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Main Authors: Kandanaarachchi, Sevvandi, Sanderson, Conrad, Hyndman, Rob J.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05687
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author Kandanaarachchi, Sevvandi
Sanderson, Conrad
Hyndman, Rob J.
author_facet Kandanaarachchi, Sevvandi
Sanderson, Conrad
Hyndman, Rob J.
contents Detecting anomalies in a temporal sequence of graphs can be applied is areas such as the detection of accidents in transport networks and cyber attacks in computer networks. Existing methods for detecting abnormal graphs can suffer from multiple limitations, such as high false positive rates as well as difficulties with handling variable-sized graphs and non-trivial temporal dynamics. To address this, we propose a technique where temporal dependencies are explicitly modelled via time series analysis of a large set of pertinent graph features, followed by using residuals to remove the dependencies. Extreme Value Theory is then used to robustly model and classify any remaining extremes, aiming to produce low false positives rates. Comparative evaluations on a multitude of graph instances show that the proposed approach obtains considerably better accuracy than TensorSplat and Laplacian Anomaly Detection.
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spellingShingle Extreme Value Modelling of Feature Residuals for Anomaly Detection in Dynamic Graphs
Kandanaarachchi, Sevvandi
Sanderson, Conrad
Hyndman, Rob J.
Machine Learning
Detecting anomalies in a temporal sequence of graphs can be applied is areas such as the detection of accidents in transport networks and cyber attacks in computer networks. Existing methods for detecting abnormal graphs can suffer from multiple limitations, such as high false positive rates as well as difficulties with handling variable-sized graphs and non-trivial temporal dynamics. To address this, we propose a technique where temporal dependencies are explicitly modelled via time series analysis of a large set of pertinent graph features, followed by using residuals to remove the dependencies. Extreme Value Theory is then used to robustly model and classify any remaining extremes, aiming to produce low false positives rates. Comparative evaluations on a multitude of graph instances show that the proposed approach obtains considerably better accuracy than TensorSplat and Laplacian Anomaly Detection.
title Extreme Value Modelling of Feature Residuals for Anomaly Detection in Dynamic Graphs
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05687