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# Confounding Adjustment
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## Confounding Adjustment

In scientific experiments, researchers aim to identify cause and effect by
holding all variables except one constant. Any difference in outcome can then
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systematically in a number of covariate dimensions and these systematic differences
must be adjusted for as part of any causal inference analysis.

# PyBalance
## PyBalance

`pybalance` is a suite of tools in python for performing confounding adjustment
in non-randomized populations. In `pybalance`, we start with measures of "balance"
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An application of this library to build an external control arm in a pharmaceutical
setting is presented [here](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pst.2352).

# Features
## Features

- Implements linear and non-linear optimization approaches for matching.
- Utilizes integer program solvers and evolutionary solvers for optimization.
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- Provides visualization tools for analysis.
- Supports simulation of datasets for testing and demonstration purposes.

# Limitations
## Limitations

At the moment, `pybalance` only implements matching routines. Suport for weighting
methods is on our roadmap and will appear in a future release.
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