Curved Markov Chain Monte Carlo for network learning
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Author(s)
Monod, Anthea
Sigbeku, John
Saucan, Emil
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
We present a geometrically enhanced Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler for networks based on a discrete
curvature measure defined on graphs. Specifically, we incorporate the concept of graph Forman curvature
into sampling procedures on both the nodes and edges of a network explicitly, via the transition probability
of the Markov chain, as well as implicitly, via the target stationary distribution, which gives a novel, curved
Markov chain Monte Carlo approach to learning networks. We show that integrating curvature into the
sampler results in faster convergence to a wide range of network statistics demonstrated on deterministic
networks drawn from real-world data.
curvature measure defined on graphs. Specifically, we incorporate the concept of graph Forman curvature
into sampling procedures on both the nodes and edges of a network explicitly, via the transition probability
of the Markov chain, as well as implicitly, via the target stationary distribution, which gives a novel, curved
Markov chain Monte Carlo approach to learning networks. We show that integrating curvature into the
sampler results in faster convergence to a wide range of network statistics demonstrated on deterministic
networks drawn from real-world data.
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Date Acceptance
2021-09-29
Citation
Studies in Computational Intelligence, 2022, pp.461-473
ISSN
1860-949X
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
461
End Page
473
Journal / Book Title
Studies in Computational Intelligence
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93413-2_39
Identifier
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-93413-2_39
Source
0th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications
Subjects
stat.ML
stat.ML
cs.LG
stat.CO
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2021-11-30
Finish Date
2021-12-02
Coverage Spatial
Madrid, Spain
Date Publish Online
2022-01-01