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Main Authors: Wang, Maolin, Mai, Ziting, Chen, Xuhui, Li, Zhiqi, Wei, Tianshuo, Xiao, Yutian, Zhang, Wenlin, Wang, Wanyu, Guo, Ruocheng, Li, Haoxuan, Xu, Zenglin, Zhao, Xiangyu
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28300
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  • Traditional network analysis focuses on single-layer networks, real-world systems often form multilayer networks with multiple relationship types. However, existing methods typically fail to capture complex inter-layer dependencies by treating layers independently or aggregating them. To address this, we propose T-GINEE (Tensor-Based Generalized Multilayer-graph Estimating Equation), a statistical regularization framework combining tensor-based generalized estimating equations with task-specific loss to model cross-network correlations explicitly. Key innovations include: (1) CP tensor decomposition capturing structural dependencies via shared latent factors; (2) a generalized estimating equation framework modeling inter-layer correlations through working covariance matrices; and (3) a flexible link function accommodating characteristics like sparsity. Our theoretical analysis establishes consistency and asymptotic normality under mild conditions. Extensive experiments on synthetic and real-world datasets validate T-GINEE's effectiveness for multilayer network analysis.