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| Format: | Preprint |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01467 |
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- Exponential random graph models (ERGMs) are flexible probability models allowing edge dependency. However, it is known that, to a first-order approximation, many ERGMs behave like Erdös-Rényi random graphs, where edges are independent. In this paper, to distinguish ERGMs from Erdös-Rényi random graphs, we consider second-order approximations of ERGMs using two-stars and triangles. We prove that the second-order approximation indeed achieves second-order accuracy in the triangle-free case. The new approximation is formally obtained by Hoeffding decomposition and rigorously justified using Stein's method.