Port-Hamiltonian Architectural Bias for Long-Range Propagation in Deep Graph Networks

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Autori principali: Heilig, Simon, Gravina, Alessio, Trenta, Alessandro, Gallicchio, Claudio, Bacciu, Davide
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author Heilig, Simon
Gravina, Alessio
Trenta, Alessandro
Gallicchio, Claudio
Bacciu, Davide
author_facet Heilig, Simon
Gravina, Alessio
Trenta, Alessandro
Gallicchio, Claudio
Bacciu, Davide
contents The dynamics of information diffusion within graphs is a critical open issue that heavily influences graph representation learning, especially when considering long-range propagation. This calls for principled approaches that control and regulate the degree of propagation and dissipation of information throughout the neural flow. Motivated by this, we introduce (port-)Hamiltonian Deep Graph Networks, a novel framework that models neural information flow in graphs by building on the laws of conservation of Hamiltonian dynamical systems. We reconcile under a single theoretical and practical framework both non-dissipative long-range propagation and non-conservative behaviors, introducing tools from mechanical systems to gauge the equilibrium between the two components. Our approach can be applied to general message-passing architectures, and it provides theoretical guarantees on information conservation in time. Empirical results prove the effectiveness of our port-Hamiltonian scheme in pushing simple graph convolutional architectures to state-of-the-art performance in long-range benchmarks.
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spellingShingle Port-Hamiltonian Architectural Bias for Long-Range Propagation in Deep Graph Networks
Heilig, Simon
Gravina, Alessio
Trenta, Alessandro
Gallicchio, Claudio
Bacciu, Davide
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
The dynamics of information diffusion within graphs is a critical open issue that heavily influences graph representation learning, especially when considering long-range propagation. This calls for principled approaches that control and regulate the degree of propagation and dissipation of information throughout the neural flow. Motivated by this, we introduce (port-)Hamiltonian Deep Graph Networks, a novel framework that models neural information flow in graphs by building on the laws of conservation of Hamiltonian dynamical systems. We reconcile under a single theoretical and practical framework both non-dissipative long-range propagation and non-conservative behaviors, introducing tools from mechanical systems to gauge the equilibrium between the two components. Our approach can be applied to general message-passing architectures, and it provides theoretical guarantees on information conservation in time. Empirical results prove the effectiveness of our port-Hamiltonian scheme in pushing simple graph convolutional architectures to state-of-the-art performance in long-range benchmarks.
title Port-Hamiltonian Architectural Bias for Long-Range Propagation in Deep Graph Networks
topic Machine Learning
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.17163