Week 9: Causal Modeling

Lecture 17: Learning causal interactions

Topics/Videos

• Background

  • Causality & Causal Discovery

  • Four techniques for causal modeling

  • Structure Learning in Bayesian Networks

• Today's paper

Slides

• pdf

Required Reading

• •An algorithm for direct causal learning of influences on patient outcomes, Rathnam C, Lee S, Jiang X, Artif Intell Med. 2017 Jan; 75: 1-15

Optional Reading

• Reduction of HIV concentration during acute infection: independence from a specific immune response, A.N. Phillips, Science 1996 271(5248):497-9. doi: 10.1126/science.271.5248.497

Lecture 18: Association Rule Learning

Topics/Videos

• Background

  • Association Rule Learning

• Today's paper

Slides

• pdf

Required Reading

• Learning temporal rules to forecast instability in continuously monitored patients, Guillame-Bert, et al J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017 Jan;24(1):47-53