Package com.bayesserver.causal

Class EffectsAnalysis

java.lang.Object

com.bayesserver.causal.EffectsAnalysis

public final class EffectsAnalysis
extends Object

Calculates the causal effect on a target, varying for different treatment values.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static EffectsAnalysisOutput	calculate(Variable treatment, Variable outcome, CausalEffectKind effect, Evidence fixedEvidence, InferenceFactory factory, EffectsAnalysisOptions options)	Calculate the causal effect on a target, varying for different treatment values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

calculate

public static EffectsAnalysisOutput calculate(Variable treatment,
                                              Variable outcome,
                                              CausalEffectKind effect,
                                              Evidence fixedEvidence,
                                              InferenceFactory factory,
                                              EffectsAnalysisOptions options)
                                       throws InconsistentEvidenceException

Calculate the causal effect on a target, varying for different treatment values.

Parameters:

treatment - The treatment (cause) to vary.

outcome - The outome (target) on which the effect is measured.

effect - The causal effect kind, e.g.Total or Direct.

fixedEvidence - Optional evidence on other variables (other than the outcome or treatment variables).

factory - A factory instance to create on or more inference engines to perform the calculations.

options - Options affecting the calculations.

Returns:

Cause effect information for each treatment value.

Throws:

InconsistentEvidenceException