เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	ขั้นตอนวิธีค้นหาความเป็นเหตุเป็นผล (PC, FCI, LiNGAM)	การระบุสาเหตุด้วยกราฟอะไซคลิกแบบมีทิศทาง (do-calculus)	วิธีการตัวแปรเครื่องมือ (IV) สำหรับการอนุมานเชิงสาเหตุ
สาขาวิชา	การอนุมานเชิงสาเหตุ	การอนุมานเชิงสาเหตุ	เศรษฐศาสตร์สุขภาพ
ตระกูล	Regression model	Regression model	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	2000	2009	1990s (modern applications)
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Spirtes, Glymour & Scheines (PC/FCI); Shimizu et al. (LiNGAM)	Judea Pearl	Angrist & Pischke (applied econometrics); rooted in econometric theory
ประเภท	Causal structure learning	Causal identification framework	Method
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Spirtes, P., Glymour, C., & Scheines, R. (2000). Causation, Prediction, and Search (2nd ed.). MIT Press. ISBN: 978-0262194402	Pearl, J. (2009). Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521895606	Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J. S. (2009). Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	PC algorithm, FCI algorithm, LiNGAM, causal structure learning	do-calculus, backdoor adjustment, Pearl causal identification, DAG ile Nedensel Tanımlama (do-calculus)	IV, two-stage least squares, TSLS, causal estimation
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	5	5	3
สรุป	Causal discovery is a family of algorithms that automatically learn a directed acyclic graph (DAG) describing causal structure directly from observational data. The constraint-based PC and FCI algorithms were developed by Spirtes, Glymour and Scheines (2000), while the LiNGAM model of Shimizu et al. (2006) exploits linear non-Gaussian structure to orient edges.	DAG causal identification is a framework, developed by Judea Pearl (2009), that encodes causal assumptions as a directed acyclic graph and uses the do-calculus rules to determine whether and how a causal effect can be identified from observational data. It systematically handles confounders, instrumental variables, and backdoor paths.	Instrumental variables (IV) is an econometric method to estimate causal effects when treatment or exposure is not randomly assigned and confounding is severe or unmeasured. IV relies on a third variable (instrument) that influences treatment but does not directly affect the outcome, allowing researchers to isolate the causal effect from the noise of confounding. Developed extensively in econometrics (Angrist & Pischke, 1990s–2000s), IV methods are increasingly used in health economics and health services research to leverage natural experiments and policy changes.