Non-parametric approaches for analyzing network data based on exchangeable graph models (ExGM) have recently gained interest. The key object that defines an ExGM is often referred to as a graphon. This non-parametric perspective on network modeling poses challenging questions on how to make inference on the graphon und…
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Estimates network topologies from shared graphon models across different networks.
problem Estimating the topology of multiple networks from nodal observations.
method Combining maximum likelihood penalty with graphon estimation schemes.
result Validated performance against competing methods in synthetic and real-world datasets.
Estimates multiple networks using graphons for non-aligned graphs.
problem Estimating topology of multiple networks from nodal observations.
method Combining maximum likelihood penalty with graphon estimation schemes.
result Validated performance against competing methods in synthetic and real-world datasets.
SIGL learns scalable graphons from graphs.
problem Estimating graphons from graphs of varying sizes.
method Combines INRs and GNNs for scalable graphon estimation.
result SIGL learns consistent graphons at arbitrary resolutions.
The paper introduces fixed-point centralities for networks and graphons.
problem Defining network centralities for networks and graphons.
method Fixed-point centralities defined via permutation equivariant mappings and graphons.
result Variation bounds of fixed-point centralities under mild assumptions.
Graph neural networks can be adapted to new graphs with a limit object called graphon NNs.
problem Transferability of graph neural networks across different graphs.
method Introduced graphon NNs as limit objects of GNNs and proved a bound on the difference between GNN and graphon-NN outputs.
result The bound on the difference between GNN and graphon-NN outputs vanishes with growing number of nodes if the graph convolutional filters are bandlimited.
Graphon Mixturesstat.ML
Generative model captures hubs and dense communities in social networks.
problem Capturing both hubs and dense communities in social networks.
method Graphon mixture model with a new condition on sparse graphs.
result Estimation of hub normalized degree and graphon for sparse components.
We consider estimating the edge-probability matrix of a network generated from a graphon model when the full network is not observed---only some overlapping subgraphs are. We extend the neighbourhood smoothing (NBS) algorithm of Zhang et al. (2017) to this missing-data set-up and show experimentally that, for a wide ra…
New method estimates graphons from multiple networks with high accuracy and low complexity.
problem Estimating graphon function from multiple networks with different node sets and sizes.
method Histogram-based estimator that aligns nodes across all networks.
result High accuracy and low computational complexity achieved.
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 …
New framework models non-exchangeable networks with latent orders and graphons.
problem Modeling non-exchangeable network data with complex dependencies.
method Latent orders and graphon-based approach for adjacency matrix probabilities.
result Consistent estimation and clustering of latent network structure.
GNTK reveals convergence of GNNs on large graphs.
problem Understanding and optimizing GNNs on large graphs.
method Graph Neural Tangent Kernels (GNTK) and graphons.
result GNTKs converge to graphon NTKs on large graphs, enabling task inference.
Gradient flows on graphons converge to curves on graphon space.
problem Optimizing functions on large, exchangeable graphs.
method Euclidean gradient flow on edge weights converges to a curve on graphon space.
result Gradient flows on graphons can be described as curves of maximal slope on graphon space.
Fine-tunes GNNs by preserving generative patterns to improve transferability.
problem Vanilla fine-tuning fails due to structural divergence between pre-training and downstream graphs.
method G-Tuning, which reconstructs the generative patterns of the downstream graph using graphon bases.
result G-Tuning achieves an average improvement of 0.5% and 2.6% on in-domain and out-of-domain transfer learning experiments.
New evidence shows computational barriers in graphon estimation using low-degree polynomials.
problem Estimating graphons efficiently and accurately.
method Low-degree polynomials to analyze computational limits.
result Low-degree polynomial estimators cannot significantly outperform USVT in graphon estimation.
Graphon game model simplifies stochastic interactions among agents.
problem Complex interactions among heterogeneous agents in stochastic games.
method Introduced a discrete-time graphon game formulation with a representative player.
result Existence and uniqueness of graphon equilibrium proven with mild assumptions.
Graphon autoencoder generates graphs with arbitrary sizes using Chebyshev filters.
problem Generating graphs with arbitrary sizes and arbitrary structures.
method Induces graphons from observed graphs, uses Chebyshev filters for latent representation, and learns encoder and decoder to minimize Wasserstein distance.
result Graphon autoencoder provides a new paradigm for graph generation with good generalizability and transferability.
New methods cluster and test graphs without vertex correspondence.
problem Clustering and testing of networks without vertex correspondence.
method Inspired by graphon estimation, propose a novel graph distance and clustering algorithms.
result Prove statistical consistency of clustering algorithms under Lipschitz assumptions on graph degrees.
Method learns graphons from graphs via Gromov-Wasserstein barycenters.
problem Learning nonparametric graph models from finite graphs.
method Approximate graphons with step functions, use Gromov-Wasserstein distance, learn barycenters.
result Proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art on synthetic and real-world data.
New algorithms learn graphons in GMFGs without knowing them.
problem Learning graphons in Graphon Mean-Field Games with unknown graphons.
method Proximal Policy Optimization for GMFG (GMFG-PPO) and kernel embedding methods for estimating graphons.
result The proposed algorithms reduce exploitability when learning unknown graphons.
In this work we develop a theory of hierarchical clustering for graphs. Our modeling assumption is that graphs are sampled from a graphon, which is a powerful and general model for generating graphs and analyzing large networks. Graphons are a far richer class of graph models than stochastic blockmodels, the primary se…
Unified framework for analyzing graph neural operators converging to graph limits.
problem Analyzing convergence of graph neural operators to graph limits.
method Develops a unified spectral framework for graph neural operators under various graphon assumptions.
result Unified framework enables direct comparison of convergence rates and tradeoffs.
We study an extention of total variation denoising over images to over Cartesian power graphs and its applications to estimating non-parametric network models. The power graph fused lasso (PGFL) segments a matrix by exploiting a known graphical structure, , over the rows and columns. Our main results shows that for …
Modelling exchangeable relational data can be described by \textit{graphon theory}. Most Bayesian methods for modelling exchangeable relational data can be attributed to this framework by exploiting different forms of graphons. However, the graphons adopted by existing Bayesian methods are either piecewise-constant fun…
Minimax Rates in Network Analysis: Graphon Estimation, Community Detection and Hypothesis Testingmath.ST
This paper surveys some recent developments in fundamental limits and optimal algorithms for network analysis. We focus on minimax optimal rates in three fundamental problems of network analysis: graphon estimation, community detection, and hypothesis testing. For each problem, we review state-of-the-art results in the…
Unified framework models graph data as a mixture of graphons using graph moments.
problem Graph datasets often mix from multiple underlying distributions.
method Model graph data as a mixture of graphons, using graph moments to cluster graphs.
result Graphs from similar graphons exhibit similar motif densities, enabling principled estimation of graphon mixture components.
Exchangeable graphs arise via a sampling procedure from measurable functions known as graphons. A natural estimation problem is how well we can recover a graphon given a single graph sampled from it. One general framework for estimating a graphon uses step-functions obtained by partitioning the nodes of the graph accor…
The estimation of probabilities of network edges from the observed adjacency matrix has important applications to predicting missing links and network denoising. It has usually been addressed by estimating the graphon, a function that determines the matrix of edge probabilities, but this is ill-defined without strong a…
Graph neural networks (GNNs) have been used effectively in different applications involving the processing of signals on irregular structures modeled by graphs. Relying on the use of shift-invariant graph filters, GNNs extend the operation of convolution to graphs. However, the operations of pooling and sampling are st…
Data-driven methods link graphon limits to random walks and spectral clustering.
problem Clustering signals evolving over time with graphon limits.
method Transfer operators, Koopman and Perron-Frobenius, for estimating graphon from signal data.
result Spectral clustering can be extended to graphons, reconstructing transition densities and graphons.
Graphons of Line Graphsstat.ML
The paper explores graphons of line graphs from sparse finite graphs.
problem Estimating graph limits from sparse finite graphs.
method Mapping finite graphs to their line graphs and analyzing graphs with the square-degree property.
result Graphons of line graphs can distinguish between sparse graphs like star graphs and superlinear preferential attachment graphs.
Network complexity has been studied for over half a century and has found a wide range of applications. Many methods have been developed to characterize and estimate the complexity of networks. However, there has been little research with statistical guarantees. In this paper, we develop a statistical theory of graph c…
The paper introduces a sampling theory for graphons with a Poincaré inequality and proves consistency.
problem Sampling on large graphs is challenging due to their non-Euclidean nature.
method The paper introduces a signal sampling theory for graphons, proving a Poincaré inequality and showing consistency.
result Unique sampling sets for graphon signals are consistent across graph sequences.
The network jackknife provides conservative variance estimates for network statistics.
problem Estimating the variance of network statistics.
method Leave-node-out jackknife procedure for network data under the sparse graphon model.
result The network jackknife leads to conservative estimates of the variance for network functionals invariant to node permutation.
Paper provides statistical guarantees for GNNs in link prediction.
problem Link prediction accuracy in graph neural networks.
method Proposes a linear GNN architecture (LG-GNN) and derives statistical guarantees.
result LG-GNN produces consistent estimators for edge probabilities and has better detection of high-probability edges.
Inferring the correct answers to binary tasks based on multiple noisy answers in an unsupervised manner has emerged as the canonical question for micro-task crowdsourcing or more generally aggregating opinions. In graphon estimation, one is interested in estimating edge intensities or probabilities between nodes using …
Graph convolutional networks (GCNs) are a widely used method for graph representation learning. We investigate the power of GCNs, as a function of their number of layers, to distinguish between different random graph models on the basis of the embeddings of their sample graphs. In particular, the graph models that we c…
This paper studies the problem of estimating the grahpon model - the underlying generating mechanism of a network. Graphon estimation arises in many applications such as predicting missing links in networks and learning user preferences in recommender systems. The graphon model deals with a random graph of vertices…
When each data point is a large graph, graph statistics such as densities of certain subgraphs (motifs) can be used as feature vectors for machine learning. While intuitive, motif counts are expensive to compute and difficult to work with theoretically. Via graphon theory, we give an explicit quantitative bound for the…
Generative model controls heterophily in graph signals.
problem Controlling heterophily in graph signals for better model effectiveness.
method Combines graphon-based generator with spectral filtering of Gaussian node features.
result Establishes theoretical guarantees for heterophily control and convergence.
We introduce notions of Cheeger constants for graphons and graphings. We prove Cheeger and Buser inequalities for these. On the way we prove co-area formulae for graphons and graphings.
DiPhon generates scalable graphs via diffusion on graphons.
problem Scaling diffusion models to large graphs.
method Formulated a continuous diffusion process on graphon space via Jacobi SDE, discretized for finite graphs.
result DiPhon matches the first moment of graphon dynamics and approximates the second moment.
Modeling multiple Hawkes processes with shared dynamics using graphons.
problem Modeling multiple multivariate point processes with shared dynamics.
method Leverage graphons to model an uncountable event type space, learn graphon-based Hawkes process model by minimizing hierarchical optimal transport distance.
result Infer underlying relations and simulate event sequences with similar dynamics.
GNNs generalize CNNs for graph data, showing equivariance and stability.
problem Processing signals on graphs.
method Graph convolutional filters, nonlinearities, stacked layers.
result GNNs converge to graphon neural networks under graph convergence.
The study examines convergence of stochastic processes on large graphs and adjacency matrices.
problem Analyzing convergence of stochastic processes on large graphs and adjacency matrices.
method Introduced new metrics on the space of measure-valued graphons and used them to show convergence of random trajectories to deterministic curves.
result The Metropolis chain converges to a deterministic gradient flow curve on the space of graphons under certain conditions.
The paper studies stochastic optimization on matrices and its limits as dimensions grow.
problem Optimizing functions on large symmetric matrices using stochastic gradient descent.
method Deterministic limits of random curves on matrices, using graphons and stochastic differential equations.
result The limit is a gradient flow on graphons, extending classical McKean-Vlasov limits.
Estimates time-varying network connections using multi-stage smoothing.
problem Estimating edge probabilities of time-varying networks.
method Multi-stage smoothing: temporal local smoothing followed by node-domain smoothing.
result Captures both smooth temporal evolution and structural patterns in connectivity.
New algorithms learn graph structures privately, matching best results.
problem Private learning of graph structures with multiple blocks.
method Sum-of-squares relaxation and exponential mechanism for score function.
result Matches statistical utility of previous best non-private methods.