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Inferring a causal link is useful in many applications, from medicine to economics to engineering. If some A can cause some B to take on a high value (where A could be a gene in our context, a market intervention in economics, or a design element in engineering), then preventing B from taking such a value can be done by removing some B, by removing some A or by interfering with the link from A to B. Conversely, making B achieve a higher value can be done by adding more B, adding more A, or enhancing the efficiency of the link from A to B.
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Lingeman, J.M., Shasha, D. (2012). Overview of Network Inference. In: Network Inference in Molecular Biology. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3113-8_1
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