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A basic fact in algebraic graph theory is that the number of connected components in an undirected graph is equal to the multiplicity of the eigenvalue 1 in the normalized adjacency matrix of the graph. In particular, the graph is…

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We aim to learn a sparse and connected graph from sparse data, where the number of observations K can be substantially smaller than the signal dimension N for signals x in R^N, and the underlying distribution is unknown. In this severely…

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We study the spectrum of the normalized Laplace operator of a connected graph $\Gamma$. As is well known, the smallest nontrivial eigenvalue measures how difficult it is to decompose $\Gamma$ into two large pieces, whereas the largest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Frank Bauer , Jürgen Jost

Learning distributions of graphs can be used for automatic drug discovery, molecular design, complex network analysis, and much more. We present an improved framework for learning generative models of graphs based on the idea of deep state…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Julian Stier , Michael Granitzer

An important question in statistical network analysis is how to estimate models of discrete and dependent network data with intractable likelihood functions, without sacrificing computational scalability and statistical guarantees. We…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Jonathan R. Stewart , Michael Schweinberger

We derive an optimal eigenvalue ratio estimate for finite weighted graphs satisfying the curvature-dimension inequality $CD(0,\infty)$. This estimate is independent of the size of the graph and provides a general method to obtain higher…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-03 Shiping Liu , Norbert Peyerimhoff

This paper discusses the relationships between the Fiedler vector, the Cheeger constant, and threshold behaviors in networks of quantum resource nodes represented as Quantum Directed Acyclic Graphs (QDAGs). We explore how these mathematical…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-06-10 John TM Campbell , John Dooley

In this paper, we extend Meek's conjecture (Meek 1997) from directed and acyclic graphs to chain graphs, and prove that the extended conjecture is true. Specifically, we prove that if a chain graph H is an independence map of the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2011-09-27 Jose M. Peña

Cheeger's inequality states that a tightly connected subset can be extracted from a graph $G$ using an eigenvector of the normalized Laplacian associated with $G$. More specifically, we can compute a subset with conductance…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-09-12 Masahiro Ikeda , Atsushi Miyauchi , Yuuki Takai , Yuichi Yoshida

A basic fact in spectral graph theory is that the number of connected components in an undirected graph is equal to the multiplicity of the eigenvalue zero in the Laplacian matrix of the graph. In particular, the graph is disconnected if…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-24 James R. Lee , Shayan Oveis Gharan , Luca Trevisan

We study the eigenvalues of the connection Laplacian on a graph with an orthogonal group or unitary group signature. We establish higher order Buser type inequalities, i.e., we provide upper bounds for eigenvalues in terms of Cheeger…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-03 Shiping Liu , Florentin Münch , Norbert Peyerimhoff

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are the predominant approach for graph-based machine learning. While neural networks have shown great performance at learning useful representations, they are often criticized for their limited high-level…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Markus Zopf , Francesco Alesiani

The stability of communities - whether biological, social, economic, technological or ecological depends on the balance between cooperation and cheating. While cooperation strengthens communities, selfish individuals, or "cheaters," exploit…

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Time series forecasting is an extensively studied subject in statistics, economics, and computer science. Exploration of the correlation and causation among the variables in a multivariate time series shows promise in enhancing the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-22 Chao Shang , Jie Chen , Jinbo Bi

The problem of multiway partitioning of an undirected graph is considered. A spectral method is used, where the k > 2 largest eigenvalues of the normalized adjacency matrix (equivalently, the k smallest eigenvalues of the normalized graph…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-08 Lars Eldén

Cheeger-type inequalities in which the decomposability of a graph and the spectral gap of its Laplacian mutually control each other play an important role in graph theory and network analysis, in particular in the context of expander…

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Graph neural networks are deep neural networks designed for graphs with attributes attached to nodes or edges. The number of research papers in the literature concerning these models is growing rapidly due to their impressive performance on…

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Understanding what graph layout human prefer and why they prefer is significant and challenging due to the highly complex visual perception and cognition system in human brain. In this paper, we present the first machine learning approach…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Shijun Cai , Seok-Hee Hong , Jialiang Shen , Tongliang Liu

Link prediction in graphs is studied by modeling the dyadic interactions among two nodes. The relationships can be more complex than simple dyadic interactions and could require the user to model super-dyadic associations among nodes. Such…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-02-10 Deepak Maurya , Balaraman Ravindran

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are a popular class of machine learning models whose major advantage is their ability to incorporate a sparse and discrete dependency structure between data points. Unfortunately, GNNs can only be used when such…

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