NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous Network

Heterogeneous network embedding aims to project multiple types of nodes into a low-dimensional space, and has become increasingly ubiquitous. However, several challenges have not been addressed so far. First, existing heterogeneous network embedding techniques typically rely on meta-paths to deal wi...

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Main Authors: Zheding Zhang, Huanliang Xu, Yanbin Li, Zhaoyu Zhai, Yu Ding
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/3/1053
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author Zheding Zhang
Huanliang Xu
Yanbin Li
Zhaoyu Zhai
Yu Ding
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Huanliang Xu
Yanbin Li
Zhaoyu Zhai
Yu Ding
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description Heterogeneous network embedding aims to project multiple types of nodes into a low-dimensional space, and has become increasingly ubiquitous. However, several challenges have not been addressed so far. First, existing heterogeneous network embedding techniques typically rely on meta-paths to deal with the complex heterogeneous network. Using these meta-paths requires prior knowledge from domain experts for optimal meta-path selection. Second, few existing models can effectively consider both heterogeneous structural information and heterogeneous node attribute information. Third, existing models preserve the structure information by considering the first- and/or the second-order proximities, which cannot capture long-range structural information. To address these limitations, we propose a novel attributed heterogeneous network embedding model referred to as Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding (NAGNE). NAGNE comprises two major components, the attributed random walk which samples node sequences in attributed heterogeneous network, and the node-to-attribute generation which learns the mapping that translates each node sequence itself from the node sequence to the node attribute sequence. Extensive experiments on three heterogeneous network datasets demonstrate that NAGNE outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in various data mining tasks.
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spelling doaj.art-d20d1c404d7b401782fb7bbfb5ce7f872024-02-09T15:07:31ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-01-01143105310.3390/app14031053NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous NetworkZheding Zhang0Huanliang Xu1Yanbin Li2Zhaoyu Zhai3Yu Ding4College of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaHeterogeneous network embedding aims to project multiple types of nodes into a low-dimensional space, and has become increasingly ubiquitous. However, several challenges have not been addressed so far. First, existing heterogeneous network embedding techniques typically rely on meta-paths to deal with the complex heterogeneous network. Using these meta-paths requires prior knowledge from domain experts for optimal meta-path selection. Second, few existing models can effectively consider both heterogeneous structural information and heterogeneous node attribute information. Third, existing models preserve the structure information by considering the first- and/or the second-order proximities, which cannot capture long-range structural information. To address these limitations, we propose a novel attributed heterogeneous network embedding model referred to as Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding (NAGNE). NAGNE comprises two major components, the attributed random walk which samples node sequences in attributed heterogeneous network, and the node-to-attribute generation which learns the mapping that translates each node sequence itself from the node sequence to the node attribute sequence. Extensive experiments on three heterogeneous network datasets demonstrate that NAGNE outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in various data mining tasks.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/3/1053heterogeneous networkdata miningmachine learning
spellingShingle Zheding Zhang
Huanliang Xu
Yanbin Li
Zhaoyu Zhai
Yu Ding
NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous Network
Applied Sciences
heterogeneous network
data mining
machine learning
title NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous Network
title_full NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous Network
title_fullStr NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous Network
title_full_unstemmed NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous Network
title_short NAGNE: Node-to-Attribute Generation Network Embedding for Heterogeneous Network
title_sort nagne node to attribute generation network embedding for heterogeneous network
topic heterogeneous network
data mining
machine learning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/3/1053
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