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Prediction algorithms typically assume the training data are independent samples, but in many modern applications samples come from individuals connected by a network. For example, in adolescent health studies of risk-taking behaviors,…

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Link prediction is an important learning task for graph-structured data. In this paper, we propose a novel topological approach to characterize interactions between two nodes. Our topological feature, based on the extended persistent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Zuoyu Yan , Tengfei Ma , Liangcai Gao , Zhi Tang , Chao Chen

Adaptive networks appear in many biological applications. They combine topological evolution of the network with dynamics in the network nodes. Recently, the dynamics of adaptive networks has been investigated in a number of parallel…

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-01-23 Thilo Gross , Bernd Blasius

We propose a novel model-selection method for dynamic networks. Our approach involves training a classifier on a large body of synthetic network data. The data is generated by simulating nine state-of-the-art random graph models for dynamic…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Lourens Touwen , Doina Bucur , Remco van der Hofstad , Alessandro Garavaglia , Nelly Litvak

The task of predicting future relationships in a social network, known as link prediction, has been studied extensively in the literature. Many link prediction methods have been proposed, ranging from common neighbors to probabilistic…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-07-26 Ruthwik R. Junuthula , Kevin S. Xu , Vijay K. Devabhaktuni

This study addresses the challenge of predicting network dynamics, such as forecasting disease spread in social networks or estimating species populations in predator-prey networks. Accurate predictions in large networks are difficult due…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Rui Luo

Complex networks are graphs representing real-life systems that exhibit unique characteristics not found in purely regular or completely random graphs. The study of such systems is vital but challenging due to the complexity of the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-07-18 Hafida Benhidour , Lama Almeshkhas , Said Kerrache

It is well-known that population structure is a catalyst for the evolution of cooperation since individuals can reciprocate with their neighbors through local interactions defined by network structures. Previous research typically relies on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-12-16 Anzhi Sheng , Aming Li , Long Wang

Links in most real networks often change over time. Such temporality of links encodes the ordering and causality of interactions between nodes and has a profound effect on network dynamics and function. Empirical evidences have shown that…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-07-10 Disheng Tang , Wenbo Du , Louis Shekhtman , Yijie Wang , Shlomo Havlin , Xianbin Cao , Gang Yan

In today's networked society, many real-world problems can be formalized as predicting links in networks, such as Facebook friendship suggestions, e-commerce recommendations, and the prediction of scientific collaborations in citation…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Xi Chen , Bo Kang , Jefrey Lijffijt , Tijl De Bie

Network information mining is the study of the network topology, which answers a large number of application-based questions towards the structural evolution and the function of a real system. For example, the questions can be related to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-06-29 Yijun Ran , Tianyu Liu , Tao Jia , Xiao-Ke Xu

This paper presents adaptive link selection algorithms for distributed estimation and considers their application to wireless sensor networks and smart grids. In particular, exhaustive search--based least--mean--squares(LMS)/recursive least…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-10-20 S. Xu , R. C. de Lamare , H. V. Poor

Community detection and link prediction are both of great significance in network analysis, which provide very valuable insights into topological structures of the network from different perspectives. In this paper, we propose a novel…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-07-11 Hui-Min Cheng , Yi-Zi Ning , Zhao Yin , Chao Yan , Xin Liu , Zhong-Yuan Zhang

Here we introduce a model in which individuals differ in the rate at which they seek new interactions with others, making rational decisions modeled as general symmetric two-player games. Once a link between two individuals has formed, the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 Jorge M. Pacheco , Arne Traulsen , Martin A. Nowak

Link prediction aims to uncover the underlying relationship behind networks, which could be utilized to predict the missing edges or identify the spurious edges, and attracts much attention from various fields. The key issue of link…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-10-19 Tong Wang , Ming-yang Zhou , Zhong-qian Fu

We propose a conceptually novel method of reconstructing the topology of dynamical networks. By examining the correlation between the variable of one node and the derivative of another node, we derive a simple matrix equation yielding the…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2015-06-11 Zoran Levnajić

Link prediction is central to unraveling social network evolution and node relationships, as well as understanding the characteristic mechanisms of complex networks. Currently, research on link prediction for complex dynamic networks…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Gaoxin Zhang , Ruixing Ren , Junhui Zhao , Xiaoke Sun

This article presents a novel approach for learning low-dimensional distributed representations of users in online social networks. Existing methods rely on the network structure formed by the social relationships among users to extract…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-10-23 Harvineet Singh , Amitabha Bagchi , Parag Singla

Temporal link prediction is crucial for rapidly growing social networks. Existing methods often overlook the underlying causal mechanisms that drive link formation, making it difficult for algorithms to adapt to complex structures that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Hantong Feng , Duxin Chen , Wenwu Yu

In social networks, link prediction predicts missing links in current networks and new or dissolution links in future networks, is important for mining and analyzing the evolution of social networks. In the past decade, many works have been…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-12-09 Peng Wang , Baowen Xu , Yurong Wu , Xiaoyu Zhou