เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	แบบจำลองกราฟสุ่มเชิงเลขชี้กำลัง (ERGM / p*)	ขั้นตอนวิธีค้นหาความเป็นเหตุเป็นผล (PC, FCI, LiNGAM)
สาขาวิชา	การวิเคราะห์เครือข่าย	การอนุมานเชิงสาเหตุ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Regression model
ปีกำเนิด	1986 (foundational); modern ERGM framework 1996–2007	2000
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Frank & Strauss (1986); extended by Wasserman & Pattison (1996) and Robins et al. (2007)	Spirtes, Glymour & Scheines (PC/FCI); Shimizu et al. (LiNGAM)
ประเภท	Probabilistic generative network model	Causal structure learning
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Robins, G., Pattison, P., Kalish, Y., & Lusher, D. (2007). An introduction to exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks. Social Networks, 29(2), 173-191.	Spirtes, P., Glymour, C., & Scheines, R. (2000). Causation, Prediction, and Search (2nd ed.). MIT Press. ISBN: 978-0262194402
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	ERGM, p-star model, p* model, Üstel Rastgele Graf Modeli (ERGM / p*)	PC algorithm, FCI algorithm, LiNGAM, causal structure learning
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	5
สรุป	The Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM), also known as the p* model, is a statistical framework for network analysis that models the probability of an observed network as a function of its local structural features — such as reciprocity, triangles, and degree distribution. Developed from the foundational work of Frank and Strauss (1986) and extended into the modern framework by Wasserman and Pattison (1996) and Robins et al. (2007), ERGM is the inferential standard for social network analysis, capable of testing whether observed network structures arise by chance or reflect genuine social processes.	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.