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causalDisco

Tools for Causal Discovery on Observational Data

v1.0.1 · Feb 24, 2026 · GPL-2

Description

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.

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies bnlearn caugi checkmate cli digest dplyr glue gtools micd mice pcalg purrr R6 readr rlang +5 more dependencies causalDisco

Version History

new 1.0.1 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.0.1 ← 0.9.5 diff Feb 23, 2026
updated 0.9.5 ← 0.9.1 diff Jan 19, 2026
new 0.9.1 May 11, 2022