Causality and Machine Learning Review
Abstract
Causal inference has likely been a part of science as long as science itself, with the idea of cause and effect having defined the fundamental sciences from Newtons laws to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. The cause explains the why, whereas the effect describes the what. The domain itself encompasses a plethora of disciplines from statistics and computer science to economics and philosophy. Recent advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence systems have nourished a renewed interest in identifying and estimating the cause-and-effect relationship from the substantial amount of available observational data. This has resulted in various new studies aimed at providing novel methods for identifying and estimating causal inference. We include a detailed taxonomy of causal inference frameworks, methods, and evaluation. An overview of causality for security is also provided. Open challenges are delineated, and measures for evaluating robustness of causal inference methods are described. This report aims to provide a comprehensive survey on such studies of causality. We provide an in-depth review of causality frameworks and describe the different methods.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 17, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1182780
Entities
People
- Adrienne Raglin
- Atul Rawal
- Brian M. Sadler
- Danda B. Rawat
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory