Spectral embedding of inhomogeneous Poisson processes on multiplex networks

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Autores principales: Corneck, Joshua, Cohen, Edward A. K., Passino, Francesco Sanna
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Publicado: 2026
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author Corneck, Joshua
Cohen, Edward A. K.
Passino, Francesco Sanna
author_facet Corneck, Joshua
Cohen, Edward A. K.
Passino, Francesco Sanna
contents In many real-world networks, data on the edges evolve in continuous time, naturally motivating representations based on point processes. Heterogeneity in edge types further gives rise to multiplex network point processes. In this work, we propose a model for multiplex network data observed in continuous-time. We establish two-to-infinity norm consistency and asymptotic normality for spectral-embedding-based estimation of the model parameters as both network size and time resolution increase. Drawing inspiration from random dot product graph models, each edge intensity is expressed as the inner product of two low-dimensional latent positions: one dynamic and layer-agnostic, the other static and layer-dependent. These latent positions constitute the primary objects of inference, which is conducted via spectral embedding methods. Our theoretical results are established under a histogram estimator of the network intensities and provide justification for applying a doubly unfolded adjacency spectral embedding method for estimation. Simulations and real-data analyses demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model and inference procedure.
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spellingShingle Spectral embedding of inhomogeneous Poisson processes on multiplex networks
Corneck, Joshua
Cohen, Edward A. K.
Passino, Francesco Sanna
Methodology
In many real-world networks, data on the edges evolve in continuous time, naturally motivating representations based on point processes. Heterogeneity in edge types further gives rise to multiplex network point processes. In this work, we propose a model for multiplex network data observed in continuous-time. We establish two-to-infinity norm consistency and asymptotic normality for spectral-embedding-based estimation of the model parameters as both network size and time resolution increase. Drawing inspiration from random dot product graph models, each edge intensity is expressed as the inner product of two low-dimensional latent positions: one dynamic and layer-agnostic, the other static and layer-dependent. These latent positions constitute the primary objects of inference, which is conducted via spectral embedding methods. Our theoretical results are established under a histogram estimator of the network intensities and provide justification for applying a doubly unfolded adjacency spectral embedding method for estimation. Simulations and real-data analyses demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model and inference procedure.
title Spectral embedding of inhomogeneous Poisson processes on multiplex networks
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16784