Spectral method detects communities in sparse networks.
problem Community detection in degree-corrected stochastic block models.
method Spectral clustering algorithm using normalized adjacency matrix.
result Algorithm consistently recovers community membership in moderately sparse networks.
The proliferation of models for networks raises challenging problems of model selection: the data are sparse and globally dependent, and models are typically high-dimensional and have large numbers of latent variables. Together, these issues mean that the usual model-selection criteria do not work properly for networks…
We analyze the spectrum of a non-backtracking matrix in a degree-corrected stochastic block model.
problem Characterizing the spectrum of the non-backtracking matrix in a degree-corrected stochastic block model.
method We consider a random graph with two equal-sized clusters and analyze the spectrum of the non-backtracking matrix.
result The leading eigenvalue of the non-backtracking matrix is asymptotic to $ρ= rac{a+b}{2} Φ^{(2)}$ and the second eigenvalue is asymptotic to $μ_2 = rac{a-b}{2} Φ^{(2)}$ under certain conditions.
New algorithm clusters networks with outliers, achieving exact recovery.
problem Clustering networks with outliers and degree corrections.
method Convex optimization with a penalization term for positive deviations.
result Achieves exact recovery of clusters under mild conditions.
Convexified modularity maximization for degree-corrected SBMs improves community detection.
problem Stochastic block models assume equal node degrees, but real-world networks often have degree heterogeneity.
method Convex programming relaxation of modularity maximization, followed by a ℓ1-norm k-median procedure. result The method provides theoretical guarantees for clustering accuracy, even in sparse networks.
Paper characterizes optimal graph clustering limits under a new model.
problem Graph clustering under varying edge density signals.
method Introduced Popularity-Adjusted Block Model (PABM) to address SBM and DCBM limitations.
result Cluster recovery possible even when edge density signals vanish, highlighting local connectivity differences.
Paper studies community detection in Degree-Corrected Block Models.
problem Community detection in networks.
method Derives asymptotic minimax risks and proposes an algorithm for consistent community detection.
result Shows how minimax risks depend on degree-correction parameters and network connectivities.
Bayesian framework for choosing number of blocks in stochastic block models.
problem Lack of principled statistical model selection criteria for stochastic block models.
method Bayesian framework for choosing the number of blocks and comparing to degree-corrected block models.
result Universal model selection framework capable of comparing multiple modeling combinations.
Tests if vertices in graphs have the same latent positions.
problem Testing equality of latent positions in random graphs.
method Empirical Mahalanobis distances from spectral embeddings.
result Test statistics follow chi-square distributions under null and local alternatives.
Method disentangles network structures in financial systems.
problem Inferring network architecture from data.
method Belief Propagation for SBM and dcSBM, entropy maximization.
result Interbank network better described as bipartite, core-periphery structure emerges with aggregated data.
The stochastic block model is a powerful tool for inferring community structure from network topology. However, it predicts a Poisson degree distribution within each community, while most real-world networks have a heavy-tailed degree distribution. The degree-corrected block model can accommodate arbitrary degree distr…
In Stochastic blockmodels, which are among the most prominent statistical models for cluster analysis of complex networks, clusters are defined as groups of nodes with statistically similar link probabilities within and between groups. A recent extension by Karrer and Newman incorporates a node degree correction to mod…
New algorithm recovers communities in broader network models.
problem Finding communities in complex networks is challenging.
method Spectral clustering on Preference Frame Models with Normalized Laplacian.
result Spectral clustering works on broader network models with similar guarantees.
New model allows some connections to be zero, improving network analysis.
problem Networks with block structure and sparsity.
method Sparse Popularity Adjusted Stochastic Block Model (PABM).
result Allows some probabilities of connections to be zero.
Randomized spectral co-clustering speeds up large-scale directed networks.
problem Co-clustering directed networks efficiently for large-scale data.
method Randomized spectral co-clustering algorithms using random-projection and random-sampling techniques.
result Theoretical and numerical validation of approximation and misclustering error rates.
Improved spectral clustering for community detection in networks.
problem Community detection in networks.
method Improved spectral clustering (ISC) based on k-means clustering on weighted eigenvectors of a regularized Laplacian matrix.
result ISC yields stable consistent community detection under mild conditions and outperforms classical methods.
Method selects number of communities in weighted networks.
problem Selecting the number of communities in weighted networks.
method Proposes a novel weighted DCSBM and uses a sequential testing framework with spectral clustering and matrix scaling.
result Method is consistent in estimating the true number of communities under mild conditions.
Study shows impossibility of clustering in a specific graph model.
problem Tackles the impossibility of clustering in a Degree-Corrected Stochastic Block Model.
method Analyzes the Degree-Corrected Stochastic Block Model with specific parameters and weights.
result Proves it is impossible to estimate clusters positively correlated with true community structure under certain conditions.
We analyze the performance of spectral clustering for community extraction in stochastic block models. We show that, under mild conditions, spectral clustering applied to the adjacency matrix of the network can consistently recover hidden communities even when the order of the maximum expected degree is as small as $\l…
A goodness-of-fit test for DCSBM improves scalability and power for large sparse networks.
problem Testing goodness-of-fit for degree-corrected stochastic block models (DCSBM) in large sparse networks.
method Proposes an adjusted chi-square test statistic for multinomial distributions, adjusted for degree-corrected networks, and applies it to compressed adjacency matrices.
result The test statistic converges in distribution under null, and is consistent in recovering the number of communities.
We propose and analyze a generic method for community recovery in stochastic block models and degree corrected block models. This approach can exactly recover the hidden communities with high probability when the expected node degrees are of order logn or higher. Starting from a roughly correct community partition …
The paper corrects for node degree in spectral clustering using random walk Laplacian.
problem Node degree heterogeneity in spectral clustering.
method Graph spectral embedding using the random walk Laplacian.
result The embedding provides uniformly consistent estimates of degree-corrected latent positions.
The paper studies a method to sample nodes from a massive graph using personalized PageRank.
problem Sampling from a massive network is expensive and impractical; the paper provides an alternative.
method The paper introduces a crawling method to approximate the personalized PageRank vector without querying the entire graph.
result The adjusted personalized PageRank vector can effectively select nodes within the same block as the seed node.
Proposes a Nested Block Model to unify various network block models.
problem Lack of nested structure and differing parameter complexity among block models.
method Formulates a hierarchy of block models (NBM) that includes SBM, DCBM, and PABM as special cases.
result Allows clustering and estimation without preliminary testing, simplifying model selection.
Improved model for grouping nodes in bipartite networks.
problem Challenges in grouping nodes in bipartite graphs.
method Introduced DC-LBM and developed variational EM algorithm.
result Significantly enhanced performance on real-world data.
Develops a new tensor model for clustering with degree correction.
problem Clustering with unknown degree heterogeneity in multiway data.
method Degree-corrected tensor block model with estimation guarantees.
result Demonstrates an intrinsic statistical-to-computational gap for tensors of order three or greater.
Method detects communities in networks using matrix factorization.
problem Community detection in complex networks.
method Orthogonal symmetric non-negative matrix tri-factorization of the normalized Laplacian matrix.
result Consistent for community detection in graphs from stochastic block models.
Study how noisy labels affect semi-supervised learning.
problem Effect of noisy labels on semi-supervised learning performance.
method Proposed an algorithm derived from a continuous relaxation of the Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) estimator for a Degree Corrected Stochastic Block Model (DC-SBM).
result Our approach achieves promising performance even with very noisy labeled data.
A new model adjusts for covariates in community detection.
problem Community detection in networks with covariate information.
method Pairwise covariates-adjusted stochastic block model (PCABM) with spectral clustering.
result Consistent community detection and coefficient estimates under sparsity conditions.
Improved community detection in sparse graphs using Bethe-Hessian matrix.
problem Community detection in sparse heterogeneous graphs.
method Spectral clustering based on the Bethe-Hessian matrix Hr for degree-corrected stochastic block models. result Clustering is insensitive to degree heterogeneity for r=ζ. A fast spectral algorithm detects community structure in evolving graphs.
problem Detecting community structure in time-evolving sparse graphs.
method Extension of the Bethe-Hessian matrix for spectral community detection.
result The algorithm reaches the optimal detectability threshold and outperforms other methods.
Paper studies randomized spectral clustering for large-scale networks.
problem Computational challenges in large-scale network community detection.
method Randomized sketching algorithms for spectral clustering.
result Theoretical bounds for approximation, misclassification, and link probability estimation.
New method for community detection in graphs faster than DCBM inference.
problem Efficiently detecting communities in graphs with heterogeneous node degrees.
method Reformulated constrained nonnegative matrix factorization for DCBM inference.
result Faster community detection (4 minutes for 100k nodes vs. DCBM's 10+ minutes).
The paper examines node2vec embeddings for community detection in networks.
problem Theoretical understanding of node2vec embeddings for community detection.
method Analysis of node2vec embeddings for community recovery in stochastic block models.
result k-means clustering on node2vec embeddings gives weakly consistent community recovery for stochastic block models.
New model detects communities in bipartite networks with covariates.
problem Detecting communities in bipartite networks with covariates.
method Variational inference for fitting the model.
result Effectiveness of the model on simulated and real data.
New algorithm detects community labels in networks using unlabeled data.
problem Detect community labels in networks with partially labeled data.
method Proposes an algorithm using structural similarity metrics.
result Theoretical guarantees for misclassification error.
Dual regularized graph Laplacian improves spectral clustering for community detection.
problem Detecting clusters in networks with improved spectral clustering methods.
method Proposes dual regularized graph Laplacian for three spectral clustering approaches.
result Theoretical analysis shows DRSC and DRSLIM yield stable consistent community detection.
Bayesian methods detect clusters in noisy data more reliably.
problem Noisy data distorts traditional clustering methods, leading to unreliable results.
method Bayesian community detection using Minimum Description Length principle.
result Bayesian methods identify more robust clusters in noisy data.
Community detection is a fundamental problem in network analysis which is made more challenging by overlaps between communities which often occur in practice. Here we propose a general, flexible, and interpretable generative model for overlapping communities, which can be thought of as a generalization of the degree-co…
Improved graph clustering with modularity and coarsening for attributes and communities.
problem Inaccurate community detection and computational inefficiency in graph clustering.
method Integrates coarsening and modularity maximization, using a loss function with log-determinant, smoothness, and modularity components.
result Superior clustering outcomes, proven consistent under DC-SBM, and efficient algorithm integration with GNNs and VGAEs.
New spectral clustering method for graphs with uneven node degrees.
problem Challenges in community detection for graphs with heterogeneous degree distributions.
method Spectral clustering on spherical coordinates with degree correction.
result Improved performance in representing computer networks.
Vertex clustering in a stochastic blockmodel graph has wide applicability and has been the subject of extensive research. In thispaper, we provide a short proof that the adjacency spectral embedding can be used to obtain perfect clustering for the stochastic blockmodel and the degree-corrected stochastic blockmodel. We…
Spectral clustering is a fast and popular algorithm for finding clusters in networks. Recently, Chaudhuri et al. (2012) and Amini et al.(2012) proposed inspired variations on the algorithm that artificially inflate the node degrees for improved statistical performance. The current paper extends the previous statistical…
Improves community detection in directed networks with theoretical guarantees.
problem Degree heterogeneity affects community detection in directed networks.
method Introduced D-SCORE algorithm and established theoretical guarantees for Directed-DCBM.
result Established theoretical guarantees and provided improvements for D-SCORE.
The study of networks has received increased attention recently not only from the social sciences and statistics but also from physicists, computer scientists and mathematicians. One of the principal problem in networks is community detection. Many algorithms have been proposed for community finding but most of them do…
Two spectral clustering methods for multi-layer networks are analyzed and compared.
problem Community detection in multi-layer networks.
method Sum and debiased sum of squared adjacency matrices for spectral clustering.
result Debiased sum of squared adjacency matrices outperforms sum of adjacency matrices.
A new test optimizes detecting small communities in large networks.
problem Detecting small communities in large networks.
method Using Sinkhorn's theorem and a degree-corrected block model (DCBM), the study optimizes the SgnQ test for this challenging setting.
result The SgnQ test is optimal for detecting communities larger than √n, achieving the computational lower bound (CLB).
The paper reviews methods for determining the number of communities in network data.
problem Determining the number of communities in network data.
method Statistical methods for hypothesis testing and clustering in network models.
result SCORE and NCV methods evaluated for clustering in Degree-Corrected Block Models, with NCV facing challenges.