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Main Authors: Zhang, Zeyu, Li, Lu, Ji, Xingyu, Zhao, Kaiqi, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Yu, Philip S., Li, Jiawei, Wang, Maojun
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11083
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author Zhang, Zeyu
Li, Lu
Ji, Xingyu
Zhao, Kaiqi
Zhu, Xiaofeng
Yu, Philip S.
Li, Jiawei
Wang, Maojun
author_facet Zhang, Zeyu
Li, Lu
Ji, Xingyu
Zhao, Kaiqi
Zhu, Xiaofeng
Yu, Philip S.
Li, Jiawei
Wang, Maojun
contents Signed graphs are powerful models for representing complex relations with both positive and negative connections. Recently, Signed Graph Neural Networks (SGNNs) have emerged as potent tools for analyzing such graphs. To our knowledge, no prior research has been conducted on devising a training plan specifically for SGNNs. The prevailing training approach feeds samples (edges) to models in a random order, resulting in equal contributions from each sample during the training process, but fails to account for varying learning difficulties based on the graph's structure. We contend that SGNNs can benefit from a curriculum that progresses from easy to difficult, similar to human learning. The main challenge is evaluating the difficulty of edges in a signed graph. We address this by theoretically analyzing the difficulty of SGNNs in learning adequate representations for edges in unbalanced cycles and propose a lightweight difficulty measurer. This forms the basis for our innovative Curriculum representation learning framework for Signed Graphs, referred to as CSG. The process involves using the measurer to assign difficulty scores to training samples, adjusting their order using a scheduler and training the SGNN model accordingly. We empirically our approach on six real-world signed graph datasets. Our method demonstrates remarkable results, enhancing the accuracy of popular SGNN models by up to 23.7% and showing a reduction of 8.4% in standard deviation, enhancing model stability.
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spellingShingle Enhancing Signed Graph Neural Networks through Curriculum-Based Training
Zhang, Zeyu
Li, Lu
Ji, Xingyu
Zhao, Kaiqi
Zhu, Xiaofeng
Yu, Philip S.
Li, Jiawei
Wang, Maojun
Machine Learning
Signed graphs are powerful models for representing complex relations with both positive and negative connections. Recently, Signed Graph Neural Networks (SGNNs) have emerged as potent tools for analyzing such graphs. To our knowledge, no prior research has been conducted on devising a training plan specifically for SGNNs. The prevailing training approach feeds samples (edges) to models in a random order, resulting in equal contributions from each sample during the training process, but fails to account for varying learning difficulties based on the graph's structure. We contend that SGNNs can benefit from a curriculum that progresses from easy to difficult, similar to human learning. The main challenge is evaluating the difficulty of edges in a signed graph. We address this by theoretically analyzing the difficulty of SGNNs in learning adequate representations for edges in unbalanced cycles and propose a lightweight difficulty measurer. This forms the basis for our innovative Curriculum representation learning framework for Signed Graphs, referred to as CSG. The process involves using the measurer to assign difficulty scores to training samples, adjusting their order using a scheduler and training the SGNN model accordingly. We empirically our approach on six real-world signed graph datasets. Our method demonstrates remarkable results, enhancing the accuracy of popular SGNN models by up to 23.7% and showing a reduction of 8.4% in standard deviation, enhancing model stability.
title Enhancing Signed Graph Neural Networks through Curriculum-Based Training
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11083