Large scale inference in the Infinite Relational Model: Gibbs sampling is not enough
Publication: Research - peer-review › Article in proceedings – Annual report year: 2013
The stochastic block-model and its non-parametric extension, the Infinite Relational Model (IRM), have become key tools for discovering group-structure in complex networks. Identifying these groups is a combinatorial inference problem which is usually solved by Gibbs sampling. However, whether Gibbs sampling suffices and can be scaled to the modeling of large scale real world complex networks has not been examined sufficiently. In this paper we evaluate the performance and mixing ability of Gibbs sampling in the Infinite Relational Model (IRM) by implementing a high performance Gibbs sampler. We find that Gibbs sampling can be computationally scaled to handle millions of nodes and billions of links. Investigating the behavior of the Gibbs sampler for different sizes of networks we find that the mixing ability decreases drastically with the network size, clearly indicating a need for better sampling strategies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication date | 2013 |
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State | Published - 2013 |
Event | 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) - Southampton, United Kingdom |
Workshop
Workshop | 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) |
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Country | United Kingdom |
City | Southampton |
Period | 22/09/2013 → 25/09/2013 |
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Series | Machine Learning for Signal Processing |
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ISSN | 1551-2541 |
Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 0 |
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