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Main Authors: Hong, Xinyi, Xu, Shuntuo, Yu, Zhou
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16836
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author Hong, Xinyi
Xu, Shuntuo
Yu, Zhou
author_facet Hong, Xinyi
Xu, Shuntuo
Yu, Zhou
contents Hypergraphs provide a principled framework for modeling polyadic interactions, with applications in recommendation systems, social networks, and molecular modeling. Hypergraph generation remains challenging because incidence structures are discrete, sparse, and governed by heterogeneous higher-order interactions. Existing generators often rely on implicit latent spaces or continuous incidence decoders, which provide limited mechanistic interpretation of how node-hyperedge incidences arise. To address these limitations, we propose HYVINT, an intensity-driven hypergraph generative framework. Our key innovations are twofold: (i) we develop an intensity-driven incidence formation mechanism for hypergraphs that links latent interaction strength to binary incidence, and (ii) we derive a tractable lower-bound variational estimator for learning latent representations. We provide generation error bounds with asymptotic convergence rates and empirically show that HYVINT achieves strong fidelity while maintaining substantial novelty and diversity on synthetic and real-world hypergraphs.
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spellingShingle HYVINT: Intensity-Driven Hypergraph Generation with Variational Representations
Hong, Xinyi
Xu, Shuntuo
Yu, Zhou
Machine Learning
Hypergraphs provide a principled framework for modeling polyadic interactions, with applications in recommendation systems, social networks, and molecular modeling. Hypergraph generation remains challenging because incidence structures are discrete, sparse, and governed by heterogeneous higher-order interactions. Existing generators often rely on implicit latent spaces or continuous incidence decoders, which provide limited mechanistic interpretation of how node-hyperedge incidences arise. To address these limitations, we propose HYVINT, an intensity-driven hypergraph generative framework. Our key innovations are twofold: (i) we develop an intensity-driven incidence formation mechanism for hypergraphs that links latent interaction strength to binary incidence, and (ii) we derive a tractable lower-bound variational estimator for learning latent representations. We provide generation error bounds with asymptotic convergence rates and empirically show that HYVINT achieves strong fidelity while maintaining substantial novelty and diversity on synthetic and real-world hypergraphs.
title HYVINT: Intensity-Driven Hypergraph Generation with Variational Representations
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16836