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Table 2 Performance comparison between PC-algorithm and NPN-PC algorithm

From: Estimating causal effects with a non-paranormal method for the design of efficient intervention experiments

p

n

Mixing rate

TPR

FPR

TDR

SHD

PC

NPN-PC

PC

NPN-PC

PC

NPN-PC

PC

NPN-PC

100

50

0.1

0.360

0.373

0.0021

0.0003

0.468

0.876

28.72

19.40

0.2

0.341

0.395

0.0035

0.0002

0.326

0.899

35.74

18.42

0.3

0.316

0.372

0.0044

0.0002

0.263

0.898

40.08

18.10

0.4

0.325

0.387

0.0046

0.0003

0.266

0.886

42.58

19.88

0.5

0.308

0.393

0.0047

0.0002

0.257

0.908

43.30

18.92

0.6

0.326

0.399

0.0049

0.0002

0.252

0.890

42.88

18.68

0.7

0.310

0.409

0.0051

0.0002

0.238

0.893

45.14

18.80

0.8

0.297

0.405

0.0052

0.0002

0.221

0.898

44.64

18.04

0.9

0.319

0.432

0.0052

0.0002

0.237

0.903

44.64

17.74

1

0.313

0.416

0.0051

0.0002

0.241

0.904

44.74

18.24

100

0.1

0.487

0.625

0.0031

0.0001

0.440

0.956

31.38

13.94

0.2

0.451

0.623

0.0048

0.0002

0.331

0.954

42.30

15.04

0.3

0.457

0.653

0.0058

0.0001

0.282

0.963

46.04

13.60

0.4

0.442

0.643

0.0063

0.0002

0.265

0.942

48.84

14.14

0.5

0.425

0.667

0.0064

0.0001

0.249

0.965

49.50

12.90

0.6

0.449

0.642

0.0064

0.0002

0.264

0.950

49.32

13.92

0.7

0.454

0.681

0.0064

0.0002

0.274

0.951

50.16

13.50

0.8

0.421

0.665

0.0064

0.0002

0.257

0.957

49.78

13.68

0.9

0.437

0.692

0.0064

0.0001

0.254

0.965

48.80

12.30

1

0.401

0.672

0.0064

0.0002

0.239

0.950

50.00

12.66

200

50

0.1

0.291

0.315

0.0011

0.0002

0.564

0.894

105.72

86.50

0.2

0.268

0.326

0.0018

0.0002

0.430

0.892

120.72

85.08

0.3

0.256

0.323

0.0021

0.0002

0.386

0.906

127.88

85.28

0.4

0.257

0.317

0.0023

0.0002

0.366

0.903

130.22

84.86

0.5

0.255

0.324

0.0023

0.0002

0.360

0.897

132.10

86.32

0.6

0.258

0.345

0.0024

0.0002

0.347

0.885

129.06

81.48

0.7

0.249

0.335

0.0024

0.0002

0.345

0.908

131.80

82.98

0.8

0.243

0.335

0.0024

0.0002

0.343

0.888

134.52

85.38

0.9

0.250

0.338

0.0024

0.0002

0.344

0.896

133.46

83.98

1

0.249

0.340

0.0024

0.0002

0.350

0.903

133.42

83.94

100

0.1

0.424

0.542

0.0018

0.0001

0.534

0.956

110.60

68.40

0.2

0.387

0.565

0.0027

0.0001

0.415

0.968

131.66

66.50

0.3

0.374

0.558

0.0031

0.0001

0.377

0.964

140.38

68.48

0.4

0.365

0.567

0.0032

0.0001

0.368

0.968

145.72

68.72

0.5

0.372

0.580

0.0033

0.0001

0.357

0.963

142.34

64.52

0.6

0.360

0.576

0.0034

0.0001

0.349

0.967

146.92

66.90

0.7

0.363

0.577

0.0033

0.0001

0.354

0.965

146.84

67.20

0.8

0.363

0.581

0.0034

0.0001

0.346

0.968

146.18

65.90

0.9

0.372

0.585

0.0034

0.0001

0.361

0.964

145.62

67.04

1

0.369

0.594

0.0034

0.0001

0.356

0.972

145.32

65.72

  1. The bold indicates the best performance.