Testing network correlation efficiently via counting trees
通过树计数高效检验网络相关性
We propose a new procedure for testing whether two networks are edge-correlated through some latent vertex correspondence. The test statistic is based on counting the cooccurrences of signed trees for a family of nonisomorphic trees. When the two networks are Erdős–Rényi random graphs G(n,q) that are either independent or correlated with correlation coefficient ρ, our test runs in n2+o(1) time and succeeds with high probability as n→∞, provided that nmin{q,1−q}≥n−o(1) and…