Hierarchical Information Enhancement Network for Cascade Prediction in Social Networks

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Main Authors: Zhang, Fanrui, Liu, Jiawei, Zhang, Qiang, Zhu, Xiaoling, Zha, Zheng-Jun
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author Zhang, Fanrui
Liu, Jiawei
Zhang, Qiang
Zhu, Xiaoling
Zha, Zheng-Jun
author_facet Zhang, Fanrui
Liu, Jiawei
Zhang, Qiang
Zhu, Xiaoling
Zha, Zheng-Jun
contents Understanding information cascades in networks is a fundamental issue in numerous applications. Current researches often sample cascade information into several independent paths or subgraphs to learn a simple cascade representation. However, these approaches fail to exploit the hierarchical semantic associations between different modalities, limiting their predictive performance. In this work, we propose a novel Hierarchical Information Enhancement Network (HIENet) for cascade prediction. Our approach integrates fundamental cascade sequence, user social graphs, and sub-cascade graph into a unified framework. Specifically, HIENet utilizes DeepWalk to sample cascades information into a series of sequences. It then gathers path information between users to extract the social relationships of propagators. Additionally, we employ a time-stamped graph convolutional network to aggregate sub-cascade graph information effectively. Ultimately, we introduce a Multi-modal Cascade Transformer to powerfully fuse these clues, providing a comprehensive understanding of cascading process. Extensive experiments have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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spellingShingle Hierarchical Information Enhancement Network for Cascade Prediction in Social Networks
Zhang, Fanrui
Liu, Jiawei
Zhang, Qiang
Zhu, Xiaoling
Zha, Zheng-Jun
Social and Information Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Understanding information cascades in networks is a fundamental issue in numerous applications. Current researches often sample cascade information into several independent paths or subgraphs to learn a simple cascade representation. However, these approaches fail to exploit the hierarchical semantic associations between different modalities, limiting their predictive performance. In this work, we propose a novel Hierarchical Information Enhancement Network (HIENet) for cascade prediction. Our approach integrates fundamental cascade sequence, user social graphs, and sub-cascade graph into a unified framework. Specifically, HIENet utilizes DeepWalk to sample cascades information into a series of sequences. It then gathers path information between users to extract the social relationships of propagators. Additionally, we employ a time-stamped graph convolutional network to aggregate sub-cascade graph information effectively. Ultimately, we introduce a Multi-modal Cascade Transformer to powerfully fuse these clues, providing a comprehensive understanding of cascading process. Extensive experiments have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.
title Hierarchical Information Enhancement Network for Cascade Prediction in Social Networks
topic Social and Information Networks
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15257