Conformal Prediction Sets for Populations of Graphs

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Autori principali: Calissano, Anna, Fontana, Matteo, Zeni, Gianluca, Vantini, Simone
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Calissano, Anna
Fontana, Matteo
Zeni, Gianluca
Vantini, Simone
author_facet Calissano, Anna
Fontana, Matteo
Zeni, Gianluca
Vantini, Simone
contents The analysis of data such as graphs has been gaining increasing attention in the past years. This is justified by the numerous applications in which they appear. Several methods are present to predict graphs, but much fewer to quantify the uncertainty of the prediction. The present work proposes an uncertainty quantification methodology for graphs, based on conformal prediction. The method works both for graphs with the same set of nodes (labelled graphs) and graphs with no clear correspondence between the set of nodes across the observed graphs (unlabelled graphs). The unlabelled case is dealt with the creation of prediction sets embedded in a quotient space. The proposed method does not rely on distributional assumptions, it achieves finite-sample validity, and it identifies interpretable prediction sets. To explore the features of this novel forecasting technique, we perform two simulation studies to show the methodology in both the labelled and the unlabelled case. We showcase the applicability of the method in analysing the performance of different teams during the FIFA 2018 football world championship via their player passing networks.
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spellingShingle Conformal Prediction Sets for Populations of Graphs
Calissano, Anna
Fontana, Matteo
Zeni, Gianluca
Vantini, Simone
Methodology
The analysis of data such as graphs has been gaining increasing attention in the past years. This is justified by the numerous applications in which they appear. Several methods are present to predict graphs, but much fewer to quantify the uncertainty of the prediction. The present work proposes an uncertainty quantification methodology for graphs, based on conformal prediction. The method works both for graphs with the same set of nodes (labelled graphs) and graphs with no clear correspondence between the set of nodes across the observed graphs (unlabelled graphs). The unlabelled case is dealt with the creation of prediction sets embedded in a quotient space. The proposed method does not rely on distributional assumptions, it achieves finite-sample validity, and it identifies interpretable prediction sets. To explore the features of this novel forecasting technique, we perform two simulation studies to show the methodology in both the labelled and the unlabelled case. We showcase the applicability of the method in analysing the performance of different teams during the FIFA 2018 football world championship via their player passing networks.
title Conformal Prediction Sets for Populations of Graphs
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18862