Tools for causal structure learning from observational data, with emphasis on temporally ordered variables. The package implements the Temporal Peter–Clark (TPC) algorithm (Petersen, Osler & Ekstrøm, 2021; <doi:10.1093/aje/kwab087>), the Temporal Greedy Equivalence Search (TGES) algorithm (Larsen, Ekstrøm & Petersen, 2025; <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2502.06232>) and Temporal Fast Causal Inference (TFCI). It provides a unified framework for specifying background knowledge, which can be incorporated into the implemented algorithms from the R packages 'bnlearn' (Scutari, 2010; <doi:10.18637/jss.v035.i03>) and 'pcalg' (Kalish et al., 2012; <doi:10.18637/jss.v047.i11>), as well as the Java library 'Tetrad' (Scheines et al., 1998; <doi:10.1207/s15327906mbr3301_3>). The package further includes utilities for visualization, comparison, and evaluation of graph structures, facilitating performance evaluation and methodological studies.
| Version: | 1.0.1 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 4.2.0) |
| Imports: | bnlearn, caugi (≥ 1.0.0), checkmate, cli, digest, dplyr, glue, gtools, methods, micd, mice, pcalg, purrr, R6, readr, rlang, S7, stringr, tibble, tidyr, tidyselect |
| Suggests: | knitr, mockery, RhpcBLASctl, rJava, rmarkdown, spelling, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), withr |
| Published: | 2026-02-24 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.causalDisco |
| Author: | Bjarke Hautop Kristensen [aut, cre], Frederik Fabricius-Bjerre [aut], Anne Helby Petersen [aut], Claus Thorn Ekstrøm [ctb], Tobias Ellegaard Larsen [ctb] |
| Maintainer: | Bjarke Hautop Kristensen <bjarke.kristensen at sund.ku.dk> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/disco-coders/causalDisco/issues |
| License: | GPL-2 |
| URL: | https://github.com/disco-coders/causalDisco, https://disco-coders.github.io/causalDisco/ |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Language: | en-US |
| Materials: | NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | causalDisco results |
| Reference manual: | causalDisco.html , causalDisco.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
Causal Discovery (source, R code) causalDisco (source, R code) Knowledge (source, R code) Extending causalDisco with new algorithms (source, R code) Visualization (source, R code) |
| Package source: | causalDisco_1.0.1.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: causalDisco_0.9.5.zip, r-release: causalDisco_0.9.5.zip, r-oldrel: causalDisco_0.9.5.zip |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): causalDisco_0.9.5.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): causalDisco_0.9.5.tgz, r-release (x86_64): causalDisco_0.9.5.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): causalDisco_0.9.5.tgz |
| Old sources: | causalDisco archive |
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