise many sets of variables that are statistically indistinguishable from the set of direct causes and direct effects of the response variable. This dataset was used in the Potluck Causality Challenge to determine all statistically indistinguishable sets of direct causes and direct effects and all Markov boundaries of the response variable and also to predict the response variable in the independent test data. We also present baseline results of application of several algorithms to this dataset.

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BibTeX
@InProceedings{pmlr-v6-statnikov10a, title = {TIED: An Artificially Simulated Dataset with Multiple Markov Boundaries}, author = {Statnikov, Alexander and Aliferis, Constantin F.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Workshop on Causality: Objectives and Assessment at NIPS 2008}, pages = {249--256}, year = {2010}, editor = {Guyon, Isabelle and Janzing, Dominik and Schölkopf, Bernhard}, volume = {6}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, address = {Whistler, Canada}, month = {12 Dec}, publisher = {PMLR}, pdf = {http://proceedings.mlr.press/v6/statnikov10a/statnikov10a.pdf}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v6/statnikov10a.html}, abstract = {We present an artificially simulated dataset (TIED) constructed so that there are many minimal sets of variables with maximal predictivity (i.e., Markov boundaries) and likewise many sets of variables that are statistically indistinguishable from the set of direct causes and direct effects of the response variable. This dataset was used in the Potluck Causality Challenge to determine all statistically indistinguishable sets of direct causes and direct effects and all Markov boundaries of the response variable and also to predict the response variable in the independent test data. We also present baseline results of application of several algorithms to this dataset.} }
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%0 Conference Paper %T TIED: An Artificially Simulated Dataset with Multiple Markov Boundaries %A Alexander Statnikov %A Constantin F. Aliferis %B Proceedings of Workshop on Causality: Objectives and Assessment at NIPS 2008 %C Proceedings of Machine Learning Research %D 2010 %E Isabelle Guyon %E Dominik Janzing %E Bernhard Schölkopf %F pmlr-v6-statnikov10a %I PMLR %P 249--256 %U https://proceedings.mlr.press/v6/statnikov10a.html %V 6 %X We present an artificially simulated dataset (TIED) constructed so that there are many minimal sets of variables with maximal predictivity (i.e., Markov boundaries) and likewise many sets of variables that are statistically indistinguishable from the set of direct causes and direct effects of the response variable. This dataset was used in the Potluck Causality Challenge to determine all statistically indistinguishable sets of direct causes and direct effects and all Markov boundaries of the response variable and also to predict the response variable in the independent test data. We also present baseline results of application of several algorithms to this dataset.
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TY - CPAPER TI - TIED: An Artificially Simulated Dataset with Multiple Markov Boundaries AU - Alexander Statnikov AU - Constantin F. Aliferis BT - Proceedings of Workshop on Causality: Objectives and Assessment at NIPS 2008 DA - 2010/02/18 ED - Isabelle Guyon ED - Dominik Janzing ED - Bernhard Schölkopf ID - pmlr-v6-statnikov10a PB - PMLR DP - Proceedings of Machine Learning Research VL - 6 SP - 249 EP - 256 L1 - http://proceedings.mlr.press/v6/statnikov10a/statnikov10a.pdf UR - https://proceedings.mlr.press/v6/statnikov10a.html AB - We present an artificially simulated dataset (TIED) constructed so that there are many minimal sets of variables with maximal predictivity (i.e., Markov boundaries) and likewise many sets of variables that are statistically indistinguishable from the set of direct causes and direct effects of the response variable. This dataset was used in the Potluck Causality Challenge to determine all statistically indistinguishable sets of direct causes and direct effects and all Markov boundaries of the response variable and also to predict the response variable in the independent test data. We also present baseline results of application of several algorithms to this dataset. ER -
APA
Statnikov, A. & Aliferis, C.F.. (2010). TIED: An Artificially Simulated Dataset with Multiple Markov Boundaries. Proceedings of Workshop on Causality: Objectives and Assessment at NIPS 2008, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 6:249-256 Available from https://proceedings.mlr.press/v6/statnikov10a.html.

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