Connected components in networks with higher-order interactions
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| author | Ha, Gyeong-Gyun Neri, Izaak Annibale, Alessia |
| author_facet | Ha, Gyeong-Gyun Neri, Izaak Annibale, Alessia |
| contents | We address the problem of defining connected components in hypergraphs, which are models for systems with higher-order interactions. For graphs with dyadic interactions, connected components are defined in terms of paths connecting nodes along the graph. However, defining connected components in hypergraphs is a more involved problem, as one needs to consider the higher-order nature of the interactions associated with the hyperedge. Higher-order interactions can be taken into consideration through a logic associated with the hyperedges, two examples being OR-logic and AND-logic; these logical operations can be considered two limiting cases corresponding to non-cooperative and fully cooperative interactions, respectively. In this paper we show how connected components can be defined in hypergraphs with OR or AND logic. While OR-logic and AND-logic provide the same connected components for nondirected hypergraphs, for directed hypergraphs the strongly connected component of AND-logic is a subset of the OR-logic strongly connected component. Interestingly, higher-order interactions change the general topological properties of connected components in directed hypergraphs. Notably, while for directed graphs the strongly connected component is the intersection of its in- and out-component, in hypergraphs with AND-logic the intersection of in- and out-component does not equal the strongly connected component. We develop a theory for the fraction of nodes that are part of the largest connected component and through comparison with real-world data we show that degree-cardinality correlations play a significant role. |
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| spellingShingle | Connected components in networks with higher-order interactions Ha, Gyeong-Gyun Neri, Izaak Annibale, Alessia Physics and Society We address the problem of defining connected components in hypergraphs, which are models for systems with higher-order interactions. For graphs with dyadic interactions, connected components are defined in terms of paths connecting nodes along the graph. However, defining connected components in hypergraphs is a more involved problem, as one needs to consider the higher-order nature of the interactions associated with the hyperedge. Higher-order interactions can be taken into consideration through a logic associated with the hyperedges, two examples being OR-logic and AND-logic; these logical operations can be considered two limiting cases corresponding to non-cooperative and fully cooperative interactions, respectively. In this paper we show how connected components can be defined in hypergraphs with OR or AND logic. While OR-logic and AND-logic provide the same connected components for nondirected hypergraphs, for directed hypergraphs the strongly connected component of AND-logic is a subset of the OR-logic strongly connected component. Interestingly, higher-order interactions change the general topological properties of connected components in directed hypergraphs. Notably, while for directed graphs the strongly connected component is the intersection of its in- and out-component, in hypergraphs with AND-logic the intersection of in- and out-component does not equal the strongly connected component. We develop a theory for the fraction of nodes that are part of the largest connected component and through comparison with real-world data we show that degree-cardinality correlations play a significant role. |
| title | Connected components in networks with higher-order interactions |
| topic | Physics and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03060 |