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We study the typical behavior of a generalized version of Google's PageRank algorithm on a large family of inhomogeneous random digraphs. This family includes as special cases directed versions of classical models such as the…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-11-13 Jiung Lee , Mariana Olvera-Cravioto

In this paper, we consider the problem of diversity in ranking of the nodes in a graph. The task is to pick the top-k nodes in the graph which are both 'central' and 'diverse'. Many graph-based models of NLP like text summarization, opinion…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Rama Badrinath , C. E. Veni Madhavan

Many regular graphs admit a natural partition of their edge set into cliques of the same order such that each vertex is contained in the same number of cliques. In this paper, we study the mixing rate of certain random walks on such graphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Sebastian M. Cioabă , Peng Xu

We study the relation between PageRank and other parameters of information networks such as in-degree, out-degree, and the fraction of dangling nodes. We model this relation through a stochastic equation inspired by the original definition…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-04-03 Yana Volkovich , Nelly Litvak , Debora Donato

PageRank is a graph centrality metric that gives the importance of each node in a given graph. The PageRank algorithm provides important insights to understand the behavior of nodes through the connections they form with other nodes. It is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-03-18 Shalini Jain , Rahul Utkoor , Hemalatha Eedi , Sathya Peri , Ramakrishna Upadrasta

We utilize the PageRank vector to generalize the $k$-means clustering algorithm to directed and undirected graphs. We demonstrate that PageRank and other centrality measures can be used in our setting to robustly compute centrality of nodes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Mustafa Hajij , Eyad Said , Robert Todd

In the search engine of Google, the PageRank algorithm plays a crucial role in ranking the search results. The algorithm quantifies the importance of each web page based on the link structure of the web. We first provide an overview of the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-03-30 Hideaki Ishii , Roberto Tempo

Quantum mechanics empowers the emergence of quantum advantages in various fields, including quantum algorithms. Quantum PageRank is a promising tool for a future quantum internet. Recently, arbitrary phase rotations (APR) have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-21 Wei-Wei Zhang , Zheping Wu , Hengyue Jia , Wei Zhao , Qingbing Ji , Wei Pan , Haobin Shi

We consider the generalised PageRank walk on a digraph $G$, with refresh probability $\alpha$ and resampling distribution $\lambda$. We analyse convergence to stationarity when $G$ is a large sparse random digraph with given degree…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Pietro Caputo , Matteo Quattropani

PageRank is a ranking of the web pages that measures how often a given web page is visited by a random surfer on the web graph, for a simple model of web surfing. It seems realistic that PageRank may also have an influence on the behavior…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-12-05 Marianne Akian , Stephane Gaubert , Laure Ninove

The PageRank is a popularity measure designed by Google to rank Web pages. Experiments confirm that the PageRank obeys a `power law' with the same exponent as the In-Degree. This paper presents a novel mathematical model that explains this…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 N. Litvak , W. R. W. Scheinhardt , Y. Volkovich

There are several ideas being used today for Web information retrieval, and specifically in Web search engines. The PageRank algorithm is one of those that introduce a content-neutral ranking function over Web pages. This ranking is applied…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Giorgos Kollias , Efstratios Gallopoulos , Daniel B. Szyld

The PageRank algorithm employed by Google quantifies the importance of each page by the link structure of the web. To reduce the computational burden the distributed randomized PageRank algorithms (DRPA) recently appeared in literature…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-05-15 Wenxiao Zhao , Han-Fu Chen , Hai-Tao Fang

In this paper, we discuss the sensitivity of quantum PageRank. By using the finite dimensional perturbation theory, we estimate the change of the quantum PageRank under a small analytical perturbation on the Google matrix. In addition, we…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-07-04 Hirotada Honda

PageRank has become a key element in the success of search engines, allowing to rank the most important hits in the top screen of results. One key aspect that distinguishes PageRank from other prestige measures such as in-degree is its…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Santo Fortunato , Marian Boguna , Alessandro Flammini , Filippo Menczer

Clustering is a central approach for unsupervised learning. After clustering is applied, the most fundamental analysis is to quantitatively compare clusterings. Such comparisons are crucial for the evaluation of clustering methods as well…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-10-03 Alexander J Gates , Yong-Yeol Ahn

In case of sparse graphs, relation between the real eigenvalues of the non-backtracking matrix and those of the non-backtracking transition probability matrix is considered with respect to vertex clustering. For this purpose, the random…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Marianna Bolla

In this paper, we study the problem of safe online learning to re-rank, where user feedback is used to improve the quality of displayed lists. Learning to rank has traditionally been studied in two settings. In the offline setting, rankers…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Chang Li , Branislav Kveton , Tor Lattimore , Ilya Markov , Maarten de Rijke , Csaba Szepesvari , Masrour Zoghi

Random walk can be used as a centrality measure of a directed graph. However, if the graph is reducible the random walk will be absorbed in some subset of nodes and will never visit the rest of the graph. In Google PageRank the problem was…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2009-04-17 Konstantin Avrachenkov , Vivek Borkar , Danil Nemirovsky

This paper shows that pairwise PageRank orders emerge from two-hop walks. The main tool used here refers to a specially designed sign-mirror function and a parameter curve, whose low-order derivative information implies pairwise PageRank…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Ying Tang