Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference - Hardcover

Pearl, Judea

 
9780521773621: Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521773628 ISBN 13: 9780521773621
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Causality offers the first comprehensive coverage of causal analysis in many sciences.

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Review

'Without assuming much beyond elementary probability theory. Judea pearl's book provides an attractive tour of recent work, in which he has played a central role, on causal models and causal reasoning. Due to his efforts, and that of a few others, a Renaissance in thinking and using causal concepts is taking place.' Patrick Suppes, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University

'Judea Pearl has come to statistics and causation with enthusiasm and creativity. his work is always thought provoking and worth careful study. This book proves to be no exception. Time and again I found myself disagreeing both with his assumptions and with his conclusions, but I was also fascinated by new insights into problems I thought I already understood well. This book illustrates the rich contributions Pearl has made to the statistical literature and to our collective understanding of models for causal reasoning.' Stephen Fienberg, Maurice Falk University professor of Statistics and Social Science, Carnegie Mellon University

'The book is extremely well written, and while mathematically precise, provides a thought-provoking study of causality and its implications.' Computing Review

Book Description

Causality offers the first comprehensive coverage of causal analysis in many sciences. Pearl presents a unified account of the probabilistic, manipulative, counterfactual and structural approaches to causation, and devises simple mathematical tools for analyzing the relationships between causal connections, statistical associations, actions and observations.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521773628
ISBN 13 
9780521773621
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
400