Probabilistic causality

Ian I. Mitroff and Abraham Silvers

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2013, vol. 80, issue 8, 1629-1634

Abstract: Necessity and Sufficiency are two of the most important concepts in science. Indeed, they are the basis for establishing causal relationships between factors, variables, etc.

Keywords: Decision making; Medical Predictive Value Theory; Probability of necessity and sufficiency; Testing hypotheses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.02.009

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