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pcalg (version 2.0-3)

ParDAG-class: Class "ParDAG"

Description

This virtual base class represents a parametric causal model.

Arguments

Extends

All reference classes extend and inherit methods from "envRefClass".

Details

The class "ParDAG" serves as a basis for simulating observational and/or interventional data from causal models as well as for parameter estimation (maximum-likelihood estimation) for a given causal model in the presence of a data set with jointly observational and interventional data. The virtual base class "ParDAG" provides a "skeleton" for all functions relied to the aforementioned task. In practical cases, a user may always choose an appropriate class derived from ParDAG which represents a specific parametric model class. The base class itself does not represent such a model class.

See Also

GaussParDAG