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.
Gradient estimates for unbounded graph Laplacians under Bakry-Emery curvature.
problem Gradient estimates for unbounded graph Laplacians.
method Proving gradient estimates under Bakry-Emery curvature bounds for unbounded graph Laplacians with ellipticity assumption.
result Gradient estimates and applications to completeness and finiteness of stochastically complete graphs.
Develops methods to analyze manifold singularities using graph Laplacian.
problem Analyzing geometric properties of singularities in datasets.
method Theory and methods using the graph Laplacian to provide explicit bounds on manifold singularities.
result Explicit bounds on the graph Laplacian for functions near manifold singularities.
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 convergence of bi-stochastically normalized graph Laplacian to manifold Laplacian and robustness to outlier noise.
problem Convergence of bi-stochastically normalized graph Laplacian to manifold Laplacian and robustness to outlier noise.
method Proves convergence of bi-stochastically normalized graph Laplacian to manifold Laplacian with rates, and proposes an approximate and constrained matrix scaling problem to achieve the same consistency rate.
result Graph Laplacian consistency rate matches the rate for clean manifold data plus an additional term proportional to the boundedness of the inner-products of the noise vectors.
Eigenvalues of manifolds with cylindrical boundaries approximated by graph Laplacians.
problem Approximating eigenvalues of manifolds with cylindrical boundaries.
method Using truncated graph Laplacians constructed from (ε,ρ)-proximity graphs. result Eigenvalues of truncated graph Laplacians converge to Dirichlet eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator.
The paper proves spectral convergence rates for graph Laplacian to manifold Laplace-Beltrami operator.
problem Spectral convergence of graph Laplacian to manifold Laplace-Beltrami operator.
method Analysis of Dirichlet form convergence and construction of approximate eigenfunctions via manifold heat kernel.
result Proves spectral convergence rates for Gaussian kernelized graph Laplacian.
The paper uses graph Laplacians and maximum principles to study learning problems on unknown manifolds.
problem Learning problems on unknown manifolds with noise.
method Maximum principle arguments and techniques from partial differential equations and the Calculus of variations.
result Asymptotic consistency guarantees for noise-corrupted, non-parametric regression.
The paper improves spectral convergence rates for graph Laplacians.
problem Improving spectral convergence rates for graph Laplacians.
method Utilizing regularity of continuum eigenfunctions and strong pointwise consistency results.
result Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of graph Laplacian converge to continuum at rate O(n−1/(m+4)). Study of spectral properties of graph Laplacians for data clustering.
problem Understanding the spectral gap of graph Laplacians for data clustering.
method Analysis of a three-parameter family of differential operators as the large data limit of graph Laplacians.
result The spectral gap depends on three parameters and the size of the perturbation from perfectly clustered data.
Study on harmonic maps between cones, linking degrees to graph Laplacian eigenvalues.
problem Understanding harmonic maps between singular spaces.
method Analyzing homogeneous harmonic maps between simplicial cones and their degrees.
result Degrees of homogeneous harmonic maps are related to eigenvalues of discrete graph Laplacians.
The paper proves Lipschitz regularity of graph Laplacian eigenvectors on random data clouds.
problem Analyzing the regularity of solutions to graph Laplacian equations on random data points.
method Probabilistic coupling of random walks and interpolation method for point clouds to continuum.
result Graph Laplacian eigenvectors are essentially Lipschitz with constants depending on eigenvalues.
Graph Laplacians adapt to different manifold dimensions, while Dirichlet energies converge to a tensorized Dirichlet energy.
problem Understanding machine learning methods for data with varying intrinsic dimensions.
method Γ-convergence of graph Dirichlet energies and spectral convergence of graph Laplacians on intersecting manifolds of varying dimensions.
result Normalized Dirichlet energy converges to a tensorized Dirichlet energy that adapts to all dimensions simultaneously.
The paper analyzes graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature bounds and applies to non-collapsed spaces.
problem Analyzing spectral properties of graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature constraints.
method Quantitative bounds on eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of graph Laplacians constructed from random variables on manifolds with uniform lower Ricci curvature bounds.
result Spectral convergence of graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature bounds and in non-collapsed spaces.
Estimates manifold distances using graph Laplacian, proving consistency.
problem Estimating distances in compact Riemannian manifolds.
method Graph Laplacian estimates of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, bounding errors.
result Proof of consistency for manifold distances.
Graph Laplacians and machine learning predict properties of finite graphs.
problem Understanding properties of finite graphs using spectral and topological methods.
method Combining graph Laplacians, spectral inequalities, machine learning, and topological data analysis.
result Neural networks can accurately predict graph properties like Ricci-flatness and spectral gaps.
Fast matrix-vector products for large graph Laplacians using NFFT.
problem Efficient computation of matrix-vector products for large, densely populated graph Laplacians.
method Combining NFFT with Krylov methods and iterative solvers.
result Significant speedup in computations for graph Laplacians.
Propagation-regularization improves GNN performance by infusing extra graph information.
problem The effectiveness of graph Laplacian regularization in GNNs is questioned and improved upon.
method Introducing Propagation-regularization (P-reg) to enhance GNN performance.
result P-reg boosts GNN performance on various tasks across multiple datasets.
Study the geometric structure of graph Laplacian embeddings for manifold data.
problem Identifying coarse structure in manifold data sampled from a mixture model.
method Analyze spectral clustering procedure for data sampled from a manifold, focusing on graph Laplacian embeddings.
result Embedded data concentrates on cones centered around orthogonal vectors when the mixture model is well-separated.
In manifold learning, algorithms based on graph Laplacians constructed from data have received considerable attention both in practical applications and theoretical analysis. In particular, the convergence of graph Laplacians obtained from sampled data to certain continuous operators has become an active research topic…
Existing approaches to analyzing the asymptotics of graph Laplacians typically assume a well-behaved kernel function with smoothness assumptions. We remove the smoothness assumption and generalize the analysis of graph Laplacians to include previously unstudied graphs including kNN graphs. We also introduce a kernel-fr…
This paper reduces graph-Laplacian dimensionality for spectral clustering of subsets.
problem High computational cost of graph-Laplacian spectral embedding for large data sets.
method Develops two algorithms for low-dimensional graph-Laplacian representation of target subsets.
result Ensures consistency of target subset clustering with full data set spectral clustering.
Spectral clustering achieves strong consistency in the stochastic block model under certain conditions.
problem Achieving strong consistency in spectral clustering for the stochastic block model.
method Entrywise analysis of the Fielder eigenvector of graph Laplacians.
result Spectral clustering achieves exact recovery of hidden communities under matching information-theoretic limits.
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.
Paper describes eigenvalues of genus 3 surfaces graphs.
problem Understanding eigenvalues of genus 3 surfaces.
method Analyzes graphs derived from pair of pants decompositions.
result Complete description of eigenvalue sets for genus 3.
Bayesian methods estimate regression functions on submanifolds using graph Laplacian eigenbasis.
problem Estimating regression functions on unknown smooth submanifolds.
method Random geometric graph structure, Bayesian priors based on random basis expansion in graph Laplacian eigenbasis.
result Posterior contraction rates are minimax optimal for any positive smoothness index.
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…
SpecRaGE learns robust multi-view representations using graph Laplacians and neural networks.
problem Challenges in generalizing and scaling multi-view representation learning methods.
method SpecRaGE integrates graph Laplacian methods with neural networks to learn robust representations.
result SpecRaGE outperforms state-of-the-art methods in noisy and contaminated data scenarios.
This short note aims at (re)proving that the symmetrically normalized graph Laplacian $L=\Id - D^{-1/2}WD^{-1/2}$ (from a graph defined from a Gaussian weighting kernel on a sampled smooth manifold) converges towards the continuous Manifold Laplacian when the sampling become infinitely dense. The convergence rate with …
The original contributions of this paper are twofold: a new understanding of the influence of noise on the eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian of a set of image patches, and an algorithm to estimate a denoised set of patches from a noisy image. The algorithm relies on the following two observations: (1) the low-index e…
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.
The paper studies eigenvalues of graph Laplacians on data clouds and proves central limit theorems.
problem Asymptotic fluctuations of eigenvalues of graph Laplacians on data clouds.
method Analysis of graph Laplacian operator, asymptotic fluctuations, central limit theorems.
result Central limit theorems for eigenvalues of graph Laplacians are proven.
Graph Laplacians converge under symmetric divergence conditions.
problem Analyzing convergence of graph Laplacians on manifolds.
method Using a symmetric divergence D and non-degeneracy condition, we show convergence of graph Laplacians. result Graph Laplacians converge pointwise under given conditions.
Protein function prediction is the important problem in modern biology. In this paper, the un-normalized, symmetric normalized, and random walk graph Laplacian based semi-supervised learning methods will be applied to the integrated network combined from multiple networks to predict the functions of all yeast proteins …
The paper analyzes graph Laplacian regularized estimators for learning latent variables from observations.
problem Learning latent variables from observations with a known topological structure.
method Graph Laplacian regularized estimator, penalized least squares with Laplacian penalty.
result Developed a non-asymptotic bound for estimation error, showing the advantage of graph Laplacian regularized estimators.
The smallest eigenvalues and the associated eigenvectors (i.e., eigenpairs) of a graph Laplacian matrix have been widely used in spectral clustering and community detection. However, in real-life applications the number of clusters or communities (say, K) is generally unknown a-priori. Consequently, the majority of t…
Root Laplacian Eigenmaps help in spectral embedding of graphs.
problem Efficient spectral embedding of graphs.
method Square root of graph-Laplacian operator.
result Improved spectral embedding techniques.
Graphs approximate Laplacian spectra on manifolds.
problem Approximating Laplacian spectra on complex manifolds.
method Graph Laplacians on proximity graphs.
result Spectra of graph Laplacians approximate the Laplacian spectra of manifolds.
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.
We study the convergence of the graph Laplacian of a random geometric graph generated by an i.i.d. sample from a m-dimensional submanifold M in Rd as the sample size n increases and the neighborhood size h tends to zero. We show that eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian converge with a rate of…
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…
A method for semi-supervised regression under uncertainty combines graph Laplacian and cluster ensemble.
problem Semi-supervised regression with uncertain data structure and noise.
method Combines graph Laplacian regularization and cluster ensemble methodologies; uses low-rank decomposition of co-association matrix.
result Robust, efficient, and scalable method demonstrated through numerical experiments.
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 p-Laplacian. Unlike the …
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…
Laplacian Eigenvectors of the graph constructed from a data set are used in many spectral manifold learning algorithms such as diffusion maps and spectral clustering. Given a graph constructed from a random sample of a d-dimensional compact submanifold M in RD, we establish the spectral convergence rate…
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…
This paper presents a bias-variance tradeoff of graph Laplacian regularizer, which is widely used in graph signal processing and semi-supervised learning tasks. The scaling law of the optimal regularization parameter is specified in terms of the spectral graph properties and a novel signal-to-noise ratio parameter, whi…
Quantum-classical correspondence links graph Laplacians to manifold dynamics.
problem Establishing a quantum-classical link for graph Laplacians on manifolds.
method Using semiclassical pseudodifferential operators and coherent states, the paper connects graph Laplacians to geodesic flows on manifolds.
result The geodesic flow on manifolds can be approximated by matrix dynamics on discrete samples.