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48 results for graph connection Laplacian

The paper extends Laplacian spectra approximations to vector bundles.

problem Approximating the spectrum of the connection Laplacian.
method Extending the graph connection Laplacian to vector bundles and proving spectrum approximation.
result The spectrum of the extended operator approximates the spectrum of the connection Laplacian.

The paper develops a method to sparsify magnetic Laplacians using multi-type spanning forests.

problem Sparsifying magnetic Laplacians for large and dense graphs.
method Sampling multi-type spanning forests using a determinantal point process.
result The method provides statistical guarantees for estimating the connection Laplacian.

The graph Laplacian plays key roles in information processing of relational data, and has analogies with the Laplacian in differential geometry. In this paper, we generalize the analogy between graph Laplacian and differential geometry to the hypergraph setting, and propose a novel hypergraph pp-Laplacian. Unlike the …

2017-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗

The aim of the present article is to give an overview of spectral theory on metric graphs guided by spectral geometry on discrete graphs and manifolds. We present the basic concept of metric graphs and natural Laplacians acting on it and explicitly allow infinite graphs. Motivated by the general form of a Laplacian on …

2007-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper explains spectral clustering and its equivalence to PCA, breaking it into fully connected and multi-connected cases.

problem Understanding the mathematics behind spectral clustering and its equivalence to PCA.
method Dividing spectral clustering into two categories based on graph connectivity and proving the equivalence to PCA.
result Spectral clustering and PCA are equivalent, with specific proofs for fully connected and multi-connected graphs.

Improved matching for multiple objects using a novel reweighting method.

problem Current multi-object matching methods have limitations and are not robust.
method Proposes a novel iterative reweighting strategy using the graph connection Laplacian.
result Demonstrates superior performance over state-of-the-art methods.

Study spectral properties of graph Laplacian for manifold data.

problem Understanding spectral properties of graph Laplacian for manifold data.
method Non-asymptotic error bounds on spectral properties of empirical graph Laplacian.
result Eigenvalues and eigenspaces of empirical graph Laplacian are close to Laplace-Beltrami operator of manifold.

Paper proves conditions for estimating precision matrices with Laplacian constraints.

problem Estimating high-dimensional precision matrices with Laplacian constraints.
method Minimizing Stein's loss with conditions on graph connectivity and Laplacian constraints.
result High-dimensional consistency achieved with Laplacian constraints, independent of graph structure.

New method clusters evolving networks using spatio-temporal graph Laplacian.

problem Clustering communities in time-varying graphs.
method Extends spectral clustering to dynamic graphs using CCA and spatio-temporal graph Laplacian.
result The spatio-temporal graph Laplacian clearly interprets cluster evolution over time.

In this paper, we consider three typical problems on a locally finite connected graph. The first one is to study the Bochner formula for the Laplacian operator on a locally finite connected graph. We use the Bochner formula to derive the Bernstein type estimate of the heat equation. The second is to derive the Reilly t…

2013-04-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We address the problem of setting the kernel bandwidth used by Manifold Learning algorithms to construct the graph Laplacian. Exploiting the connection between manifold geometry, represented by the Riemannian metric, and the Laplace-Beltrami operator, we set the bandwidth by optimizing the Laplacian's ability to preser…

2014-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Graphs are fundamental mathematical structures used in various fields to represent data, signals and processes. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for learning/estimating graphs from data. The proposed framework includes (i) formulation of various graph learning problems, (ii) their probabilistic interpretatio…

2016-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Spectral methods that are based on eigenvectors and eigenvalues of discrete graph Laplacians, such as Diffusion Maps and Laplacian Eigenmaps are often used for manifold learning and non-linear dimensionality reduction. It was previously shown by Belkin and Niyogi \cite{belkin_niyogi:2007} that the eigenvectors and eige…

2013-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New curvature tensor and matrices for connection graphs derived from Bakry-Émery curvature.

problem Deriving Buser-type bounds on eigenvalues of connection Laplacians.
method Reformulation of Bakry-Émery curvature through curvature matrices and tensor representations.
result Extension of curvature matrices to connection graphs, addressing eigenfunction challenges.

Recently, several data analytic techniques based on connection graph laplacian (CGL) ideas have appeared in the literature. At this point, the properties of these methods are starting to be understood in the setting where the data is observed without noise. We study the impact of additive noise on these methods, and sh…

2014-05-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper finds minimum Steklov eigenvalues on combinatorial graphs.

problem Finding the minimum Steklov eigenvalues on combinatorial graphs.
method Extending Friedman's nodal domain theory for Laplacian eigenfunctions to Steklov eigenfunctions.
result The minimum of the imthi^{ m th} Steklov eigenvalue on a connected combinatorial graph is essentially attained by a star or a regular comb with minimal brooms.

We study the existence and uniqueness of the heat kernel on infinite, locally finite, connected graphs. For general graphs, a uniqueness criterion, shown to be optimal, is given in terms of the maximal valence on spheres about a fixed vertex. A sufficient condition for non-uniqueness is also presented. Furthermore, we …

2008-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves error bounds for state representation in RL using graph spectral features.

problem Addressing the curse of dimensionality in RL with unknown transition graphs.
method Proves upper bounds on approximation error of linear value function approximation using learned spectral features of the state-graph.
result Error bounds scale with algebraic connectivity and eigenvector estimation error.

Anomaly detection in networks often boils down to identifying an underlying graph structure on which the abnormal occurrence rests on. Financial fraud schemes are one such example, where more or less intricate schemes are employed in order to elude transaction security protocols. We investigate the problem of learning …

2019-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

In this thesis, we analyze the stochastic completeness of a heat kernel on graphs which is a function of three variables: a pair of vertices and a continuous time, for infinite, locally finite, connected graphs. For general graphs, a sufficient condition for stochastic completeness is given in terms of the maximum vale…

2007-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

In graph theory there are intimate connections between the expansion properties of a graph and the spectrum of its Laplacian. In this paper we define a notion of combinatorial expansion for simplicial complexes of general dimension, and prove that similar connections exist between the combinatorial expansion of a compl…

2012-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for spectral barycentre of graph datasets.

problem Creating a summary graph from a set of graphs with community structure.
method Using multiscale spectral distance based on normalized graph Laplacian eigenvalues.
result The barycentre inherits the topological structure of the graphs in the sample dataset.

Study shows SNN graph Laplacians converge to k-NN graph Laplacians under large scale asymptotics.

problem Understanding the convergence of SNN graph Laplacians to k-NN graph Laplacians.
method Analyzing the asymptotic behavior of SNN and k-NN graph Laplacians.
result The graph Laplacians of SNN and k-NN graphs converge to the same limit under large scale asymptotics.

Paper interprets UMAP and t-SNE as probabilistic MAP inference.

problem Understanding and interpreting UMAP and t-SNE.
method Interprets UMAP and t-SNE as MAP inference methods corresponding to a probabilistic model of the graph Laplacian.
result Shows UMAP and t-SNE can be understood as probabilistic inference methods.

GS-B3^3SE improves label shift estimation by smoothing priors on a graph.

problem Label shift adaptation when source and target distributions share conditional but not marginal probabilities.
method Graph-Smoothed Bayesian Black-Box Shift Estimator (GS-B3^3SE) places Laplacian-Gaussian priors on log-priors and confusion-matrix columns tied by a label-similarity graph.
result GS-B3^3SE produces a tractable posterior with HMC or Newton-CG schemes, proving identifiability, contraction, and robustness.

Many problems in machine learning can be expressed by means of a graph with nodes representing training samples and edges representing the relationship between samples in terms of similarity, temporal proximity, or label information. Graphs can in turn be represented by matrices. A special example is the Laplacian matr…

2019-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The spectral geometry of mesh matrices of graphs is explored, leading to new formulas and eigenvalue estimates.

problem Understanding the spectral properties of mesh matrices of graphs.
method Definition and study of mesh matrices, introduction of mesh Laplacian, derivation of characteristic polynomial formulas.
result Mesh Laplacian eigenvalues are all real and greater than or equal to 1, with a smallest positive eigenvalue estimated.

Survey of Laplacian-based methods for data dimensionality reduction and embedding.

problem Efficiently reducing high-dimensional data to lower dimensions while preserving important features and structures.
method Laplacian-based methods including spectral clustering, Laplacian eigenmap, locality preserving projection, graph embedding, and diffusion map.
result Comprehensive overview of various optimization variants and applications of Laplacian-based techniques.

The paper defines surface area for graphs and derives spectral estimates.

problem Understanding connectivity measures and spectral properties of graphs.
method Introducing surface area concepts related to inverse degree and deriving spectral bounds.
result An upper bound on the second eigenvalue for planar graphs.

The 1\ell_1-norm fails to produce sparse solutions in Laplacian constrained graphical models, leading to a complete graph.

problem Learning a sparse graph under Laplacian constrained Gaussian graphical models.
method Introduced a nonconvex sparsity penalty and proposed a new estimator using a sequence of weighted 1\ell_1-norm penalized sub-problems. Developed a projected gradient descent algorithm with linear convergence rate.
result The proposed estimator can recover the edges correctly with high probability and is effective on both synthetic and real-world data sets.

We argue that the standard graph Laplacian is preferable for spectral partitioning of signed graphs compared to the signed Laplacian. Simple examples demonstrate that partitioning based on signs of components of the leading eigenvectors of the signed Laplacian may be meaningless, in contrast to partitioning based on th…

2017-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗