Faster algorithms for the alignment of sparse correlated Erdös-Rényi random graphs

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Autori principali: Muratori, Andrea, Semerjian, Guilhem
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author Muratori, Andrea
Semerjian, Guilhem
author_facet Muratori, Andrea
Semerjian, Guilhem
contents The correlated Erdös-Rényi random graph ensemble is a probability law on pairs of graphs with $n$ vertices, parametrized by their average degree $λ$ and their correlation coefficient $s$. It can be used as a benchmark for the graph alignment problem, in which the labels of the vertices of one of the graphs are reshuffled by an unknown permutation; the goal is to infer this permutation and thus properly match the pairs of vertices in both graphs. A series of recent works has unveiled the role of Otter's constant $α$ (that controls the exponential rate of growth of the number of unlabeled rooted trees as a function of their sizes) in this problem: for $s>\sqrtα$ and $λ$ large enough it is possible to recover in a time polynomial in $n$ a positive fraction of the hidden permutation. The exponent of this polynomial growth is however quite large and depends on the other parameters, which limits the range of applications of the algorithm. In this work we present a family of faster algorithms for this task, show through numerical simulations that their accuracy is only slightly reduced with respect to the original one, and conjecture that they undergo, in the large $λ$ limit, phase transitions at modified Otter's thresholds $\sqrt{\widehatα}>\sqrtα$, with $\widehatα$ related to the enumeration of a restricted family of trees.
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spellingShingle Faster algorithms for the alignment of sparse correlated Erdös-Rényi random graphs
Muratori, Andrea
Semerjian, Guilhem
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Data Structures and Algorithms
Probability
Statistics Theory
The correlated Erdös-Rényi random graph ensemble is a probability law on pairs of graphs with $n$ vertices, parametrized by their average degree $λ$ and their correlation coefficient $s$. It can be used as a benchmark for the graph alignment problem, in which the labels of the vertices of one of the graphs are reshuffled by an unknown permutation; the goal is to infer this permutation and thus properly match the pairs of vertices in both graphs. A series of recent works has unveiled the role of Otter's constant $α$ (that controls the exponential rate of growth of the number of unlabeled rooted trees as a function of their sizes) in this problem: for $s>\sqrtα$ and $λ$ large enough it is possible to recover in a time polynomial in $n$ a positive fraction of the hidden permutation. The exponent of this polynomial growth is however quite large and depends on the other parameters, which limits the range of applications of the algorithm. In this work we present a family of faster algorithms for this task, show through numerical simulations that their accuracy is only slightly reduced with respect to the original one, and conjecture that they undergo, in the large $λ$ limit, phase transitions at modified Otter's thresholds $\sqrt{\widehatα}>\sqrtα$, with $\widehatα$ related to the enumeration of a restricted family of trees.
title Faster algorithms for the alignment of sparse correlated Erdös-Rényi random graphs
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Data Structures and Algorithms
Probability
Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.08421