Graph energy helps detect communities in networks better than traditional methods.
problem Detecting communities in sparse networks where traditional methods fail.
method Using graph energy based on the full spectrum of adjacency matrices.
result The difference in graph energy between a planted partition model and an Erdős--Rényi network has a distinct transition at the detectability threshold.
Efficient method for vertex embedding and community detection.
problem Vertex embedding and community detection.
method Normalized one-hot graph encoder and rank-based cluster size measure.
result Excellent numerical performance of graph encoder ensemble algorithm.
The paper introduces curvature-based clustering algorithms for graph analysis.
problem Identifying densely connected substructures in graphs for community detection.
method Discrete Ricci curvatures and geometric flows to reveal community structure.
result The curvature-based approach can identify overlapping communities in graphs.
Improved community detection in graphs with probabilistic models.
problem Lack of probabilistic formulation and fixed number of communities in GNN-based methods.
method Combines GNNs with amortized clustering for variable numbers of clusters.
result Improved performance on synthetic and real datasets compared to previous methods.
The paper introduces a method for detecting principal communities and embedding vertices.
problem Detecting and embedding vertices in graphs with community structure.
method Principal graph encoder embedding method that detects principal communities and produces vertex embeddings.
result The method successfully detects principal communities and produces accurate vertex embeddings.
It has been demonstrated that adversarial graphs, i.e., graphs with imperceptible perturbations added, can cause deep graph models to fail on node/graph classification tasks. In this paper, we extend adversarial graphs to the problem of community detection which is much more difficult. We focus on black-box attack and …
Paper proposes a method to detect fair communities in graphs considering demographic attributes.
problem Inconsistent community detection violates fairness constraints for nodes with demographic attributes.
method Develops an ℓ1-regularized pseudo-likelihood approach for fair graphical model selection. result The method ensures demographic groups are fairly represented within detected communities.
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 proposes DMGD for integrating outlier and community detection in graph embedding.
problem Outlier nodes affect graph embedding of regular nodes, especially in networks with multiple communities.
method DMGD integrates outlier and community detection with node embedding using multiclass graph description.
result DMGD detects outliers relative to their communities and achieves better node embedding compared to state-of-the-arts.
Paper explores exact recovery of communities in weighted graphs using Gaussian and exponential distributions.
problem Exact recovery of communities in weighted graphs with Gaussian and exponential distributions.
method Introduces a new semi-metric to describe conditions for exact recovery and analyzes conditions for both complete and incomplete graphs.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for exact recovery are asymptotically tight and applicable to both complete and incomplete graphs.
Deep learning improves community detection in graph datasets.
problem Community detection in graph datasets using deep learning.
method Proposes a deep learning approach using Gumbel Softmax for clustering graph nodes.
result The new approach significantly outperforms traditional clustering methods.
The methodology of community detection can be divided into two principles: imposing a network model on a given graph, or optimizing a designed objective function. The former provides guarantees on theoretical detectability but falls short when the graph is inconsistent with the underlying model. The latter is model-fre…
Community detection is a fundamental problem in machine learning. While deep learning has shown great promise in many graphrelated tasks, developing neural models for community detection has received surprisingly little attention. The few existing approaches focus on detecting disjoint communities, even though communit…
Paper uses SDP for community detection with side information.
problem Community detection in graphs with additional non-graph data.
method Formulates SDP relaxation for maximum likelihood node labeling with side information.
result SDP achieves same exact recovery threshold as maximum likelihood with side information.
New method detects overlapping communities in weighted graphs without pure nodes assumption.
problem Detect overlapping communities in weighted graphs without making pure nodes assumption.
method Convex optimization-based approach for weighted graphs.
result Success on artificial and real-world datasets.
This paper studies the problem of detecting the presence of a small dense community planted in a large Erdős-Rényi random graph G(N,q), where the edge probability within the community exceeds q by a constant factor. Assuming the hardness of the planted clique detection problem, we show that the computatio…
Modularity-aware GAE and VGAE improve community detection and link prediction.
problem Improving community detection with GAE and VGAE in the absence of node features.
method Introducing a modularity-aware message passing scheme and regularizer to GAE and VGAE encoders.
result Jointly addressing community detection and link prediction with high accuracy is possible.
Community detection has long been an important yet challenging task to analyze complex networks with a focus on detecting topological structures of graph data. Essentially, real-world graph data contains various features, node and edge types which dynamically vary over time, and this invalidates most existing community…
Detecting communities on graphs has received significant interest in recent literature. Current state-of-the-art community embedding approach called \textit{ComE} tackles this problem by coupling graph embedding with community detection. Considering the success of hyperbolic representations of graph-structured data in …
Quantum computing techniques improve graph analysis and community detection.
problem Analyzing large graphs efficiently and accurately.
method Used quantum annealing and quantum gate computers for community detection and regularity checking.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of quantum computing in solving complex graph problems.
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).
This paper considers a new framework to detect communities in a graph from the observation of signals at its nodes. We model the observed signals as noisy outputs of an unknown network process, represented as a graph filter that is excited by a set of unknown low-rank inputs/excitations. Application scenarios of this m…
GNNs robustness in community detection is studied with various perturbations.
problem Understanding GNNs robustness in community detection tasks.
method Systematic computational evaluation of six GNN architectures on synthetic and real-world networks.
result Supervised GNNs achieve higher baseline accuracy, while DMoN shows stronger resilience to perturbations.
Study recovers community structure from coarse graph measurements.
problem Community recovery from low-resolution graph measurements.
method Formalized coarsening process of graph measurements, developed conditions for perfect recovery.
result Simple and closed-form asymptotic conditions for perfect recovery of coarse graph communities.
Edge augmentation connects disconnected graphs by elevating eigenvalues.
problem Connecting disconnected subgraphs in graphs with zero eigenvalues.
method Elevating zero eigenvalues of graph's spectrum to connect subgraphs.
result The algorithm consistently connects graph components, achieving >50% inter-community edges.
New algorithms improve community detection and parameter estimation for PABM.
problem Improving community detection and parameter estimation for PABM.
method Connecting PABM to GRDPG, constructing new algorithms, and deriving asymptotic properties.
result Absolute number of community detection errors tends to zero as graph vertices increase.
Enhances community detection in correlated networks with node attributes.
problem Community detection in multiple networks with correlated node attributes and edges.
method Introduced the correlated Contextual Stochastic Block Model (CSBM), developed a two-step matching procedure.
result Algorithm recovers exact node correspondence, enabling enhanced community detection.
Paper models graph edge dependencies using latent variables for community detection.
problem Graphs' edge dependencies not fully explained by community membership.
method Introduces auxiliary latent variables to model edge dependencies and analyzes conditions for exact recovery.
result Exact recovery possible by semidefinite programming down to maximum likelihood threshold.
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.
Traditionally, community detection in graphs can be solved using spectral methods or posterior inference under probabilistic graphical models. Focusing on random graph families such as the stochastic block model, recent research has unified both approaches and identified both statistical and computational detection thr…
Analyzes methods for detecting communities in networks.
problem Detecting communities in networks.
method Examined graph theory, reviewed community detection methods, classified them, and evaluated community quality.
result Developed a classification of community detection methods and evaluated their strengths and weaknesses.
In this article, we study spectral methods for community detection based on α-parametrized normalized modularity matrix hereafter called Lα in heterogeneous graph models. We show, in a regime where community detection is not asymptotically trivial, that Lα can be well approximated by a more tract…
PieClam autoencodes graphs into communities, improving graph anomaly detection.
problem Graph anomaly detection and universal graph autoencoding.
method Probabilistic graph model with overlapping inclusive and exclusive communities.
result PieClam is a universal autoencoder that uniformly approximates any graph.
This paper focuses on two fundamental tasks of graph analysis: community detection and node representation learning, which capture the global and local structures of graphs, respectively. In the current literature, these two tasks are usually independently studied while they are actually highly correlated. We propose a…
This paper connects graph curvature to community structure.
problem Understanding the relationship between network curvature and community formation.
method Defining curvature on networks and analyzing its relation to community structure.
result Apriori bounds on the curvature of intercommunity edges.
Novel neural framework for scalable community detection and link prediction.
problem Efficiently learning graph topology and community structure in large graphs.
method Proposes a joint SBM loss function for community detection and link prediction, leveraging neural networks.
result Framework efficiently handles large graphs with a single forward pass, improving scalability and performance.
Improved community detection and link prediction with GAE and VGAE.
problem Jointly improving community detection and link prediction with graph autoencoders.
method Introducing a community-preserving message passing scheme and doping encoders with Louvain-based prior communities.
result Empirical effectiveness of Modularity-Aware GAE and VGAE on various real-world graphs.
Study on signed graphs with random signs, focusing on community detection.
problem Community detection in signed stochastic block models.
method Strong concentration inequalities for adjacency and Laplacian matrices, applied to signed Laplacian matrix.
result The sign of the first eigenvector of the Laplacian matrix defines a weakly consistent estimator for balanced community detection.
Sharp thresholds and contiguity for community detection in contextual SBM.
problem Community detection in graphs with high-dimensional node-covariates.
method Contextual Stochastic Block Model, non-rigorous cavity method, information theory.
result Established the sharp threshold for detection and weak recovery in the contextual SBM.
Clustering and community detection with multiple graphs have typically focused on aligned graphs, where there is a mapping between nodes across the graphs (e.g., multi-view, multi-layer, temporal graphs). However, there are numerous application areas with multiple graphs that are only partially aligned, or even unalign…
New algorithm detects cores in graphs with community structure, improving vertex selection for better clustering.
problem Understanding and detecting core-periphery structures in graphs with community structure.
method Introduces relative centrality to detect cores in graphs with community and core-periphery structures.
result Relative centrality solves bias issues in core detection, leading to better vertex selection and improved clustering performance.
Method analyzes large-scale network data to detect communication pattern shifts.
problem Analyzing large-scale time-series network data is challenging.
method Temporal encoder embedding method using ground-truth or estimated vertex labels.
result Detects communication pattern shifts across all levels of network structure.
Sketch-based approach detects community events in evolving networks.
problem Community detection in time-varying networks.
method Maintains a small sketch graph to capture essential community structure.
result Efficiently identifies six key community events during network evolution.
Communities in social networks or graphs are sets of well-connected, overlapping vertices. The effectiveness of a community detection algorithm is determined by accuracy in finding the ground-truth communities and ability to scale with the size of the data. In this work, we provide three contributions. First, we show t…
We propose a robust, scalable, integrated methodology for community detection and community comparison in graphs. In our procedure, we first embed a graph into an appropriate Euclidean space to obtain a low-dimensional representation, and then cluster the vertices into communities. We next employ nonparametric graph in…
Spectral method for joint community detection and group synchronization.
problem Jointly detecting communities and synchronizing orthogonal groups in graphs.
method Spectral decomposition followed by CPQR factorization.
result Near-optimal guarantees for exact and stable recovery of cluster memberships and orthogonal transforms.
Simulated Bifurcation outperforms quantum machines in community detection.
problem Community detection in complex networks
method Quantum-inspired Simulated Bifurcation algorithm for QUBO formulation
result Simulated Bifurcation achieves highest modularity in community detection
New method detects communities in hypergraphs by embedding them into a vector space.
problem Detecting communities in hypergraphs with multi-way interactions.
method Augmenting non-uniform hypergraphs, embedding into a vector space, using an alternative updating scheme.
result Asymptotic consistencies in community detection and hypergraph estimation established.