IlyaShpitser comments on Causal Diagrams and Causal Models - Less Wrong

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 27 March 2013 04:27:57PM 2 points [-]

The recent stuff I have seen is negative results:

(a) Can't assign Pearlian semantics to cyclic graphs.

(b) If you assign equilibrium semantics, you might as well use a dynamic causal Bayesian network, a cyclic graph does not buy you anything.

(c) A graph representing the Markov property of the equilibrium distribution of a Markov chain represented by a causal DBN is an interesting open question. (This graph wouldn't have a causal interpretation of course).