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Preprints

  • Linying Yang and Robin J. Evans (2025). Outcome-Informed Weighting for Robust ATE Estimation

  • Xi Lin, Daniel de Vassimon Manela, Chase Mathis, Jens Magelund Tarp, Robin J. Evans (2025). Simulating Longitudinal Data from Marginal Structural Models.

  • Xi Lin, Jens Magelund Tarp and Robin J. Evans (2024).  Data fusion for efficiency gain in ATE estimation: A practical review with simulations.

  • Zhongyi Hu and Robin J. Evans (2024). A fast score-based search algorithm for maximal ancestral graphs using entropy.

  • Bohao Yao and Robin J. Evans (2023).  Regression Identifiability and Edge Interventions in Linear Structural Equation Models.

2025

  • Xi Lin, Jens Magelund Tarp and Robin J. Evans. Combining Experimental and Observational Data through a Power Likelihood

Biometrics 81 (1) ujaf008.

  • Daniel de Vassimon Manela, Linying Yang and Robin J. Evans (2025). Testing Generalizability in Causal Inference, UAI-25.


2024

  • Robin J. Evans and Vanessa Didelez. Parameterizing and Simulating from Causal Models (with discussion).
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B 86 (3), pp 535–568.

  • Zhongyi Hu and Robin J. Evans. Towards standard imsets for maximal ancestral graphs. Bernoulli 30 (3), pp 2026-2051.

  • Daniel de Vassimon Manela, Laura Battaglia and Robin J. Evans. Marginal Causal Flows for Validation and Inference. NeurIPS.

  • Robert Hu and Dino Sejdinovic and Robin J. Evans. A Kernel Test for Causal Association via Noise Contrastive Backdoor Adjustment.
    Journal of Machine Learning Research 25 (160), pp 1–56.

  • Jake Fawkes, Robert Hu, Dino Sejdinovic and Robin J. Evans. Doubly Robust Kernel Statistics for Testing Distributional Treatment Effects Even Under One Sided Overlap.
    Transactions of Machine Learning Research.

  • Ryan Carey, Sanghack Lee and Robin J. Evans. Toward a Complete Criterion for Value of Information in Insoluble Decision Problems.
    Transactions of Machine Learning Research.

  • Rita Tamambang et al. Identifying potential catalysts to accelerate the achievement of SDGs among adolescents living in Nigeria
    Psychology, Health & Medicine 29 (4) pp 868–887 

  • Rita Tamambang et al. Two are Better Than One but Three is Best
    Child Indicators Research 17 pp 2219–2241

2023

  • Thomas Richardson, Robin J. Evans, James Robins and Ilya Shpitser. Nested Markov Properties for Acyclic Directed Mixed Graphs.
    Annals of Statistics 51 (1) pp 334–361.

  • Robin J. Evans. Latent-free equivalent mDAGs. Algebraic Statistics 14 (1) pp 3–16.

  • Lucile Ter-Minassian, Oscar Clivio, Karla Diaz-Ordaz, Robin J. Evans and Chris Holmes. PWSHAP: A Path-Wise Explanation Model for Targeted Variables.
    ICML, PMLR 202: pp 34054–34089.

  • Jake Fawkes and Robin J. Evans (2023). Results on Counterfactual Invariance.
    SCIS (ICML Workshop).

2022

  • Jake Fawkes, Robin J. Evans and Dino Sejdinovic. Selection, Ignorability and Challenges With Causal Fairness. CLeaR 2022.

  • Bohao Yao and Robin J. Evans. Algebraic Properties of Gaussian HTC-identifiable Graphs. Algebraic Statistics 13 (1) pp 19–39.

  • Kwabena Kusi-Mensah et al. Accelerating Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals for adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
    Psychology, Health & Medicine 27 pp 49–66.

2021

  • Robin J. Evans. Dependency in DAG models with hidden variables,  UAI-21, PMLR 161 pp 813-822

  • Verena Hinze, Tamsin Ford, Bergljot Gjelsvik, Robin J. Evans and Catherine Crane. Exploring the relationship between pain and self-harm thoughts and behaviours in young people using network analysis, Psychological Medicine, 1-10 

2020

  • Robin J. Evans. Model selection and local geometry. Annals of Statistics, 48 (6), pp 3514-3544

  • Zhongyi Hu and Robin J. Evans. Faster Algorithms for Markov equivalence. UAI-20, PMLR 124 pp 739-748 

  • Emma Černis, Anke Ehlers, Robin J. Evans and Daniel Freeman. Dissociation in relation to other mental health conditions: An exploration using network analysis.
    Journal of Psychiatric Research

  • Robin J. Evans. Comment on: Graphical models for extremes by Engelke and Hitz.
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 82 (4), pp 919-920

2019

  • Robin J. Evans and Thomas S. Richardson. Smooth, identifiable supermodels of discrete DAG models with latent variables
    Bernoulli, 25 (2) pp 848-876

  • Elizabeth Allman et al. Maximum likelihood estimation of the Latent Class Model through model boundary decomposition
    Journal of Algebraic Statistics, 10 (1) pp 51-84

  • Jessica Bird, ... Adolescent Paranoia: Prevalence, Structure, and Causal Mechanisms
    Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45 (5), pp 1134-1142

  • Robin J. Evans. Markov Properties for Mixed Graphical Models
    Chapter 2 of Handbook of Graphical Models (Maathuis et al., Eds)

2018

  • Robin J. Evans. Margins of discrete Bayesian networks
    Annals of Statistics, 46 (6A) pp 2623-2656

  • Ilya Shpitser, Robin J. Evans and Thomas Richardson. Acyclic Linear SEMs Obey the Nested Markov Property
    UAI-18, (supplementary material)

  • Vanessa Didelez and Robin J. Evans. Causal Inference from Case-Control Studies
    Chapter 6 of Handbook of Statistical Methods for Case-Control Studies (Borgan et al., Eds)

2017 and earlier

  • Christopher Nowzohour, Marloes H. Maathuis, Robin J. Evans and Peter Bühlmann. Distributional equivalence and structure Learning for Bow-free Acyclic Path Diagrams
    Electronic Journal of Statistics, 11 (2), pp 5342-5374


2016

  • Robin J. Evans. Graphs for margins of Bayesian networks
    Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 43 (3), pp 625-648

  • Ricardo Silva and Robin J. Evans. Causal Inference through a Witness Protection Program

Journal of Machine Learning Research 17 (56) pp 1-53 (expansion of 2014 NIPS paper)

  • Adrien Hitz and Robin J. Evans. One-Component Regular Variation and Graphical Modeling of Extremes

Journal of Applied Probability, 53 (3), pp 733-746


2015

  • Robin J. Evans. Smoothness of marginal log-linear parameterizations
    Electronic Journal of Statistics, 9 (1), pp 475-491

  • Robin J. Evans. and Vanessa Didelez. Recovering from Selection Bias using Marginal Structure in Discrete Models

(with), UAI-15, Advances in Causal Inference Workshop.


2014

  • Robin J. Evans. and Thomas S. Richardson. Markovian acyclic directed mixed graphs for discrete data

Annals of Statistics, 42 (4), pp 1452-1482

  • Ricardo Silva and Robin J. Evans. Causal Inference through a Witness Protection Program
    NIPS 27

  • Ilya Shpitser, Robin J. Evans, Thomas Richardson and James Robins. Introduction to nested Markov models
    Behaviormetrika 41 (1) pp 3-39

  • Robin J. Evans. Graphical latent structure testing
    Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Springer


2013

  • Robin J. Evans. and Thomas S. Richardson. Marginal log-linear parameters for graphical Markov models

J. Roy. Statist. Soc. B, 75 (4) pp 743-768

(software for simulations and data analysis available here)

  • Robin J. Evans and Antonio Forcina. Two algorithms for fitting constrained marginal models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 66 pp 1-7.

  • Ilya Shpitser, Robin J. Evans, Thomas Richardson and James Robins. Sparse nested Markov models with log-linear parameters

UAI-13, pp 576-585

  • Robin J. Evans. Comment on: On the application of discrete marginal graphical models, by Németh and Rudas

Sociological Methodology, 43 (1) pp 105-107


2012

  • Robin J. Evans. Graphical methods for inequality constraints in marginalized DAGs

22nd Workshop on Machine Learning and Signal Processing

  • Ilya Shpitser, Thomas Richardson, James Robins and Robin J. Evans. Parameter and Structure Learning in Nested Markov Models

UAI-12, Causal Structure Learning Workshop.


2011

  • Thomas S. Richardson, Robin J. Evans. and James M. Robins. Transparent parametrizations of models for potential outcomes (with discussion)

Bayesian Statistics 9, pp 569-610


2010

  • Robin J. Evans. and Thomas S. Richardson. Maximum likelihood fitting of acyclic directed mixed graphs to binary data

UAI-10, pp 177-184


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