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We prove that the linearly edge reinforced random walk (LRRW) on any graph with bounded degrees is recurrent for sufficiently small initial weights. In contrast, we show that for non-amenable graphs the LRRW is transient for sufficiently…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-05-08 Omer Angel , Nicholas Crawford , Gady Kozma

Reinforced random walks are random walks on graphs whose transition probabilities along edges from a vertex are proportional to the weights of those edges, but where the weight of an edge evolves in a way that depends on the past traversals…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Qinghua , Ding , Venkat Anantharam

The edge-reinforced random walk (ERRW) is a random process on the vertices of a graph that is more likely to cross the edges it has visited in the past. Depending on the strength of the reinforcement, the ERRW of a single particle can…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Giordano Giambartolomei , Nadia Sidorova

We study Vertex-Reinforced-Random-Walk on the complete graph with weights of the form $w(n)=n^\alpha$, with $\alpha>1$. Unlike for the Edge-Reinforced-Random-Walk, which in this case localizes a.s. on 2 sites, here we observe various phase…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-10-08 Michel Benaïm , Olivier Raimond , Bruno Schapira

Reinforced random walks (RRWs), including vertex-reinforced random walks (VRRWs) and edge-reinforced random walks (ERRWs), model random walks where the transition probabilities evolve based on prior visitation history~\cite{mgr, fmk,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-22 Qinghua , Ding , Venkat Anantharam

We generalize a result from Volkov [Ann. Probab. 29 (2001) 66--91] and prove that, on a large class of locally finite connected graphs of bounded degree $(G,\sim)$ and symmetric reinforcement matrices $a=(a_{i,j})_{i,j\in G}$, the…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-01-18 Michel Benaïm , Pierre Tarrès

We show that the vertex-reinforced jump processes on a \(d\)-dimensional hierarchical lattice are recurrent for \(d < 2\) and transient for \(d > 2\). We also explore certain regimes when \(d = 2\). The proof of recurrence relies on an…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Jinglin Wang , Xiaolin Zeng

We present the first rigorous quantitative analysis of once-reinforced random walks (ORRW) on general graphs, based on a novel change of measure formula.~This enables us to prove large deviations estimates for the range of the walk to have…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Andrea Collevecchio , Pierre Tarrès

We consider operators with random potentials on graphs, such as the lattice version of the random Schroedinger operator. The main result is a general bound on the probabilities of simultaneous occurrence of eigenvalues in specified distinct…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-10-26 Michael Aizenman , Simone Warzel

We introduce random interlacements for transient vertex-reinforced jump processes on a general graph $G$. Using increasing finite subgraphs $G_n$ of $G$ with wired boundary conditions, we show convergence of the vertex-reinforced jump…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-03-20 Franz Merkl , Silke W. W. Rolles , Pierre Tarrès

By a theorem of Volkov (2001) we know that on most graphs with positive probability the linearly vertex-reinforced random walk (VRRW) stays within a finite "trapping" subgraph at all large times. The question of whether this tail behavior…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-11-16 Vlada Limic , Stanislav Volkov

We work in the setting of infinite, not necessarily locally finite, weighted graphs. We give a sufficient condition for the essential self-adjointness of (discrete) Schr\"odinger operators $\mathcal{L}_{V}$ that are not necessarily lower…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Ognjen Milatovic

We describe a model for $m$ vertex reinforced interacting random walks on complete graphs with $d\geq 2$ vertices. The transition probability of a random walk to a given vertex depends exponentially on the proportion of visits made by all…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Benito Pires , Fernando P. A. Prado , Rafael A. Rosales

We give a short proof of Theorem 2.1 from [MR07], stating that the linearly edge reinforced random walk (ERRW) on a locally finite graph is recurrent if and only if it returns to its starting point almost surely. This result was proved in…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-11-30 Laurent Tournier

We study an extension of the generalized excited random walk (GERW) on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ introduced in [Ann. Probab. 40 (5), 2012, [7]] by Menshikov, Popov, Ram\'irez and Vachkovskaia. Our extension consists in studying a version of the GERW…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-03-27 Rodrigo B. Alves , Giulio Iacobelli , Glauco Valle

This article introduces a model for interacting vertex-reinforced random walks, each taking values on a complete sub-graph of a locally finite undirected graph. The transition probability for a walk to a given vertex depends on the…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-25 Fernando P. A. Prado , Rafael A. Rosales

We prove that the only nearest neighbor jump process with local dependence on the occupation times satisfying the partial exchangeability property is the vertex reinforced jump process, under some technical conditions. This result gives a…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-11-06 Xiaolin Zeng

This article studies vertex reinforced random walks that are non-backtracking (denoted VRNBW), i.e. U-turns forbidden. With this last property and for a strong reinforcement, the emergence of a path may occur with positive probability.…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-08-02 Line C. Le Goff , Olivier Raimond

In this paper, we study the fundamental problem of random walk for network embedding. We propose to use non-Markovian random walk, variants of vertex-reinforced random walk (VRRW), to fully use the history of a random walk path. To solve…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Wenyi Xiao , Huan Zhao , Vincent W. Zheng , Yangqiu Song

This paper is devoted to the asymptotic analysis of the reinforced elephant random walk (RERW) using a martingale approach. In the diffusive and critical regimes, we establish the almost sure convergence, the law of iterated logarithm and…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Lucile Laulin