Structural Decision Theory

Judging an act’s causal efficacy plays a crucial role in causal decision theory. A recent development appeals to the causal modeling framework with an emphasis on the analysis of intervention based on the causal Bayes net for clarifying what causally depends on our acts. However, few writers have focused on exploring the usefulness of extending structural causal models to decision problems that are not ideal for intervention analysis. I found that it is structural models, rather than intervention analysis, serves as a valuable formal tool for a range of realistic decision problems that involve mixed causal mechanisms. The thesis concludes that structural models provide a more general framework for rational decision-makers