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Hauptverfasser: Xing, Zhaoyu, Wang, Y. X. Rachel, Wood, Andrew T. A., Zou, Tao
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Xing, Zhaoyu
Wang, Y. X. Rachel
Wood, Andrew T. A.
Zou, Tao
author_facet Xing, Zhaoyu
Wang, Y. X. Rachel
Wood, Andrew T. A.
Zou, Tao
contents This article introduces a regularization and selection methods for directed networks with nodal homophily and nodal effects. The proposed approach not only preserves the statistical efficiency of the resulting estimator, but also ensures that the selection of nodal homophily and nodal effects is scalable with large-scale network data and multiple nodal features. In particular, we propose a directed random network model with nodal homophily and nodal effects, which includes the nodal features in the probability density of random networks. Subsequently, we propose a regularized maximum likelihood estimator with an adaptive LASSO-type regularizer. We demonstrate that the regularized estimator exhibits the consistency and possesses the oracle properties. In addition, we propose a network Bayesian information criterion which ensures the selection consistency while tuning the model. Simulation experiments are conducted to demonstrate the excellent numerical performance. An online friendship network among musicians with nodal musical preference is used to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed new network model in network-related empirical analysis.
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spellingShingle Regularization and Selection in A Directed Network Model with Nodal Homophily and Nodal Effects
Xing, Zhaoyu
Wang, Y. X. Rachel
Wood, Andrew T. A.
Zou, Tao
Methodology
62J07, 62F12, 05C82
This article introduces a regularization and selection methods for directed networks with nodal homophily and nodal effects. The proposed approach not only preserves the statistical efficiency of the resulting estimator, but also ensures that the selection of nodal homophily and nodal effects is scalable with large-scale network data and multiple nodal features. In particular, we propose a directed random network model with nodal homophily and nodal effects, which includes the nodal features in the probability density of random networks. Subsequently, we propose a regularized maximum likelihood estimator with an adaptive LASSO-type regularizer. We demonstrate that the regularized estimator exhibits the consistency and possesses the oracle properties. In addition, we propose a network Bayesian information criterion which ensures the selection consistency while tuning the model. Simulation experiments are conducted to demonstrate the excellent numerical performance. An online friendship network among musicians with nodal musical preference is used to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed new network model in network-related empirical analysis.
title Regularization and Selection in A Directed Network Model with Nodal Homophily and Nodal Effects
topic Methodology
62J07, 62F12, 05C82
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04622