Denoising Diffused Embeddings: a Generative Approach for Hypergraphs

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Auteurs principaux: Wu, Shihao, Yang, Junyi, Xu, Gongjun, Zhu, Ji
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author Wu, Shihao
Yang, Junyi
Xu, Gongjun
Zhu, Ji
author_facet Wu, Shihao
Yang, Junyi
Xu, Gongjun
Zhu, Ji
contents Hypergraph data, which capture multi-way interactions among entities, are increasingly prevalent in the big data era. Generating new hyperlinks from an observed, usually high-dimensional hypergraph is an important yet challenging task with diverse applications in areas such as electronic health record analysis and biological research. This task is fraught with several challenges. The discrete nature of hyperlinks renders many existing generative models inapplicable. Additionally, powerful machine learning-based generative models often operate as black boxes, providing limited interpretability. Key structural characteristics of hypergraphs, including node degree heterogeneity and hyperlink sparsity, further complicate the modeling process and must be carefully addressed. To tackle these challenges, we propose Denoising Diffused Embeddings (DDE), a general and efficient generative modeling architecture for hypergraphs. DDE exploits low-rank structure in high-dimensional hypergraphs via a conditional hyperlink likelihood model that links discrete hyperlinks to a continuous latent embedding space and leverages a score-based diffusion model to reconstruct that space. Theoretically, we show that when true latent embeddings are accessible, DDE exactly reduces the task of generating new high-dimensional hyperlinks to generating new low-dimensional embeddings. Moreover, we analyze the implications of using estimated embeddings in DDE, revealing how hypergraph characteristics such as dimensionality, node degree heterogeneity, and hyperlink sparsity impact its generative performance. Simulation studies demonstrate the superiority of DDE over existing methods, in terms of both computational efficiency and generative performance. Furthermore, an application to a symptom co-occurrence hypergraph derived from electronic medical records uncovers interesting findings and highlights the advantages of DDE.
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spellingShingle Denoising Diffused Embeddings: a Generative Approach for Hypergraphs
Wu, Shihao
Yang, Junyi
Xu, Gongjun
Zhu, Ji
Methodology
Hypergraph data, which capture multi-way interactions among entities, are increasingly prevalent in the big data era. Generating new hyperlinks from an observed, usually high-dimensional hypergraph is an important yet challenging task with diverse applications in areas such as electronic health record analysis and biological research. This task is fraught with several challenges. The discrete nature of hyperlinks renders many existing generative models inapplicable. Additionally, powerful machine learning-based generative models often operate as black boxes, providing limited interpretability. Key structural characteristics of hypergraphs, including node degree heterogeneity and hyperlink sparsity, further complicate the modeling process and must be carefully addressed. To tackle these challenges, we propose Denoising Diffused Embeddings (DDE), a general and efficient generative modeling architecture for hypergraphs. DDE exploits low-rank structure in high-dimensional hypergraphs via a conditional hyperlink likelihood model that links discrete hyperlinks to a continuous latent embedding space and leverages a score-based diffusion model to reconstruct that space. Theoretically, we show that when true latent embeddings are accessible, DDE exactly reduces the task of generating new high-dimensional hyperlinks to generating new low-dimensional embeddings. Moreover, we analyze the implications of using estimated embeddings in DDE, revealing how hypergraph characteristics such as dimensionality, node degree heterogeneity, and hyperlink sparsity impact its generative performance. Simulation studies demonstrate the superiority of DDE over existing methods, in terms of both computational efficiency and generative performance. Furthermore, an application to a symptom co-occurrence hypergraph derived from electronic medical records uncovers interesting findings and highlights the advantages of DDE.
title Denoising Diffused Embeddings: a Generative Approach for Hypergraphs
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.01541