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48 results for node importance

MultiImport infers node importance from multiple KG signals.

problem Inferring node importance in a knowledge graph from multiple input signals.
method End-to-end latent variable model using attentive graph neural networks.
result MultiImport consistently outperforms existing methods, achieving up to 23.7% higher NDCG@100.

GISST interprets GNNs by combining attention and sparsity for graph structure and node feature importance.

problem Lack of joint consideration of graph structure and node features in GNN interpretation.
method Model-agnostic framework using attention mechanism and sparsity regularization.
result GISST achieves superior node feature and edge explanation precision in synthetic and real-world datasets.

AGS-CL selectively updates penalties based on node importance for continual learning.

problem Catastrophic forgetting in continual learning.
method Adaptive Group Sparsity (AGS) with proximal gradient descent.
result Significantly outperforms baselines on various continual learning benchmarks.

The importance of nodes in a network constantly fluctuates based on changes in the network structure as well as changes in external interest. We propose an evolving teleportation adaptation of the PageRank method to capture how changes in external interest influence the importance of a node. This framework seamlessly g…

2012-03-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantifying the importance and power of individual nodes depending on their position in socio-economic networks constitutes a problem across a variety of applications. Examples include the reach of individuals in (online) social networks, the importance of individual banks or loans in financial networks, the relevance …

2019-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

New method attacks GNNs with limited node access, increasing misclassification rate.

problem Attacking GNNs with limited node access and limited attack nodes.
method Generalized gradient-based attacks using importance scores derived from random walks.
result Proposed greedy procedure significantly increases misclassification rate.

Effectively capturing graph node sequences in the form of vector embeddings is critical to many applications. We achieve this by (i) first learning vector embeddings of single graph nodes and (ii) then composing them to compactly represent node sequences. Specifically, we propose SENSE-S (Semantically Enhanced Node Seq…

2019-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm estimates eigenspace with faulty nodes, matching performance of existing methods.

problem Estimating eigenspace in distributed systems with node failures.
method Develops an eigenspace estimation algorithm for distributed environments with arbitrary node failures.
result Matches performance of existing non-robust estimator up to an additive error.

Proposes MANE for multi-view network embedding, improving node representations.

problem Learning low-dimensional representations from multiple views of networks.
method MANE combines diversity and collaboration, including second-order collaboration, and attention-based extension MANE+.
result MANE+ outperforms state-of-the-art approaches on real-world multi-view networks.

We consider the problem of learning classifiers for labeled data that has been distributed across several nodes. Our goal is to find a single classifier, with small approximation error, across all datasets while minimizing the communication between nodes. This setting models real-world communication bottlenecks in the …

2012-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

A variety of methods have been proposed for interpreting nodes in deep neural networks, which typically involve scoring nodes at lower layers with respect to their effects on the output of higher-layer nodes (where lower and higher layers are closer to the input and output layers, respectively). However, we may be inte…

2018-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Simplifies GNN models by selecting important features for node classification.

problem Challenges in analyzing and selecting important features in GNN models.
method Decoupling feature aggregation and depth, using softmax and L2-normalization.
result FSGNN achieves comparable or higher accuracy than state-of-the-art GNN models.

Proposes active learning for meta-learning in graph node response prediction.

problem Difficulty in improving performance with meta-learning due to unbalanced observations.
method Combines graph convolutional neural networks and reinforcement learning for both prediction and node selection.
result Can predict responses and select nodes even for unseen response variables.

This study assesses how economic shocks affect the efficiency and robustness of international pesticide trade networks.

problem Economic shocks impact the efficiency and robustness of international pesticide trade networks.
method Simulations were used to quantify efficiency and robustness under different economic shocks. Three strategies were tested: descending, random, and ascending node removal.
result The international pesticide trade networks became more efficient and robust except for clustering coefficient. Import-oriented economies were more vulnerable to shocks.

As an efficient and scalable graph neural network, GraphSAGE has enabled an inductive capability for inferring unseen nodes or graphs by aggregating subsampled local neighborhoods and by learning in a mini-batch gradient descent fashion. The neighborhood sampling used in GraphSAGE is effective in order to improve compu…

2019-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Node centrality is one of the most important and widely used concepts in the study of complex networks. Here, we extend the paradigm of node centrality in financial and economic networks to consider the changes of node "importance" produced not only by the variation of the topology of the system but also as a consequen…

2019-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

CatGCN improves GCNs by modeling feature interactions for categorical node features.

problem Suboptimal initial node representations in GCNs due to lack of feature interaction modeling.
method Integrates explicit interaction modeling (local and global) into initial node representation learning for categorical node features.
result CatGCN enhances initial node representations through feature interaction modeling, leading to improved model performance.

Relational data representations have become an increasingly important topic due to the recent proliferation of network datasets (e.g., social, biological, information networks) and a corresponding increase in the application of statistical relational learning (SRL) algorithms to these domains. In this article, we exami…

2012-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved graph neural networks by separating feature aggregation and depth.

problem Understanding feature importance in graph neural networks without prior information.
method Decoupling feature aggregation and depth, using softmax as a regularizer, and introducing 'Soft-Selector' and 'Hop-Normalization'.
result FSGNN model achieves up to 64% accuracy improvements in node classification tasks.

Graph Neural Network (GNN) is a powerful model to learn representations and make predictions on graph data. Existing efforts on GNN have largely defined the graph convolution as a weighted sum of the features of the connected nodes to form the representation of the target node. Nevertheless, the operation of weighted s…

2020-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Many optimization, inference and learning tasks can be accomplished efficiently by means of decentralized processing algorithms where the network topology (i.e., the graph) plays a critical role in enabling the interactions among neighboring nodes. There is a large body of literature examining the effect of the graph s…

2019-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

ARGEW improves node embeddings for weighted homophilous graphs by emphasizing strong edge weights.

problem Lack of accurate node embeddings for weighted homophilous graphs.
method ARGEW (Augmentation of Random walks by Graph Edge Weights) augments random walks by emphasizing nodes with larger edge weights.
result ARGEW produces embeddings where node pairs with strong edge weights have closer embeddings.

In many graphs such as social networks, nodes have associated attributes representing their behavior. Predicting node attributes in such graphs is an important problem with applications in many domains like recommendation systems, privacy preservation, and targeted advertisement. Attributes values can be predicted by a…

2019-12-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Graph neural networks benefit from a new initialization method that improves node learning.

problem Poor initialization in GNNs leads to slower convergence and increased training instability.
method Integrates a statistically grounded one-hot graph encoder embedding (GEE) into standard GNNs.
result GG framework provides consistent and substantial performance gains in node classification.

Learning latent representations of nodes in graphs is an important and ubiquitous task with widespread applications such as link prediction, node classification, and graph visualization. Previous methods on graph representation learning mainly focus on static graphs, however, many real-world graphs are dynamic and evol…

2018-12-22abs ↗pdf ↗

JSRT improves regression tree performance by incorporating global node information.

problem Regression tree performance relies on local node means, ignoring global node information.
method Proposes JSRT by integrating global mean information from different nodes.
result Demonstrates superior performance and efficiency compared to other regression tree methods.