Table 3.
Comparisons of 11 algorithms on the four simulations.
| Sim | Metrics | Algorithms | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiNGAM | ParceLiNGAM | PWLiNGAM | GC | GS | Patel | GES | P-corr | AIAEC | ACOEC | ACOEC-FD | ||
| Sim1 | PRE | 0.57 | 0.77 | 0.85 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.84 ± 0.06 | 0.83 ± 0.07 | 0.85 ± 0.06 |
| REC | 0.62 | 0.77 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.62 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.85 ± 0.06 | 0.85 ± 0.06 | 0.87 ± 0.06 | |
| F1 | 0.59 | 0.77 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.84 ± 0.06 | 0.84 ± 0.06 | 0.86 ± 0.06 | |
| SHD | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.2 ± 0.72 | 2.3 ± 0.74 | 1.8 ± 0.67 | |
| Sim2 | PRE | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.73 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.80 ± 0.08 | 0.80 ± 0.08 | 0.83 ± 0.07 |
| REC | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.64 | 0.56 | 0.81 ± 0.08 | 0.82 ± 0.08 | 0.84 ± 0.07 | |
| F1 | 0.58 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.81 ± 0.08 | 0.81 ± 0.08 | 0.84 ± 0.07 | |
| SHD | 30 | 18 | 14 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 11.6 ± 4.62 | 11.3 ± 4.55 | 8.9 ± 4.02 | |
| Sim3 | PRE | 0.51 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.69 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.76 ± 0.08 | 0.75 ± 0.08 | 0.78 ± 0.07 |
| REC | 0.61 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.80 ± 0.08 | 0.80 ± 0.07 | 0.81 ± 0.07 | |
| F1 | 0.55 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.78 ± 0.08 | 0.77 ± 0.07 | 0.80 ± 0.07 | |
| SHD | 61 | 38 | 33 | 88 | 57 | 37 | 45 | 48 | 26.4 ± 8.05 | 26.8 ± 8.08 | 23.1 ± 6.88 | |
| Sim4 | PRE | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.48 | 0.52 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.74 ± 0.08 | 0.73 ± 0.09 | 0.77 ± 0.08 |
| REC | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.60 | 0.56 | 0.78 ± 0.08 | 0.78 ± 0.08 | 0.79 ± 0.08 | |
| F1 | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.75 ± 0.08 | 0.75 ± 0.08 | 0.78 ± 0.08 | |
| SHD | 80 | 56 | 46 | 96 | 75 | 50 | 64 | 64 | 39.1 ± 10.16 | 39.3 ± 10.42 | 31.8 ± 7.29 | |