Summary of Pieclam: a Universal Graph Autoencoder Based on Overlapping Inclusive and Exclusive Communities, by Daniel Zilberg et al.
PieClam: A Universal Graph Autoencoder Based on Overlapping Inclusive and Exclusive Communities
by Daniel Zilberg, Ron Levie
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A probabilistic graph model called PieClam (Prior Inclusive Exclusive Cluster Affiliation Model) is proposed for representing graphs as overlapping generalized communities. The method can be viewed as a graph autoencoder, where nodes are embedded into a code space to maximize the log-likelihood of the decoded graph given the input graph. PieClam extends BigClam by incorporating a learned prior on the node distribution in the code space and generalizing community notions through inclusive and exclusive communities. A Lorentz inner product-based decoder is introduced, shown to be more expressive than standard decoders. The method’s universality is demonstrated using a new graph similarity measure called log cut distance, achieving competitive performance in graph anomaly detection benchmarks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary PieClam is a new way to understand graphs and how they are connected. It’s like a puzzle where nodes fit together in different ways. PieClam helps solve this puzzle by finding groups of connected nodes (communities) and also finding groups that aren’t connected as much. This helps us understand what makes some communities strong or weak. The method is special because it can make any graph look the same, kind of like a blueprint. It’s useful for things like finding anomalies in networks. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Anomaly detection » Autoencoder » Decoder » Log likelihood
