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Fractal Gaussian Networks: A sparse random graph model based on Gaussian Multiplicative Chaos

Subhroshekhar Ghosh · Krishna Balasubramanian · Xiaochuan Yang

Keywords: [ Probabilistic Inference - Models and Probabilistic Programming ] [ Network Analysis ] [ Generative Models ] [ Computational Social Sciences ]


Abstract: We propose a novel stochastic network model, called Fractal Gaussian Network (FGN), that embodies well-defined and analytically tractable fractal structures. Such fractal structures have been empirically observed in diverse applications. FGNs interpolate continuously between the popular purely random geometric graphs (a.k.a. the Poisson Boolean network), and random graphs with increasingly fractal behavior. In fact, they form a parametric family of sparse random geometric graphs that are parametrised by a fractality parameter $\nu$ which governs the strength of the fractal structure. FGNs are driven by the latent spatial geometry of Gaussian Multiplicative Chaos (GMC), a canonical model of fractality in its own right. We explore the natural question of detecting the presence of fractality and the problem of parameter estimation based on observed network data. Finally, we explore fractality in community structures by unveiling a natural stochastic block model in the setting of FGNs.

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