Layer Embedding Deep Fusion Graph Neural Network

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Hauptverfasser: Xu, Taihua, Tian, Genhao, Fan, Jicong, Yang, Xibei, Zhang, Qinghua, Cui, Yun
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author Xu, Taihua
Tian, Genhao
Fan, Jicong
Yang, Xibei
Zhang, Qinghua
Cui, Yun
author_facet Xu, Taihua
Tian, Genhao
Fan, Jicong
Yang, Xibei
Zhang, Qinghua
Cui, Yun
contents Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have demonstrated impressive performance in learning representations from graph-structured data. However, their message-passing mechanism inherently relies on the assumption of label consistency among connected nodes, limiting their applicability to low-homophily settings. Moreover, since message passing operates as a hierarchical diffusion process, GNNs face challenges in capturing long-range dependencies. As network depth increases, the structural noise along heterophilic edges tends to be amplified, resulting in over-smoothing. This issue becomes especially prominent in highly heterophilic graphs, where the propagation of inconsistent semantics across the topology continually exacerbates misaggregation. To address this issue, we propose a novel framework named Layer Embedding Deep Fusion Graph Neural Network (LEDF-GNN). Specifically, we design a Layer Embedding Deep Fusion (LEDF) operator that nonlinearly fuses multi-layer embeddings to capture inter-layer dependencies and effectively alleviate deep propagation degradation. Meanwhile, to mitigate structural heterophily, LEDF-GNN employs a Dual-Topology Parallel Strategy (DTPS) that simultaneously leverages the original and reconstructed topologies, allowing for adaptive structure-semantics co-optimization under diverse homophily conditions. Extensive semi-supervised classification experiments on the citation and image benchmarks demonstrate that, under both homophilic and heterophilic settings, LEDF-GNN consistently outperforms state-of-the-art baselines, validating its effectiveness and generalization capability across diverse graph types.
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Xu, Taihua
Tian, Genhao
Fan, Jicong
Yang, Xibei
Zhang, Qinghua
Cui, Yun
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have demonstrated impressive performance in learning representations from graph-structured data. However, their message-passing mechanism inherently relies on the assumption of label consistency among connected nodes, limiting their applicability to low-homophily settings. Moreover, since message passing operates as a hierarchical diffusion process, GNNs face challenges in capturing long-range dependencies. As network depth increases, the structural noise along heterophilic edges tends to be amplified, resulting in over-smoothing. This issue becomes especially prominent in highly heterophilic graphs, where the propagation of inconsistent semantics across the topology continually exacerbates misaggregation. To address this issue, we propose a novel framework named Layer Embedding Deep Fusion Graph Neural Network (LEDF-GNN). Specifically, we design a Layer Embedding Deep Fusion (LEDF) operator that nonlinearly fuses multi-layer embeddings to capture inter-layer dependencies and effectively alleviate deep propagation degradation. Meanwhile, to mitigate structural heterophily, LEDF-GNN employs a Dual-Topology Parallel Strategy (DTPS) that simultaneously leverages the original and reconstructed topologies, allowing for adaptive structure-semantics co-optimization under diverse homophily conditions. Extensive semi-supervised classification experiments on the citation and image benchmarks demonstrate that, under both homophilic and heterophilic settings, LEDF-GNN consistently outperforms state-of-the-art baselines, validating its effectiveness and generalization capability across diverse graph types.
title Layer Embedding Deep Fusion Graph Neural Network
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23324