Nonbacktracking Bounds on the Influence in Independent Cascade Models
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Publication:6287932
arXiv1706.05295MaRDI QIDQ6287932FDOQ6287932
Eunjee Lee, Emmanuel Abbe, Sanjeev R. Kulkarni
Publication date: 23 May 2017
Abstract: This paper develops upper and lower bounds on the influence measure in a network, more precisely, the expected number of nodes that a seed set can influence in the independent cascade model. In particular, our bounds exploit nonbacktracking walks, Fortuin-Kasteleyn-Ginibre (FKG) type inequalities, and are computed by message passing implementation. Nonbacktracking walks have recently allowed for headways in community detection, and this paper shows that their use can also impact the influence computation. Further, we provide a knob to control the trade-off between the efficiency and the accuracy of the bounds. Finally, the tightness of the bounds is illustrated with simulations on various network models.
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