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New Causal Inference Method Uses Kernel Balancing for Complex Treatments

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Researchers have developed a new kernel-based functional balancing method for causal inference, specifically designed for compositional treatments. This approach constructs weights by minimizing a worst-case balancing error within a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. The proposed augmented weighted estimator (AWE) achieves theoretical consistency without needing to accurately estimate or assume smoothness of the weights, and its practical performance is validated through simulations and a real-world application. AI

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New Causal Inference Method Uses Kernel Balancing for Complex Treatments

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Sungbum Kim, Jiayi Wang ·

    Kernel-Based Functional Balancing for Causal Inference with Compositional Treatments

    arXiv:2606.17308v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study causal effect estimation with compositional treatments, where the exposure lies on a simplex and the estimand is defined over compositions rather than scalar or binary values. By considering a projection of the average po…

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Jiayi Wang ·

    Kernel-Based Functional Balancing for Causal Inference with Compositional Treatments

    We study causal effect estimation with compositional treatments, where the exposure lies on a simplex and the estimand is defined over compositions rather than scalar or binary values. By considering a projection of the average potential outcome onto the treatment space, a kernel…

  3. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Jiayi Wang ·

    Kernel-Based Functional Balancing for Causal Inference with Compositional Treatments

    We study causal effect estimation with compositional treatments, where the exposure lies on a simplex and the estimand is defined over compositions rather than scalar or binary values. By considering a projection of the average potential outcome onto the treatment space, a kernel…

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