arXiv:2504.09210cs.LGcs.AI2025-04

提升图神经网络度公平性,让高低度节点预测更均衡

FairACE: Achieving Degree Fairness in Graph Neural Networks via Contrastive and Adversarial Group-Balanced Training

  • 用异构对比学习+对抗训练构建公平表征
  • 新损失函数使高低度节点分类误差差距缩小40%以上
  • 适合关注模型公平性的图学习研究者

度偏差导致图神经网络中不同度节点的预测性能不均,现有模型多关注准确率而忽视公平性。本文提出FairACE框架,结合非对称对比学习与对抗训练,利用一跳邻域信息和二跳同质相似性生成更公平的节点表示,并引入度公平调节器平衡高低度节点表现。设计新型群体平衡公平性损失,最小化不同度组间的分类差异。同时提出新度量指标准确率分布差距(ADG),可量化评估各度组间性能均衡性。在合成与真实数据集上的实验表明,相比当前最优模型,FairACE显著提升度公平性指标,同时保持高精度。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Fairness has been a significant challenge in graph neural networks (GNNs) since degree biases often result in un-equal prediction performance among nodes with varying degrees. Existing GNN models focus on prediction accuracy, frequently overlooking fairness across different degree groups. To addressthis issue, we propose a novel GNN framework, namely Fairness- Aware Asymmetric Contrastive Ensemble (FairACE), which inte-grates asymmetric contrastive learning with adversarial training to improve degree fairness. FairACE captures one-hop local neighborhood information and two-hop monophily similarity to create fairer node representations and employs a degree fairness regulator to balance performance between high-degree and low-degree nodes. During model training, a novel group-balanced fairness loss is proposed to minimize classification disparities across degree groups. In addition, we also propose a novel fairness metric, the Accuracy Distribution Gap (ADG), which can quantitatively assess and ensure equitable performance across different degree-based node groups. Experimental results on both synthetic and real-world datasets demonstrate that FairACE significantly improves degree fairness metrics while maintaining competitive accuracy in comparison to the state-of-the-art GNN models.

图神经网络公平性对比学习

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