# An Interface to Specify Causal Graphs and Compute Bounds on Causal Effects

## Documentation for package ‘causaloptim’ version 0.9.7

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
- Package NEWS.

## Help Pages

causaloptim-package | An Interface to Specify Causal Graphs and Compute Bounds on Causal Effects
analyze_graph | Analyze the causal graph to determine constraints and objective
btm_var | Recursive function to get the last name in a list
causaloptim | An Interface to Specify Causal Graphs and Compute Bounds on Causal Effects
const.to.sets | Translate lists of constraints to lists of vectors
constant_term | Compute the scalar product of two numeric vectors of the same length
create_effect_vector | Translate target effect to vector of response variables
create_q_matrix | Translate response functions into matrix of counterfactuals
create_response_function | Translate regular DAG to response functions
create_R_matrix | Create constraint matrix
evaluate_objective | Compute the scalar product of a vector of numbers and a vector of both numbers and strings
expand_cond | Expand potential outcome conditions
find_cycles | Find cycles in a graph
get_default_effect | Define default effect for a given graph
interpret_bounds | Convert bounds string to a function
latex_bounds | Latex bounds equations
linear_expression | Compute the scalar product of a vector of numbers and a vector of strings
linear_term | Compute the product of a single numeric scalar and a single string
list_to_path | Recursive function to translate an effect list to a path sequence
numberOfValues | Get the number of values of a given variable in the graph
optimize_effect | Run the Balke optimizer
optimize_effect_2 | Run the optimizer
opt_effect | Compute a bound on the average causal effect
parse_constraints | Parse text that defines a the constraints
parse_effect | Parse text that defines a causal effect
pastestar | Paste with asterisk sep
plot.linearcausalproblem | Plot the graph from the causal problem
plot_graphres | Plot the analyzed graph object
print.linearcausalproblem | Print the causal problem
print_nvals | Print the number of values of each variable/vertex of the analyzed graph object
reduce.sets | Algebraically reduce sets
shortentxt | Shorten strings to 80 characters wide
simulate_bounds | Simulate bounds
specify_graph | Shiny interface to specify network structure and compute bounds
symb.subtract | Symbolic subtraction
update_effect | Update the effect in a linearcausalproblem object