Degree corrected stochastic block model: excursion representation

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Hauptverfasser: Clancy Jr, David, Konarovskyi, Vitalii, Limic, Vlada
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author Clancy Jr, David
Konarovskyi, Vitalii
Limic, Vlada
author_facet Clancy Jr, David
Konarovskyi, Vitalii
Limic, Vlada
contents This is the first of two complementary works in which we analyze the connected components of the degree-corrected stochastic block model (DCSBM). Our model is a random graph with an underlying community structure and degree in-homogeneity. It belongs to a class of non-rank one models. The scaling limit of connected component sizes in the near-critical regime, obtained by Konarovskyi and Limic (2021) for a subfamily of DCSBM, is non-trivially different (although related to) the standard eternal multiplicative coalescent of Aldous (1997). The Aldous (1997) excursion representation combined with weak convergence approach to the scaling limits of connected components of random graphs proved to be much more difficult (and therefore rare) for non rank-one models. In this work we show how to build a random field encoding for the connected component structure of DCSBM, in part relying on the theory of Chaumont and Marolleau (2020). We then show how one can, under additional assumptions, reformulate the minimization problem stated in terms of multidimensional first hitting times into an equivalent minimization problem stated for a single real-valued stochastic process. This reformulation relies on a novel composition-like operator on pairs of compatible non-decreasing rcll functions, which might be of independent interest.
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spellingShingle Degree corrected stochastic block model: excursion representation
Clancy Jr, David
Konarovskyi, Vitalii
Limic, Vlada
Probability
Primary 60J90, 05C80, Secondary 60J27, 60G60
This is the first of two complementary works in which we analyze the connected components of the degree-corrected stochastic block model (DCSBM). Our model is a random graph with an underlying community structure and degree in-homogeneity. It belongs to a class of non-rank one models. The scaling limit of connected component sizes in the near-critical regime, obtained by Konarovskyi and Limic (2021) for a subfamily of DCSBM, is non-trivially different (although related to) the standard eternal multiplicative coalescent of Aldous (1997). The Aldous (1997) excursion representation combined with weak convergence approach to the scaling limits of connected components of random graphs proved to be much more difficult (and therefore rare) for non rank-one models. In this work we show how to build a random field encoding for the connected component structure of DCSBM, in part relying on the theory of Chaumont and Marolleau (2020). We then show how one can, under additional assumptions, reformulate the minimization problem stated in terms of multidimensional first hitting times into an equivalent minimization problem stated for a single real-valued stochastic process. This reformulation relies on a novel composition-like operator on pairs of compatible non-decreasing rcll functions, which might be of independent interest.
title Degree corrected stochastic block model: excursion representation
topic Probability
Primary 60J90, 05C80, Secondary 60J27, 60G60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.18894