Optimisation of the coalescent hyperbolic embedding of complex networks

Abstract Several observations indicate the existence of a latent hyperbolic space behind real networks that makes their structure very intuitive in the sense that the probability for a connection is decreasing with the hyperbolic distance between the nodes. A remarkable network model generating rand...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a35da2b485134c2e87f02213d515af792021-12-02T14:26:20ZOptimisation of the coalescent hyperbolic embedding of complex networks10.1038/s41598-021-87333-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/a35da2b485134c2e87f02213d515af792021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87333-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Several observations indicate the existence of a latent hyperbolic space behind real networks that makes their structure very intuitive in the sense that the probability for a connection is decreasing with the hyperbolic distance between the nodes. A remarkable network model generating random graphs along this line is the popularity-similarity optimisation (PSO) model, offering a scale-free degree distribution, high clustering and the small-world property at the same time. These results provide a strong motivation for the development of hyperbolic embedding algorithms, that tackle the problem of finding the optimal hyperbolic coordinates of the nodes based on the network structure. A very promising recent approach for hyperbolic embedding is provided by the noncentered minimum curvilinear embedding (ncMCE) method, belonging to the family of coalescent embedding algorithms. This approach offers a high-quality embedding at a low running time. In the present work we propose a further optimisation of the angular coordinates in this framework that seems to reduce the logarithmic loss and increase the greedy routing score of the embedding compared to the original version, thereby adding an extra improvement to the quality of the inferred hyperbolic coordinates.Bianka KovácsGergely PallaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)
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Bianka Kovács
Gergely Palla
Optimisation of the coalescent hyperbolic embedding of complex networks
description Abstract Several observations indicate the existence of a latent hyperbolic space behind real networks that makes their structure very intuitive in the sense that the probability for a connection is decreasing with the hyperbolic distance between the nodes. A remarkable network model generating random graphs along this line is the popularity-similarity optimisation (PSO) model, offering a scale-free degree distribution, high clustering and the small-world property at the same time. These results provide a strong motivation for the development of hyperbolic embedding algorithms, that tackle the problem of finding the optimal hyperbolic coordinates of the nodes based on the network structure. A very promising recent approach for hyperbolic embedding is provided by the noncentered minimum curvilinear embedding (ncMCE) method, belonging to the family of coalescent embedding algorithms. This approach offers a high-quality embedding at a low running time. In the present work we propose a further optimisation of the angular coordinates in this framework that seems to reduce the logarithmic loss and increase the greedy routing score of the embedding compared to the original version, thereby adding an extra improvement to the quality of the inferred hyperbolic coordinates.
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author Bianka Kovács
Gergely Palla
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title Optimisation of the coalescent hyperbolic embedding of complex networks
title_short Optimisation of the coalescent hyperbolic embedding of complex networks
title_full Optimisation of the coalescent hyperbolic embedding of complex networks
title_fullStr Optimisation of the coalescent hyperbolic embedding of complex networks
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