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This note deals with the relationship between the total number of $k$-walks in a graph, and the sum of the $k$-th powers of its vertex degrees. In particular, it is shown that the the number of all $k$-walks is upper bounded by the sum of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-06-06 M. A. Fiol , E. Garriga

Random walk on changing graphs is considered. For sequences of finite graphs increasing monotonically towards a limiting infinite graph, we establish transition probability upper bounds. It yields sufficient transience criteria for simple…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Ruojun Huang

We prove existence of asymptotic entropy of random walks on regular languages over a finite alphabet and we give formulas for it. Furthermore, we show that the entropy varies real-analytically in terms of probability measures of constant…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-11 Lorenz A. Gilch

The entropy of a graph is a functional depending both on the graph itself and on a probability distribution on its vertex set. This graph functional originated from the problem of source coding in information theory and was introduced by J.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-25 Seyed Saeed Changiz Rezaei

Random walks are fundamental tools for analyzing complex networked systems, including social networks, biological systems, and communication infrastructures. While classical random walks focus on pairwise interactions, many real-world…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Anqi Dong , Anzhi Sheng , Xin Mao , Can Chen

In this paper we view the steady states of classical random walks over complex networks with an arbitrary degree distribution as states in thermal equilibrium. By identifying the distribution of states as a canonical ensemble, we are able…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-29 Chih-Lung Chou

We study using large deviation theory the fluctuations of time-integrated functionals or observables of the unbiased random walk evolving on Erd\"os-R\'enyi random graphs, and construct a modified, biased random walk that explains how these…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-06 Francesco Coghi , Jules Morand , Hugo Touchette

We define the Wiener-entropy, which is together with the eccentricity-entropy one of the most natural distance-based graph entropies. By deriving the (asymptotic) extremal behaviour, we conclude that the Wiener-entropy of graphs of a given…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Stijn Cambie , Yanni Dong

Distance-regular graphs are a key concept in Algebraic Combinatorics and have given rise to several generalizations, such as association schemes. Motivated by spectral and other algebraic characterizations of distance-regular graphs, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-02-16 Cristina Dalfó , Edwin R. van Dam , Miquel Angel Fiol , Ernest Garriga , Bram L. Gorissen

We consider random walks on a non-elementary hyperbolic group endowed with a word distance. To a probability measure on the group are associated two numerical quantities, the rate of escape and the entropy. On the set of admissible…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-05-08 Sébastien Gouëzel

We study asymptotic properties of the Green metric associated with transient random walks on countable groups. We prove that the rate of escape of the random walk computed in the Green metric equals its asymptotic entropy. The proof relies…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Sébastien Blachère , Peter Haïssinsky , Pierre Mathieu

In this article, we discuss the problem of establishing relations between information measures assessed for network structures. Two types of entropy based measures namely, the Shannon entropy and its generalization, the R\'{e}nyi entropy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-24 Lavanya Sivakumar , Matthias Dehmer

Temporal networks, i.e., networks in which the interactions among a set of elementary units change over time, can be modelled in terms of time-varying graphs, which are time-ordered sequences of graphs over a set of nodes. In such graphs,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-06-04 Vincenzo Nicosia , John Tang , Cecilia Mascolo , Mirco Musolesi , Giovanni Russo , Vito Latora

Suppose we are given the free product V of a finite family of finite or countable sets. We consider a transient random walk on the free product arising naturally from a convex combination of random walks on the free factors. We prove the…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Lorenz A. Gilch

Random walks on graphs are widely used in all sciences to describe a great variety of phenomena where dynamical random processes are affected by topology. In recent years, relevant mathematical results have been obtained in this field, and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Burioni , D. Cassi

We obtain expected number of arrivals, absorption probabilities and expected time until absorption for an asymmetric discrete random walk on a graph in the presence of multiple function barriers. On each edge of the graph and in each vertex…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Theo van Uem

We propose high-order hypergraph walks as a framework to generalize graph-based network science techniques to hypergraphs. Edge incidence in hypergraphs is quantitative, yielding hypergraph walks with both length and width. Graph methods…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-06-09 Sinan G. Aksoy , Cliff Joslyn , Carlos Ortiz Marrero , Brenda Praggastis , Emilie Purvine

Using the technique of evolving sets, we explore the connection between entropy growth and transience for simple random walks on connected infinite graphs with bounded degree. In particular we show that for a simple random walk starting at…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-07-13 Ben Morris , Hamilton Samraj Santhakumar

A graph homomorphism from the rooted $d$-branching tree $\phi: T^d \to H$ is said to be cold if the values of $\phi$ for vertices arbitrarily far away from the root can restrict the value of $\phi$ at the root. Warmth is a graph parameter…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-02 Sukhada Fadnavis , Matthew Kahle , Francisco Martinez-Figueroa

Quantifying the complexity of large graphs requires measures that extend beyond predefined structural features and scale efficiently with graph size. This work adopts a generative perspective, modeling large networks as exchangeable graphs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Anda Skeja , Sofia C. Olhede