{"title":"U-statistics on bipartite exchangeable networks","authors":"T. L. Minh","doi":"10.1051/ps/2023010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Bipartite networks with exchangeable nodes can be represented by row-column exchangeable matrices. A quadruplet is a submatrix of size 2 x 2. A quadruplet U-statistic is the average of a function on a quadruplet over all the quadruplets of a matrix. We prove several asymptotic results for quadruplet U-statistics on row-column exchangeable matrices, including a weak convergence result in the general case and a central limit theorem when the matrix is also dissociated. These results are applied to statistical inference in network analysis. We suggest a method to perform parameter estimation, network comparison and motifs count for a particular family of row-column exchangeable network models: the bipartite expected degree distribution (BEDD) models. These applications are illustrated by simulations.","PeriodicalId":51249,"journal":{"name":"Esaim-Probability and Statistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2021-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Esaim-Probability and Statistics","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1051/ps/2023010","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"STATISTICS & PROBABILITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Bipartite networks with exchangeable nodes can be represented by row-column exchangeable matrices. A quadruplet is a submatrix of size 2 x 2. A quadruplet U-statistic is the average of a function on a quadruplet over all the quadruplets of a matrix. We prove several asymptotic results for quadruplet U-statistics on row-column exchangeable matrices, including a weak convergence result in the general case and a central limit theorem when the matrix is also dissociated. These results are applied to statistical inference in network analysis. We suggest a method to perform parameter estimation, network comparison and motifs count for a particular family of row-column exchangeable network models: the bipartite expected degree distribution (BEDD) models. These applications are illustrated by simulations.
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