TSGAN: Individual treatment effect estimation for multi-intervention with continuous dosage

Houhan Lu; Xinyu Zhang; Evan Bu; Ruisi Zhu; Yifeng Jiang; Peifan Tian

doi:10.54254/2753-8818/18/20230368

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Received: 29 November 2023

Published: 8 December 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-8818/18/20230368

Article Type: Research Article

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Lu,H.;Zhang,X.;Bu,E.;Zhu,R.;Jiang,Y.;Tian,P. (2023). TSGAN: Individual treatment effect estimation for multi-intervention with continuous dosage. Theoretical and Natural Science,18,174-181.

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