make_method: Create a Custom Causal Discovery Method

In causalDisco: Tools for Causal Discovery on Observational Data

Create a Custom Causal Discovery Method

Description

Constructs a new causal discovery method that can be used with the disco() framework. Users can provide an engine, engine-specific functions, and optional test and alpha parameters.

Usage

make_method(
  method_name,
  engine,
  engine_fns,
  test = NULL,
  alpha = NULL,
  score = NULL,
  graph_class,
  ...
)

Arguments

method_name	Character. The name of the method to create.
engine	Character. The engine to use. Must be one of the names of engine_fns.
engine_fns	Named list of functions. Each element corresponds to an engine and is a function that implements the causal discovery algorithm.
test	Optional. A test statistic to pass to the engine function.
alpha	Optional. A significance level to pass to the engine function.
score	Optional. A score to pass to the engine function.
graph_class	Character. The graph class that this method produces.
...	Additional arguments passed to the engine function.

Value

A disco_method object with attributes engine and graph_class.

See Also

Other Extending causalDisco: distribute_engine_args(), list_registered_tetrad_algorithms(), make_runner(), new_disco_method(), register_tetrad_algorithm(), reset_tetrad_alg_registry()

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