Detects dense subhypergraphs in heterogeneous random hypergraphs.
problem Testing for the existence of a dense subhypergraph in heterogeneous random hypergraphs.
method Established detection boundaries and constructed asymptotically powerful and adaptive tests.
result Developed tests for distinguishing between null and alternative hypotheses.
GEM detects malicious accounts using adaptive embeddings from heterogeneous graphs.
problem Detecting malicious accounts on a leading mobile payment platform.
method Adaptive learning of discriminative embeddings from heterogeneous account-device graphs with attention mechanism for node importance.
result GEM consistently outperforms competitive methods in detecting malicious accounts.
A new method detects communities in multi-relational networks.
problem Detect communities in heterogeneous multi-relational networks.
method Message passing based algorithm on a hierarchical structure of homogeneous networks.
result Effectiveness of the proposed method confirmed on synthetic and real-world networks.
Bi-directional Curriculum Learning improves graph anomaly detection by considering both homogeneity and heterogeneity.
problem Existing graph anomaly detection methods often ignore the different contributions of nodes to training.
method Introduces Bi-directional Curriculum Learning (BCL) to optimize GAD methods by considering both homogeneity and heterogeneity of nodes.
result Extensive experiments show that BCL significantly improves the performance of GAD anomaly detection models.
New test detects differences in heterogeneous datasets.
problem Detecting differences between two samples with unknown heterogeneity.
method Developed a nonparametric testing procedure that handles latent heterogeneity through a composite null.
result The test accurately detects differences in the presence of unknown heterogeneity.
Enhances Ponzi scheme detection on Ethereum using time-aware metapaths.
problem Lack of temporal information in heterogeneous transaction graphs.
method Time-aware Metapath Feature Augmentation (TMFAug) module.
result Significant performance improvements in Ponzi scheme detection.
SUOD accelerates OD for large, diverse models.
problem Training and scoring new samples with many unsupervised, heterogeneous OD models.
method Data reduction, model approximation, and taskload optimization.
result SUOD accelerates OD for over 20 benchmark datasets and a real-world case.
Paper proposes robust method to detect risk heterogeneity across ethnic groups.
problem Detecting risk heterogeneity across ethnic groups in ICU studies.
method Proposes a robust framework using Neyman orthogonality for inference.
result Demonstrates improved inferential stability and reduced bias compared to standard methods.
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…
Paper proposes HGAT for detecting fake news on HIN.
problem Viral spread of fake news causing social harm.
method Hierarchical Graph Attention Network (HGAT) for node representation learning in HIN.
result HGAT outperforms text-based and network-based models.
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…
Paper uses ensemble learning for IoT cybersecurity anomaly detection.
problem Anomaly detection in IoT data is challenging due to heterogeneous device types.
method Bayesian hyperparameter optimisation for ensemble learning.
result Ensemble learning with Bayesian optimisation improves anomaly detection accuracy.
Polynomial-time test for detecting dense subgraphs in heterogeneous networks.
problem Detecting a planted community in heterogeneous networks.
method Proposes a polynomial-time test with a standard normal distribution null limiting distribution.
result The test is efficient and performs well in both simulations and real data.
We propose a method for simultaneously detecting shared and unshared communities in heterogeneous multilayer weighted and undirected networks. The multilayer network is assumed to follow a generative probabilistic model that takes into account the similarities and dissimilarities between the communities. We make use of…
A method detects changes in heterogeneous data streams over graph nodes.
problem Detecting changes in data streams from nodes of a graph.
method Online non-parametric method using likelihood-ratio estimation.
result The method accurately identifies change-points in real-world applications.
Method detects batch heterogeneity in genomic data.
problem Batch effects confound genomic diagnostics.
method Bayesian model evidence clustering.
result Detects batch effects without known labels.
New model detects communities in networks with signed, continuous weights.
problem Detect communities in networks with signed, continuous weights.
method Heterogeneous Block Covariance Model (HBCM) with variational EM algorithm.
result Provable consistent estimates of group memberships.
New GNN method detects money laundering in diverse customer relationships.
problem Insufficient precision and efficiency of current AML systems.
method Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network (GNN) approach.
result Great potential for enhancing electronic surveillance systems for money laundering.
Information systems have widely been the target of malware attacks. Traditional signature-based malicious program detection algorithms can only detect known malware and are prone to evasion techniques such as binary obfuscation, while behavior-based approaches highly rely on the malware training samples and incur prohi…
Change detection in heterogeneous multitemporal satellite images is an emerging and challenging topic in remote sensing. In particular, one of the main challenges is to tackle the problem in an unsupervised manner. In this paper we propose an unsupervised framework for bitemporal heterogeneous change detection based on…
Using an intuitive concept of what constitutes a meaningful community, a novel metric is formulated for detecting non-overlapping communities in undirected, weighted heterogeneous networks. This metric, modularity density, is shown to be superior to the versions of modularity density in present literature. Compared to …
Proposes a method to identify subgroup structure and estimate covariate effects for multivariate response data.
problem Identifying subgroup structure and estimating covariate effects in multivariate response data.
method Joint heterogeneity and reduced-rank learning framework using rank-constrained pairwise fusion penalization.
result Established the asymptotic properties of the estimators and proposed a predictive information criterion for rank selection.
New taxonomy reveals different detection limits for various types of fraud.
problem Existing fraud detection treats all fraud as the same, ignoring its diverse forms.
method Introduced an observation-mechanism taxonomy with five fraud classes.
result Separate estimation by fraud class outperforms pooled estimation.
Unified spectral clustering for sparse networks with heterogeneous degrees.
problem Efficiently detecting communities in sparse networks with varying degrees.
method Developed a parametrized regularized Laplacian matrix for spectral clustering.
result Improved parametrization accounts for network heterogeneity and community hardness.
Spectral clustering is one of the most popular, yet still incompletely understood, methods for community detection on graphs. This article studies spectral clustering based on the Bethe-Hessian matrix Hr=(r2−1)In+D−rA for sparse heterogeneous graphs (following the degree-corrected stochastic block model) in a …
Change detection in dynamic networks is an important problem in many areas, such as fraud detection, cyber intrusion detection and health care monitoring. It is a challenging problem because it involves a time sequence of graphs, each of which is usually very large and sparse with heterogeneous vertex degrees, resultin…
Improves community detection in directed networks with theoretical guarantees.
problem Degree heterogeneity affects community detection in directed networks.
method Introduced D-SCORE algorithm and established theoretical guarantees for Directed-DCBM.
result Established theoretical guarantees and provided improvements for D-SCORE.
TransNet improves community detection on target networks using privacy-preserved source networks.
problem Community detection on sensitive network data with privacy constraints.
method Spectral clustering framework leveraging locally distributed privacy-preserved auxiliary networks via randomized response and adaptive weighting.
result TransNet delivers strong gains in community detection across various privacy levels and heterogeneity patterns.
New RL method tackles dynamic, heterogeneous data.
problem Temporal non-stationarity and subject heterogeneity in reinforcement learning.
method Alternates between change point detection and cluster identification.
result Improves policy learning by detecting similar dynamics over time and across individuals.
Flexible inference model for multilayer networks with heterogeneous data.
problem Complexity of heterogeneous data in networked datasets.
method Probabilistic generative model using Bayesian framework and Laplace matching.
result Effective detection of overlapping community structures and prediction tasks.
Relational Graph Neural Networks improve fraud detection in Super-Apps.
problem Fraud detection in Super-Apps using alternative data.
method Relational Graph Convolutional Networks applied to heterogeneous graphs.
result Added value in fraud detection when considering alternative data and interactions.
Enhances social spam detection using multi-level dependency of relational sequences.
problem Social spam detection in multi-relation social networks.
method Developed the Multi-level Dependency Model (MDM) to exploit long-term and short-term dependencies in user relational sequences.
result MDM improves social spam detection accuracy on a real-world multi-relational social network.
New models capture heterogeneous network density, improving community detection.
problem Empirical networks are often globally sparse but locally dense.
method Latent Poisson models generating hidden multigraphs.
result These models improve community detection in sparse networks.
Robot learns from human demonstrations to work autonomously.
problem Leveraging human and robotic strengths in human-robot systems.
method Bayesian inference for detecting and classifying human heterogeneity.
result Bayesian approach outperforms conventional methods by up to 12.8. The paper proposes a method to estimate heterogeneous treatment effects using pretraining strategies.
problem Estimating conditional average treatment effects (CATE) in the presence of many covariates.
method The approach leverages prognostic factors that also predict treatment effect heterogeneity, using the R-learner framework.
result The proposed method improves estimation accuracy and power for detecting treatment effect heterogeneity.
This paper addresses the problem of change-point detection on sequences of high-dimensional and heterogeneous observations, which also possess a periodic temporal structure. Due to the dimensionality problem, when the time between change-points is on the order of the dimension of the model parameters, drifts in the und…
Proposes a robust FMR model for handling sample heterogeneity.
problem Handling sample heterogeneity with a single regression model.
method Clusters samples and jointly models multiple incomplete mixed-type targets.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on synthetic and real-world data.
The detection of rare variants is important for understanding the genetic heterogeneity in mixed samples. Recently, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have enabled the identification of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in mixed samples with high resolution. Yet, the noise inherent in the biological processe…
Energy distance measures feature heterogeneity in federated learning.
problem Heterogeneity across data sources hinders model aggregation in federated learning.
method Introduced Taylor approximations of energy distance for efficient computation.
result Taylor approximations accurately capture feature discrepancies, improving convergence.
Program or process is an integral part of almost every IT/OT system. Can we trust the identity/ID (e.g., executable name) of the program? To avoid detection, malware may disguise itself using the ID of a legitimate program, and a system tool (e.g., PowerShell) used by the attackers may have the fake ID of another commo…
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.
Study shows DL models trained on healthy subjects perform worse on patients' ECG data.
problem Inefficiency of DL models on heterogeneous datasets for heart beat detection.
method Investigated and evaluated the use of Transfer Learning to adapt DL models to different datasets.
result Transfer Learning improves classification performance on small sample size datasets.
This study compares community detection algorithms for delineating health service areas.
problem Delineating health service areas to improve health care services.
method Comparative analysis of community detection algorithms on hospital-patient discharge networks.
result Infomap algorithm produced the best delineation of health service areas.
QR-learner estimates individual treatment effects using external data.
problem Limited power to detect individual treatment effects in randomized trials.
method Model-agnostic learner that estimates conditional average treatment effects (CATE) using external data.
result QR-learner reduces mean squared error and can recover true CATE.
MIAEAD detects anomalies in mixed data types.
problem Challenges of heterogeneity in feature subsets for anomaly detection.
method Multiple-Input Variational Auto-Encoder (MIVAE) for simultaneous feature subset anomaly scoring.
result MIVAE outperforms conventional methods and state-of-the-art unsupervised models in AUC score.
New algorithm detects community labels in networks using unlabeled data.
problem Detect community labels in networks with partially labeled data.
method Proposes an algorithm using structural similarity metrics.
result Theoretical guarantees for misclassification error.
Anomaly detection plays an important role in modern data-driven security applications, such as detecting suspicious access to a socket from a process. In many cases, such events can be described as a collection of categorical values that are considered as entities of different types, which we call heterogeneous categor…
Study tackles contamination and heterogeneity in multi-task learning, improving robustness and personalization.
problem Challenges in integrating related tasks due to contamination and heterogeneity.
method Proposes a filtering-based robust multi-task gradient descent method to estimate global and clean task-specific minimizers.
result Demonstrates improved robustness and personalization compared to existing methods.