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We present a graph-based variational algorithm for classification of high-dimensional data, generalizing the binary diffuse interface model to the case of multiple classes. Motivated by total variation techniques, the method involves…

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We introduce a novel framework, called Interface Laplace learning, for graph-based semi-supervised learning. Motivated by the observation that an interface should exist between different classes where the function value is non-smooth, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Tangjun Wang , Chenglong Bao , Zuoqiang Shi

Hypergraphs extend traditional graphs by enabling the representation of N-ary relationships through higher-order edges. Akin to a common approach of deriving graph Laplacians, we define function spaces and corresponding symmetric products…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Jo Andersson Stokke , Ronny Bergmann , Martin Hanik , Christoph von Tycowicz

We propose a Laplacian based on general inner product spaces, which we call the inner product Laplacian. We show the combinatorial and normalized graph Laplacians, as well as other Laplacians for hypergraphs and directed graphs, are special…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-16 Sinan G. Aksoy , Stephen J. Young

We introduce nonlocal dynamics on directed networks through the construction of a fractional version of a nonsymmetric Laplacian for weighted directed graphs. Furthermore, we provide an analytic treatment of fractional dynamics for both…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-08-05 Michele Benzi , Daniele Bertaccini , Fabio Durastante , Igor Simunec

We develop a calibrated diffusion framework by synthesizing three established concepts: linear Laplacian smoothing, nonlinear graph p-Laplacian flows, and a learnable dissipation term derived from a strongly convex potential. This synthesis…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-20 Faruk Alpay , Hamdi Alakkad

Here we introduce connectivity operators, namely, diffusion operators, general Laplacian operators, and general adjacency operators for hypergraphs. These operators are generalisations of some conventional notions of apparently different…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Anirban Banerjee , Samiron Parui

This paper proposes and analyzes a novel clustering algorithm that combines graph-based diffusion geometry with techniques based on density and mode estimation. The proposed method is suitable for data generated from mixtures of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-01-01 Mauro Maggioni , James M. Murphy

Diffusion models have made significant contributions to computer vision, sparking a growing interest in the community recently regarding the application of them to graph generation. Existing discrete graph diffusion models exhibit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Xingcheng Fu , Yisen Gao , Yuecen Wei , Qingyun Sun , Hao Peng , Jianxin Li , Xianxian Li

This paper introduces a graph Laplacian regularization in the hyperspectral unmixing formulation. The proposed regularization relies upon the construction of a graph representation of the hyperspectral image. Each node in the graph…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-10-15 Rita Ammanouil , André Ferrari , Cédric Richard

In this paper, we develop a novel weighted Laplacian method, which is partially inspired by the theory of graph Laplacian, to study recent popular graph problems, such as multilevel graph partitioning and balanced minimum cut problem, in a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Shijie Xu , Jiayan Fang , Xiang-Yang Li

Semi-supervised learning is highly useful in common scenarios where labeled data is scarce but unlabeled data is abundant. The graph (or nonlocal) Laplacian is a fundamental smoothing operator for solving various learning tasks. For…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Or Streicher , Guy Gilboa

Generating computational anatomical models of cerebrovascular networks is vital for improving clinical practice and understanding brain oxygen transport. This is achieved by extracting graph-based representations based on pre-mapping of…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2019-12-23 Rafat Damseh , Patrick Delafontaine-Martel , Philippe Pouliot , Farida Cheriet , Frederic Lesage

The ability of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to capture long-range and global topology information is limited by the scope of conventional graph Laplacian, leading to unsatisfactory performance on some datasets, particularly on heterophilic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Qincheng Lu , Jiaqi Zhu , Sitao Luan , Xiao-Wen Chang

We develop a novel framework for modeling diffusion on complex networks by constructing Laplacian-like operators based on walks around a graph. Our approach introduces a parametric family of walk-based Laplacians that naturally incorporate…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Francesca Arrigo , Fabio Durastante

This work focuses on exploring the potential benefits of introducing a nonlinear Laplacian in Sheaf Neural Networks for graph-related tasks. The primary aim is to understand the impact of such nonlinearity on diffusion dynamics, signal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-04 Olga Zaghen

Graph Semi-Supervised learning is an important data analysis tool, where given a graph and a set of labeled nodes, the aim is to infer the labels to the remaining unlabeled nodes. In this paper, we start by considering an optimization-based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Sara Venturini , Andrea Cristofari , Francesco Rinaldi , Francesco Tudisco

This paper focuses on devising graph signal processing tools for the treatment of data defined on the edges of a graph. We first show that conventional tools from graph signal processing may not be suitable for the analysis of such signals.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-04-05 Michael T. Schaub , Santiago Segarra

We introduce Hodge Diffusion Maps, a novel manifold learning algorithm designed to analyze and extract topological information from high-dimensional data-sets. This method approximates the exterior derivative acting on differential forms,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Alvaro Almeida Gomez , Jorge Duque Franco

We study the problem of generating graph signals from unknown distributions defined over given graphs, relevant to domains such as recommender systems or sensor networks. Our approach builds on generative diffusion models, which are well…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Sergio Rozada , Vimal K. B. , Andrea Cavallo , Antonio G. Marques , Hadi Jamali-Rad , Elvin Isufi