A new method learns node embeddings for signed directed networks by capturing both first-order and high-order topologies.
problem Learning representative node embeddings for signed directed networks considering both first-order and high-order topologies.
method Proposes a decoupled variational embedding (DVE) method that leverages a specially designed auto-encoder structure to capture both first-order and high-order topologies.
result Extensive experiments on real-world datasets show the effectiveness of DVE in link sign prediction and node recommendation tasks.
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…
New model generates graphs with tighter likelihood bounds and better quality.
problem Intractable likelihood of autoregressive graph models.
method Derive exact joint probability, approximate node orderings, variational inference.
result Lower bound on log-likelihood is significantly tighter than previous methods.
New method combines hypergraph structure and node attributes for better community detection.
problem Improving community detection in hypergraphs with node attributes.
method Developed a principled model that learns from data to combine higher-order interactions and node attributes.
result Strong performance in hyperedge prediction and community detection, especially when attributes are informative.
HyperBERT enhances BERT for node classification on text-attributed hypergraphs.
problem Challenges in capturing hypergraph structure and text attributes in node classification.
method Mixing hypergraph-aware layers with BERT for improved node classification.
result HyperBERT achieves state-of-the-art results on text-attributed hypergraph benchmarks.
Combines neural networks and probabilistic graphical models for efficient higher-order inference.
problem Lack of efficient higher-order relational information in graph neural networks and probabilistic graphical models.
method Derives efficient approximate sum-product loopy belief propagation for higher-order PGMs, embeds into neural network, proposes methods for constructing higher-order factors.
result Substantially outperforms state-of-the-art k-order graph neural networks in molecular datasets.
We present a new Markov chain Monte Carlo method for estimating posterior probabilities of structural features in Bayesian networks. The method draws samples from the posterior distribution of partial orders on the nodes; for each sampled partial order, the conditional probabilities of interest are computed exactly. We…
GUIDE detects anomalies in attributed networks by reconstructing node attributes and higher-order structures.
problem Lack of effective mechanisms for detecting anomalies in complex network interactions.
method GUIDE uses attribute and structure autoencoders, graph attention, and reconstruction errors to identify anomalies.
result GUIDE significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on multiple real-world datasets.
Predicts node sequences in graphs using multi-order network models.
problem Predicting sequences of node traversals in graphs.
method Combines multiple higher-order network models into a multi-order model, fitting and selecting the optimal maximum order.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms for next-element and full sequence prediction.
We propose a probabilistic framework for modelling and exploring the latent structure of relational data. Given feature information for the nodes in a network, the scalable deep generative relational model (SDREM) builds a deep network architecture that can approximate potential nonlinear mappings between nodes' featur…
In this paper, we consider the numerical pricing of financial derivatives using Radial Basis Function generated Finite Differences in space. Such discretization methods have the advantage of not requiring Cartesian grids. Instead, the nodes can be placed with higher density in areas where there is a need for higher acc…
This paper presents a sequential method to identify the topological ordering of causal DAGs using likelihood ratio scores.
problem Identifying the causal relationships in a data mining scenario with ambiguity of causal directions.
method A general sequential sorting procedure that orders variables one at a time, starting at root nodes, followed by children of the root nodes, and so on until completion. Simple likelihood ratio scores are used to decide the next node to append to the current partial ordering.
result The population version of the procedure provably identifies a true ordering of the underlying DAG under mild assumptions.
Graph data widely exist in many high-impact applications. Inspired by the success of deep learning in grid-structured data, graph neural network models have been proposed to learn powerful node-level or graph-level representation. However, most of the existing graph neural networks suffer from the following limitations…
GNNs with random node initialization are shown to be universally expressive.
problem Limitations of standard GNNs in distinguishing graphs.
method Random node initialization (RNI) to enhance GNNs' expressive power.
result GNNs with RNI are proven to be universally expressive.
LATTE tackles heterogeneous network embedding challenges with layer-stacked attention.
problem Aggregating higher-order indirect relations in heterogeneous networks.
method Layer-stacked ATTention Embedding (LATTE) that decomposes meta relations at each layer.
result LATTE achieves state-of-the-art performance on benchmark datasets.
node2coords learns interpretable graph node representations robust to graph perturbations.
problem Need representations that capture graph structure and are robust to perturbations.
method Proposes a graph representation learning algorithm using Wasserstein barycenters.
result Learned representations are interpretable and stable to graph perturbations.
Given a graph where every node has certain attributes associated with it and some nodes have labels associated with them, Collective Classification (CC) is the task of assigning labels to every unlabeled node using information from the node as well as its neighbors. It is often the case that a node is not only influenc…
A model predicts influential nodes in complex networks by considering indirect interactions.
problem Identifying influential nodes in complex networks using indirect interactions.
method Proposes MOGen, a multi-order generative model that considers all indirect influences up to a maximum distance.
result MOGen consistently outperforms network models and path-based approaches in predicting influential nodes.
This work presents deep asymmetric networks with a set of node-wise variant activation functions. The nodes' sensitivities are affected by activation function selections such that the nodes with smaller indices become increasingly more sensitive. As a result, features learned by the nodes are sorted by the node indices…
DAOR efficiently embeds graphs without tuning, improving speed and interpretability.
problem Graph embedding limitations in resource usage, interpretability, and parameter dependence.
method DAOR uses community detection to produce robust, interpretable embeddings without manual tuning.
result DAOR outperforms state-of-the-art techniques on node classification and link prediction.
We present novel graph kernels for graphs with node and edge labels that have ordered neighborhoods, i.e. when neighbor nodes follow an order. Graphs with ordered neighborhoods are a natural data representation for evolving graphs where edges are created over time, which induces an order. Combining convolutional subgra…
SONODEs and ANODEs improve learning of second order dynamics.
problem Learning dynamics governed by second order laws.
method Extended adjoint sensitivity method and theoretical analysis of ANODEs.
result SONODEs and ANODEs can learn higher order dynamics efficiently.
A new method reduces the complexity of decentralized optimization.
problem Decentralized stochastic non-convex optimization over a network.
method GT-HSGD, a hybrid variance-reduced method.
result Achieves an oracle complexity of O(n^(-1)ε^(-3)) for small ε.
Graph Convolution Network (GCN) has been recognized as one of the most effective graph models for semi-supervised learning, but it extracts merely the first-order or few-order neighborhood information through information propagation, which suffers performance drop-off for deeper structure. Existing approaches that deal…
Novel higher-order group synchronization for noisy local measurements on hypergraphs.
problem Synchronizing higher-order local measurements on hyperedges to global estimates on nodes.
method Message passing algorithm for global synchronization of higher-order measurements.
result Higher-order method outperforms standard pairwise synchronization methods in certain applications.
Paper introduces models to discover complex structures in large hypergraphs.
problem Understanding dependency structures in complex systems represented as hypergraphs.
method Probabilistic models treating classes of similar units as nodes in a latent hypergraph, using low-rank representations.
result Improves link prediction and discovers interpretable structures in diverse real-world systems.
We propose a new family of efficient and expressive deep generative models of graphs, called Graph Recurrent Attention Networks (GRANs). Our model generates graphs one block of nodes and associated edges at a time. The block size and sampling stride allow us to trade off sample quality for efficiency. Compared to previ…
Bayesian method detects mesoscale structures in pathway data networks.
problem Mesoscale structures in pathway data networks are hard to detect due to dependencies between interactions.
method Bayesian approach modeling optimal partitioning and higher-order dynamics.
result Method can recover both proximity-based and role-based groupings of nodes.
Networks are a fundamental model of complex systems throughout the sciences, and network datasets are typically analyzed through lower-order connectivity patterns described at the level of individual nodes and edges. However, higher-order connectivity patterns captured by small subgraphs, also called network motifs, de…
Graph convolutional networks (GCNs) have been successfully applied in node classification tasks of network mining. However, most of these models based on neighborhood aggregation are usually shallow and lack the "graph pooling" mechanism, which prevents the model from obtaining adequate global information. In order to …
Representation learning on networks offers a powerful alternative to the oft painstaking process of manual feature engineering, and as a result, has enjoyed considerable success in recent years. However, all the existing representation learning methods are based on the first-order network (FON), that is, the network th…
Attributed graph clustering is challenging as it requires joint modelling of graph structures and node attributes. Recent progress on graph convolutional networks has proved that graph convolution is effective in combining structural and content information, and several recent methods based on it have achieved promisin…
New approach learns graph representations by contrasting first-order neighbors and graph diffusion views.
problem Learning node and graph level representations from graph data.
method Self-supervised approach using contrastive learning of multi-scale encodings.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on 8 out of 8 benchmarks.
In-network distributed estimation of sparse parameter vectors via diffusion LMS strategies has been studied and investigated in recent years. In all the existing works, some convex regularization approach has been used at each node of the network in order to achieve an overall network performance superior to that of th…
Deep learning models have achieved huge success in numerous fields, such as computer vision and natural language processing. However, unlike such fields, it is hard to apply traditional deep learning models on the graph data due to the 'node-orderless' property. Normally, adjacency matrices will cast an artificial and …
Improves hypergraph link prediction by breaking symmetry.
problem Limited expressivity of GWL-1 algorithm in hypergraph link prediction.
method Preprocessing algorithm to identify and replace symmetry-inducing subhypergraphs with covering hyperedges.
result Improves expressivity of GWL-1, leading to better link prediction.
Methods that learn representations of nodes in a graph play a critical role in network analysis since they enable many downstream learning tasks. We propose Graph2Gauss - an approach that can efficiently learn versatile node embeddings on large scale (attributed) graphs that show strong performance on tasks such as lin…
ISP improves GNN expressivity by stratifying nodes based on graph invariants.
problem Graph Neural Networks struggle with expressivity and structural heterogeneity.
method Invariant-Stratified Propagation (ISP) using ISP-WL and ISPGNN.
result ISP achieves enhanced expressivity beyond 1-WL, with theoretical guarantees and practical improvements.
BScNets expands graph learning to higher-order interactions.
problem Link prediction on graphs with higher-order interactions.
method Proposes a new SNN using block Hodge-Laplacian and block simplicial complexes.
result BScNets outperforms state-of-the-art models in link prediction.
Node-perturbation learning is a type of statistical gradient descent algorithm that can be applied to problems where the objective function is not explicitly formulated, including reinforcement learning. It estimates the gradient of an objective function by using the change in the object function in response to the per…
Graphs are widely adopted for modeling complex systems, including financial, biological, and social networks. Nodes in networks usually entail attributes, such as the age or gender of users in a social network. However, real-world networks can have very large size, and nodal attributes can be unavailable to a number of…
FairGP uses graph partitioning to make Graph Transformers fair and scalable.
problem Fairness issues in Graph Transformers, especially against sensitive features.
method Graph partitioning to minimize the influence of higher-order nodes and optimize attention mechanisms.
result FairGP improves fairness in Graph Transformers while reducing computational complexity.
SASE improves attributed graph clustering for large graphs with linear time and space complexity.
problem Challenges in clustering large attributed graphs due to high computational and memory costs.
method SASE combines node features smoothing, scalable spectral clustering, and adaptive order selection.
result SASE achieves a 6.9% improvement in ACC and a 5.87x speedup on the ArXiv dataset.
New walk extraction strategies improve node embeddings in KGs.
problem Improving node embeddings in knowledge graphs.
method Proposed five different walk extraction strategies to complement basic random walks.
result The n-gram strategy performs best on average for node classification tasks.
Paper tackles cybersecurity attack detection with an ensemble approach.
problem Challenges in multi-class classification for cyber security breaches.
method Designing a multi-node multi-class classification ensemble approach.
result Proposed approach outperforms full-data approach in multi-node data-censoring cases.
In order to model volatile real-world network behavior, we analyze phase-flipping dynamical scale-free network in which nodes and links fail and recover. We investigate how stochasticity in a parameter governing the recovery process affects phase-flipping dynamics, and find the probability that no more than q% of nodes…
A GPU framework speeds up BnB for discrete optimization problems.
problem Optimizing large-scale discrete problems with GPU limitations.
method Parallel BnB nodes in GPU batches, using padding and custom kernels.
result One to two orders of magnitude speedup and zero optimality gap.
We consider a distributed learning setup where a sparse signal is estimated over a network. Our main interest is to save communication resource for information exchange over the network and reduce processing time. Each node of the network uses a convex optimization based algorithm that provides a locally optimum soluti…