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4 claims from 2 papers

  1. Physics and Astronomy › Complex Network Analysis Techniques

    Sparse Graphs Using Exchangeable Random Measures

    Caron and Fox · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · 2017

    The paper models networks as exchangeable random measures built from completely random measures, giving sparse graphs, and uses a Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm to analyse large real networks.

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    1. UncheckedThe paper links how sparse its random graphs are to the Lévy measure, the mathematical object that defines the completely random measure behind them.“We relate the sparsity of the graph to the Lévy measure defining the CRM.”
    2. UncheckedFor one particular choice of completely random measure, the graphs in this model can be adjusted from dense to sparse using a single parameter.“For a specific choice of CRM, our graphs can be tuned from dense to sparse on the basis of a single parameter.”
  2. Physics and Astronomy › Complex Network Analysis Techniques

    Sparse Graphs Using Exchangeable Random Measures

    Caron and Fox · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · 2017

    The paper models a graph as an exchangeable random measure on the positive quadrant, showing it can be sparse with power-law degrees, then fits it to real networks using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.

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    1. UncheckedFor certain choices of exchangeable random measures, the authors' graph model produces sparse networks with a power-law degree distribution.“We show that for certain choices of such exchangeable random measures underlying our graph construction, our network process is sparse with power-law degree distribution.”
    2. Unchecked“In particular, we build on the framework of completely random measures (CRMs) and use the theory associated with such processes to derive important network properties, such as an urn representation for our analysis and network simulation.”

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