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ArticleScientific reports2024

A novel constraint-based structure learning algorithm using marginal causal prior knowledge.

Yifan Yu, Lei Hou, Xinhui Liu, Sijia Wu, Hongkai Li, Fuzhong Xue

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Yifan YuDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250000, People's Republic of China.
Lei HouDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250000, People's Republic of China.
Xinhui LiuDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250000, People's Republic of China.
Sijia WuDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250000, People's Republic of China.
Hongkai LiDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250000, People's Republic of China. lihongkaiyouxiang@163.com.
Fuzhong XueDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhua West Road, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250000, People's Republic of China. xuefzh@sdu.edu.cn.

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2020YFC2003500
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Abstract

Causal discovery with prior knowledge is important for improving performance. We consider the incorporation of marginal causal relations, which correspond to the presence or absence of directed paths in a causal model. We propose the Marginal Prior Causal Knowledge PC (MPPC) algorithm to incorporate marginal causal relations into a constraint-based structure learning algorithm. We provide the theorems of conditional independence properties by combining observational data and marginal causal relations. We compare the MPPC algorithm with other structure learning methods in both simulation studies and real-world networks. The results indicate that, compare with other constraint-based structure learning methods, MPPC algorithm can incorporate marginal causal relations and is more effective and more efficient.

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Constraint-based structure learningDirected acyclic graphsIndirect causal relationMarginal prior causal knowledge

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