From trees to seeds: on the inference of the seed from large trees in the uniform attachment model (Q2405129)
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From trees to seeds: on the inference of the seed from large trees in the uniform attachment model (English)
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21 September 2017
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This paper studies the inference of the seed in large trees in the uniform attachment model. For \(2\leq k\leq n\) and a tree \(S\) with \(k\) vertices, let \(UA(k,S)=S\) and \(UA(n+1,S)\) be formed by adding a new vertex \(u\) and adding a new edge \(uv\), where \(v\) is chosen uniformly at random among vertices of \(UA(n,S)\) independently. For two seed trees \(S\) and \(T\), define the total variation distance \(\delta(S,T)=\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}TV(UA(n,S),UA(n,T))\). By constructing statistics that measure global balancedness properties of growing trees, the authors show that \(\delta(S,T)\) is always positive for any \(S\) and \(T\) non-isomorphic with at least 3 vertices. Moreover, for any fixed tree \(T\), \(\lim_{k\rightarrow\infty}\delta(S_k,T)=1\), where \(S_k\) is the \(k\)-vertex star.
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random tree
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seed tree
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statistical inference
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uniform attachment
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