将超图建模为带权有向自环图,统一其谱理论并提出高效聚类算法。
Hypergraphs as Weighted Directed Self-Looped Graphs: Spectral Properties, Clustering, Cheeger Inequality
- 将超图视为带权有向自环图,定义谱相关量与图一致
- 提出HyperClus-G算法,可近似最优划分超图的NCut与导通率
- 理论证明算法性能,适合需高精度超图聚类的研究者
超图在建模群体关系中自然出现,广泛应用于机器学习。目前最通用的超图建模方法是边依赖顶点权重(EDVW),几乎所有已有模型均可无损转化为EDVW超图。然而,针对EDVW超图的算法研究仍不成熟:其谱理论不完整,谱聚类算法未充分发展,且超图的Cheeger不等式尚未明确定义。为此,我们提出基于随机游走的统一框架,定义了超图的Rayleigh商、NCut、边界/割、体积与导通率,使其与图论定义一致。进一步证明归一化超图拉普拉斯矩阵与NCut值相关,由此启发设计出适用于EDVW超图的谱聚类算法HyperClus-G。最终证明,HyperClus-G可始终获得接近线性最优的划分结果,分别在NCut与导通率上。我们通过大量实验从实证角度验证了理论结论。HyperClus-G代码已公开于https://github.com/iDEA-iSAIL-Lab-UIUC/HyperClus-G。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Hypergraphs naturally arise when studying group relations and have been widely used in the field of machine learning. To the best of our knowledge, the recently proposed edge-dependent vertex weights (EDVW) modeling is one of the most generalized modeling methods of hypergraphs, i.e., most existing hypergraph conceptual modeling methods can be generalized as EDVW hypergraphs without information loss. However, the relevant algorithmic developments on EDVW hypergraphs remain nascent: compared to the spectral theories for graphs, its formulations are incomplete, the spectral clustering algorithms are not well-developed, and the hypergraph Cheeger Inequality is not well-defined. To this end, deriving a unified random walk-based formulation, we propose our definitions of hypergraph Rayleigh Quotient, NCut, boundary/cut, volume, and conductance, which are consistent with the corresponding definitions on graphs. Then, we prove that the normalized hypergraph Laplacian is associated with the NCut value, which inspires our proposed HyperClus-G algorithm for spectral clustering on EDVW hypergraphs. Finally, we prove that HyperClus-G can always find an approximately linearly optimal partitioning in terms of both NCut and conductance. Additionally, we provide extensive experiments to validate our theoretical findings from an empirical perspective. Code of HyperClus-G is available at https://github.com/iDEA-iSAIL-Lab-UIUC/HyperClus-G.
Thank you to arXiv for use of its open access interoperability. PaperDance 不是 arXiv 官方产品;中文卡片由大模型生成,请以原文为准。