Selection of exponential-family random graph models via Held-Out Predictive Evaluation (HOPE)

F Yin, NE Phillips, CT Butts - arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.05873, 2019 - arxiv.org
Statistical models for networks with complex dependencies pose particular challenges for
model selection and evaluation. In particular, many well-established statistical tools for …

Statistical network analysis with bergm

A Caimo, L Bouranis, R Krause, N Friel - arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.02444, 2021 - arxiv.org
Recent advances in computational methods for intractable models have made network data
increasingly amenable to statistical analysis. Exponential random graph models (ERGMs) …

DERGMs: Degeneracy-restricted exponential random graph models

V Karwa, S Petrović, D Bajić - arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.03054, 2016 - arxiv.org
Exponential random graph models, or ERGMs, are a flexible and general class of models for
modeling dependent data. While the early literature has shown them to be powerful in …

DERGMs: degeneracy-restricted exponential family random graph models

V Karwa, S Petrović, D Bajić - Network Science, 2022 - cambridge.org
Exponential random graph models, or ERGMs, are a flexible and general class of models for
modeling dependent data. While the early literature has shown them to be powerful in …

Discussion of “A Tale of Two Datasets: Representativeness and Generalisability of Inference for Samples of Networks”

NMD Niezink - Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
I congratulate the authors on their timely and insightful article. Since the advent of network
analysis, there has been the question of the meaning of sample size in a network setting …

[PDF][PDF] Consistent M-estimation of curved exponentialfamily random graph models with local dependence and growing neighborhoods

M Schweinberger, J Stewart - 2016 - researchgate.net
In general, statistical inference for exponential-family random graph models of dependent
random graphs given a single observation of a random graph is problematic. We show that …

Model selection framework for graph-based data

RS Caceres, L Weiner, MC Schmidt, BA Miller… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2016 - arxiv.org
Graphs are powerful abstractions for capturing complex relationships in diverse application
settings. An active area of research focuses on theoretical models that define the generative …

How do some Bayesian Network machine learned graphs compare to causal knowledge?

AC Constantinou, N Fenton, M Neil - arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10461, 2021 - arxiv.org
The graph of a Bayesian Network (BN) can be machine learned, determined by causal
knowledge, or a combination of both. In disciplines like bioinformatics, applying BN structure …

Improving ERGM starting values using simulated annealing

CS Schmid, DR Hunter - arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.01202, 2020 - arxiv.org
Much of the theory of estimation for exponential family models, which include exponential-
family random graph models (ERGMs) as a special case, is well-established and maximum …

Kernel-based approximate Bayesian inference for exponential family random graph models

F Yin, CT Butts - arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.08064, 2020 - arxiv.org
Bayesian inference for exponential family random graph models (ERGMs) is a doubly-
intractable problem because of the intractability of both the likelihood and posterior …