distribute_engine_args

This function checks the provided arguments against the expected arguments for the specified engine and algorithm,
and distributes them appropriately to the search object. It ensures that the arguments are valid for the given
engine and algorithm, and then sets them on the search object.

Tools for causal structure learning from observational data, with emphasis on temporally ordered variables.
The package implements the Temporal Peter–Clark (TPC) algorithm (Petersen, Osler & Ekstrøm, 2021;
<doi:10.1093/aje/kwab087>), the Temporal Greedy Equivalence Search (TGES) algorithm (Larsen, Ekstrøm & Petersen,
2025; <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2502.06232>) and Temporal Fast Causal Inference (TFCI).
It provides a unified framework for specifying background knowledge,
which can be incorporated into the implemented algorithms from the R packages 'bnlearn' (Scutari, 2010;
<doi:10.18637/jss.v035.i03>) and
'pcalg' (Kalish et al., 2012; <doi:10.18637/jss.v047.i11>), as well as the Java library 'Tetrad'
(Scheines et al., 1998; <doi:10.1207/s15327906mbr3301_3>).
The package further includes utilities for visualization, comparison, and evaluation of graph structures,
facilitating performance evaluation and methodological studies.

Bjarke Hautop Kristensen

causalDisco

Tools for Causal Discovery on Observational Data

Frederik Fabricius-Bjerre

Anne Helby Petersen

Claus Thorn Ekstrøm

Tobias Ellegaard Larsen

distribute_engine_args function

<dl><dt>search</dt>
<dd>R6 object, either <code>TetradSearch</code>, <code>BnlearnSearch</code>, <code>PcalgSearch</code>, or <code>CausalDiscoSearch</code>.</dd>
<dt>args</dt>
<dd>List of arguments to distribute</dd>
<dt>engine</dt>
<dd>Engine identifier, either "tetrad", "bnlearn", "pcalg", or "causalDisco"</dd>
<dt>alg</dt>
<dd>Algorithm name</dd></dl>

Arguments

Distribute and Validate Engine Arguments — distribute_engine_args

<dl>

<dt>search</dt>
<dd>R6 object, either <code>TetradSearch</code>, <code>BnlearnSearch</code>, <code>PcalgSearch</code>, or <code>CausalDiscoSearch</code>.</dd>


<dt>args</dt>
<dd>List of arguments to distribute</dd>


<dt>engine</dt>
<dd>Engine identifier, either "tetrad", "bnlearn", "pcalg", or "causalDisco"</dd>


<dt>alg</dt>
<dd>Algorithm name</dd>

</dl>

distribute_engine_args: Distribute and Validate Engine Arguments

Description

Usage

Arguments

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