Deep Identification of Propagation Trees

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Main Authors: Memon, Zeeshan, Ling, Chen, Kong, Ruochen, Seshagiri, Vishwanath, Zufle, Andreas, Zhao, Liang
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Published: 2025
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author Memon, Zeeshan
Ling, Chen
Kong, Ruochen
Seshagiri, Vishwanath
Zufle, Andreas
Zhao, Liang
author_facet Memon, Zeeshan
Ling, Chen
Kong, Ruochen
Seshagiri, Vishwanath
Zufle, Andreas
Zhao, Liang
contents Understanding propagation structures in graph diffusion processes, such as epidemic spread or misinformation diffusion, is a fundamental yet challenging problem. While existing methods primarily focus on source localization, they cannot reconstruct the underlying propagation trees i.e., "who infected whom", which are substantial for tracking the propagation pathways and investigate diffusion mechanisms. In this work, we propose Deep Identification of Propagation Trees (DIPT), a probabilistic framework that infers propagation trees from observed diffused states. DIPT models local influence strengths between nodes and leverages an alternating optimization strategy to jointly learn the diffusion mechanism and reconstruct the propagation structure. Extensive experiments on five real-world datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of DIPT in accurately reconstructing propagation trees.
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spellingShingle Deep Identification of Propagation Trees
Memon, Zeeshan
Ling, Chen
Kong, Ruochen
Seshagiri, Vishwanath
Zufle, Andreas
Zhao, Liang
Social and Information Networks
Understanding propagation structures in graph diffusion processes, such as epidemic spread or misinformation diffusion, is a fundamental yet challenging problem. While existing methods primarily focus on source localization, they cannot reconstruct the underlying propagation trees i.e., "who infected whom", which are substantial for tracking the propagation pathways and investigate diffusion mechanisms. In this work, we propose Deep Identification of Propagation Trees (DIPT), a probabilistic framework that infers propagation trees from observed diffused states. DIPT models local influence strengths between nodes and leverages an alternating optimization strategy to jointly learn the diffusion mechanism and reconstruct the propagation structure. Extensive experiments on five real-world datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of DIPT in accurately reconstructing propagation trees.
title Deep Identification of Propagation Trees
topic Social and Information Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00646