In this paper, we propose a family of graph partition similarity measures that take the topology of the graph into account. These graph-aware measures are alternatives to using set partition similarity measures that are not specifically designed for graph partitions. The two types of measures, graph-aware and set parti…
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.
Study graph products of groups, classifying them up to measure equivalence and rigidity.
problem Classifying graph products of groups up to measure equivalence and rigidity.
method Measure-theoretic and structural properties of von Neumann algebras, rigidity theorems.
result Quantified measure equivalence classification and rigidity theorems for graph products.
As relational datasets modeled as graphs keep increasing in size and their data-acquisition is permeated by uncertainty, graph-based analysis techniques can become computationally and conceptually challenging. In particular, node centrality measures rely on the assumption that the graph is perfectly known -- a premise …
This paper proposes an organized generalization of Newman and Girvan's modularity measure for graph clustering. Optimized via a deterministic annealing scheme, this measure produces topologically ordered graph clusterings that lead to faithful and readable graph representations based on clustering induced graphs. Topog…
We extend Sobolev transport to unbalanced measures on graphs.
problem Optimal transport struggles with measures of different total mass and high computational complexity.
method We propose a scalable unbalanced Sobolev transport (UST) for measures on graphs.
result UST admits a closed-form formula for fast computation and is negative definite.
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.
Measure-scaling quasi-isometries on graphs have specific scaling groups.
problem Understanding the scaling groups of graphs under quasi-isometries.
method Analyzing measure-scaling quasi-isometries on graphs and their properties.
result The scaling group of a graph is invariant under measure-scaling quasi-isometries.
Graph neural networks improve with affinity measures from random walks.
problem Limited expressivity of GNNs due to small receptive field.
method Introduced affinity measures from random walks into GNNs.
result Affinity measures enhance GNN performance on various tasks.
New measures assess differences in causal graphs' separations.
problem Evaluating causal discovery algorithms' output.
method Proposes new distance measures capturing causal graphs' separations.
result Proposed distances assess differences in causal graphs' separations.
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.
A novel approach to computing barycenters on graph-supported probability measures.
problem Computing weighted averages of measures on graphs.
method Dynamic optimal transport formulation on the simplex, gradient descent on the probability simplex.
result Intrinsic gradient descent provides a coherent framework for synthesizing and analyzing measures on graphs.
We extend the notion of canonical measures to all (possibly non-compact) metric graphs. This will allow us to introduce a notion of "hyperbolic measures" on universal covers of metric graphs. Kazhdan's theorem for Riemann surfaces describes the limiting behavior of canonical (Arakelov) measures on finite covers in rela…
We present a novel framework based on optimal transport for the challenging problem of comparing graphs. Specifically, we exploit the probabilistic distribution of smooth graph signals defined with respect to the graph topology. This allows us to derive an explicit expression of the Wasserstein distance between graph s…
The study learns causal graphs from time series data using entropy measures.
problem Learning causal graphs from time series data.
method Constraint-based framework, information-theoretic measures, generalized causation entropy, PC and FCI algorithms.
result The methods effectively construct causal graphs from time series data.
In this paper, we propose a perturbation framework to measure the robustness of graph properties. Although there are already perturbation methods proposed to tackle this problem, they are limited by the fact that the strength of the perturbation cannot be well controlled. We firstly provide a perturbation framework on …
Critical graphs of quadratic differentials equidistribute in moduli space.
problem Distribution of critical graphs in moduli space.
method Study of Jenkins-Strebel differentials and their critical graphs.
result Critical graphs equidistribute to the Kontsevich measure.
Right-angled Artin groups are classified based on measure equivalence.
problem Classifying right-angled Artin groups using measure equivalence.
method Proved measure equivalence implies isomorphic extension graphs, and used quasi-isometry results.
result No right-angled Artin group is superrigid for measure equivalence.
Estimates smooth graph signals from partial measurements.
problem Estimating latent signals on a graph from limited measurements.
method Smoothness penalized least squares estimator.
result Weak consistency for joint recovery of signals under stringent sampling.
Novel algorithm speeds up computation of Sobolev IPM for graph-based probability measures.
problem Efficient computation of Sobolev IPM for graph-based probability measures.
method Established relation between Sobolev norm and weighted Lp-norm, proposed novel regularization, leveraged graph structure. result Proposed regularized Sobolev IPM provides closed-form expression for fast computation.
New method synchronizes graphs with probability measures on rotations.
problem Synchronizing graphs with measure-valued edges over rotations.
method Formulated as maximization of cycle-consistency in probability measures over rotations, using Sinkhorn divergences.
result Proposes a nonparametric Riemannian particle optimization approach converging to global optimum under certain conditions.
Implementing k-NN classification using Gromov--Wasserstein distances
problem Comparing metric measure spaces
method Gromov--Wasserstein and fused Gromov--Wasserstein distances
result Universal consistency of k-NN classifiers The study characterizes heat flow and concentration on directed graphs with a lower Ricci curvature bound.
problem Understanding heat flow and concentration on directed graphs with a specific curvature bound.
method Characterization via gradient estimate and transportation inequality for the heat semigroup.
result Concentration of measure inequality for directed graphs with positive Ricci curvature.
Few-shot graph classification on graphs with limited labeled examples.
problem Limited labeled data for graph classification.
method Graph spectral measures to cluster graphs into super-classes, then use GNNs.
result Improved classification performance on few-shot graph classification tasks.
Proposes methods for local clustering in attributed graphs.
problem Finding a single cluster concentrated on a specific region in a graph.
method Introduces Graph Unimodality (GU) and Attribute Unimodality (AU) measures, and LOCLU algorithm to optimize Compactness score.
result Local cluster detected by LOCLU concentrates on the region of interest and exhibits unimodal data distribution.
A new metric for comparing probability measures on graphs, scalable and negative definite.
problem Optimal transport's high complexity and indefiniteness for kernel machines.
method Sobolev transport metric for graph metrics, closed-form formula, negative definiteness.
result Sobolev transport yields a scalable and negative definite metric.
Hyperbolic groups' infinite orbits spread evenly in spaces.
problem Equidistribution of hyperbolic groups in homogeneous spaces.
method Averaging measures along spheres in Cayley graphs converges to Haar measure.
result Infinite orbits of hyperbolic groups equidistribute in homogeneous spaces.
We define a new family of similarity and distance measures on graphs, and explore their theoretical properties in comparison to conventional distance metrics. These measures are defined by the solution(s) to an optimization problem which attempts find a map minimizing the discrepancy between two graph Laplacian exponen…
We define a way of approximating actions on measure spaces using finite graphs; we then show that in quite general settings these graphs form a family of expanders if and only if the action is expanding in measure. This provides a somewhat unified approach to construct expanders. We also show that the graphs we obtain …
New graph invariant measures embeddability in 3D.
problem Measuring embeddability of graphs in 3D.
method Defining freeness index to measure embeddability of graph complements.
result Cubic graphs satisfying orientable cycle double cover conjecture have freeness index at least two.
For a graph representation of a dataset, a straightforward normality measure for a sample can be its graph degree. Considering a weighted graph, degree of a sample is the sum of the corresponding row's values in a similarity matrix. The measure is intuitive given the abnormal samples are usually rare and they are dissi…
We use multiple measures of graph complexity to evaluate the realism of synthetically-generated networks of human activity, in comparison with several stylized network models as well as a collection of empirical networks from the literature. The synthetic networks are generated by integrating data about human populatio…
This paper deals with chain graphs under the classic Lauritzen-Wermuth-Frydenberg interpretation. We prove that the regular Gaussian distributions that factorize with respect to a chain graph G with d parameters have positive Lebesgue measure with respect to Rd, whereas those that factorize with respect…
Graph neural networks improve systemic risk measures for financial networks.
problem Computing systemic risk measures for graph-structured financial networks.
method Extended permutation equivariant neural networks (X-PENNs) for numerical approximation.
result Graph neural networks outperform other methods in approximating optimal allocations.
A new method for transporting unbalanced measures on graphs efficiently.
problem Optimal transport for measures with unequal total masses on graph metric spaces.
method Developed a novel variant of entropy partial transport (Orlicz-EPT) with Orlicz geometric structure, leading to Orlicz-Sobolev transport (OST).
result OST can be efficiently computed by solving a univariate optimization problem, significantly faster than Orlicz-EPT.
This paper studies rectifiability in Carnot groups and proves geometric area formulas.
problem The study of rectifiability in Carnot groups and related geometric properties.
method Analysis of rectifiable measures in Carnot groups, geometric area formulas, and rectifiability of geodesic spheres.
result Geometric area formula for the centered Hausdorff measure restricted to intrinsically differentiable graphs in Carnot groups.
Mining discriminative features for graph data has attracted much attention in recent years due to its important role in constructing graph classifiers, generating graph indices, etc. Most measurement of interestingness of discriminative subgraph features are defined on certain graphs, where the structure of graph objec…
The paper confirms a conjecture linking link bipyramid volume and Mahler measure.
problem Link bipyramid volume and Mahler measure relationship for alternating links.
method Using isoradial graphs and spanning trees on lattices, the authors confirm the conjecture for two examples and calculate five more.
result The conjecture is confirmed for specific examples of alternating links.
This paper is concerned with jointly recovering n node-variables {xi}1≤i≤n from a collection of pairwise difference measurements. Imagine we acquire a few observations taking the form of xi−xj; the observation pattern is represented by a measurement graph G with an ed…
Study area and coarea formulas for graphs and submanifolds in Carnot groups.
problem Understanding geometric properties of submanifolds in Carnot groups.
method Developed area and coarea formulas for CH1 intrinsic graphs and submanifolds. result Deduced density properties for Hausdorff measures and coarea formula for Carnot groups.
In a graph convolutional network, we assume that the graph G is generated wrt some observation noise. During learning, we make small random perturbations ΔG of the graph and try to improve generalization. Based on quantum information geometry, ΔG can be characterized by the eigendecomposition of the graph Laplaci…
This paper examines properties of feedforward graphs to improve neural network performance.
problem The choice of computational graph can significantly impact neural network performance.
method The paper introduces two measures: fidelity and mixing time, and evaluates popular graphs using these measures.
result Popular graphs are evaluated based on fidelity and mixing time, revealing their performance implications.
Improved graph neural network bounds using graph diffusion matrix.
problem Empirical performance of graph neural networks on real-world graphs.
method Unified model of graph neural networks, focusing on feature diffusion matrix stability.
result Generalization bounds scale with largest singular value of feature diffusion matrix, smaller than prior bounds.
Assessing generative models is not an easy task. Generative models should synthesize graphs which are not replicates of real networks but show topological features similar to real graphs. We introduce an approach for assessing graph generative models using graph classifiers. The inability of an established graph classi…
Identifies directed graphs from node measurements using polynomial filters.
problem Inferring directed network topology from nodal measurements.
method System identification of graph convolutional filter followed by topology inference.
result Effective recovery of directed graphs from measurements.
Unified geometric scattering model for measure spaces.
problem Improving CNNs for non-Euclidean data.
method Unified geometric scattering model for measure spaces.
result Unified model includes previous work and applies to more general settings.
Uniform drift estimates found for random walks on graph products.
problem Finding uniform lower bounds on drift for random walks on graph products.
method Extending Gouëzel's argument and introducing the combinatorial notion of piling.
result Uniform lower bounds on the drift for a family of random walks on graph products.
New curvature measure defined for graphs, with bounds on diameter and spectral gap.
problem Defining curvature for graphs and proving its properties.
method Solving linear systems to compute curvature; applying minimax theorem.
result Graphs with positive curvature have bounded diameter and spectral gap.