The paper introduces the Marcus mapping, an extension of Marcus theorem that allows certain sparse symmetric matrices to be transformed into doubly stochastic symmetric matrices via diagonal matrices. Leveraging this mapping, the authors propose the Doubly Stochastic Adaptive Neighbors Clustering algorithm (ANCMM), which incorporates rank constraints to ensure the learned similarity graph naturally partitions into the desired number of clusters. Experiments demonstrate ANCMM’s effectiveness compared to state‑of‑the‑art methods, and the authors also establish a connection between the Marcus mapping and a specific optimal transport problem.
arXiv:2606. 01546v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Sparse high-dimensional representations are conducive to uncovering nontrivial structures in unsupervised exploration of data.
arXiv:2606. 02887v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Symmetric nonnegative matrix factorization (Symmetric NMF) approximates a matrix as $WW^T$ with nonnegative rectangular factor $W$.
arXiv:2609.05919v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We propose a graph dictionary learning (GDL) framework where each graph is represented as a zero-mean Gaussian distribution derived from its filtered L...
arXiv:2608.27500v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Network comparison using optimal transport is a growing area of research in network science. Unlike standard graph metrics, optimal transport...
arXiv:2606. 19185v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a cornerstone of combinatorial optimization and arises in many practical scenarios.
The paper reviews the use of optimal transport for comparing undirected, unweighted graphs, focusing on three main distances: Wasserstein, Gromov-Wasserstein, and Bures-Wasserstein. It discusses closed-form solutions for the Wasserstein distance in one dimension, how transport plans identify influential nodes after perturbations, and derives spectral bounds for the Bures-Wasserstein distance to avoid full decompositions. The authors evaluate these distances on synthetic clustering data and a real-world time‑series network for anomaly detection.
arXiv:2203. 04711v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present a framework for embedding graph structured data into a vector space, taking into account node features and topology of a graph into the optimal transport (OT) problem.
arXiv:2607. 11938v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This book is about the mathematical foundations of data science.
arXiv:2601.16427v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study exact community recovery in sparse directed stochastic block models using neighborhood smoothing of connection-probability profiles....
arXiv:2605. 14981v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Gromov--Wasserstein (GW) distances compare graphs, shapes, and point clouds through internal distances, without requiring a common coordinate system.
arXiv:2607. 14880v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We propose a novel measure of the discrepancy between two probability distributions $f$ and $g$ on a graph - which we call the diffusion distance - that measures the rate of convergence of $f$ to $g$ under a graph-constrained Markov chain with stationary distribution $g$.
arXiv:2602. 08542v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Given a weighted undirected graph, a number of clusters $k$, and an exponent $z$, the goal in the $(k, z)$-clustering problem on graphs is to select $k$ vertices as centers that minimize the sum of the distances raised to the power $z$ of each vertex to its closest center.