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网络中的测量误差与同伴效应AI 解读

In many practical applications, only noisy proxies for the true regressors are available, which is commonly believed to induce an attenuation bias. In the linear-in-means model, however, estimated peer effects might be inflated, potentially leading to false positives. This paper shows that the asymptotic bias depends on the interplay between individual characteristics and network links and demonstrates how the network structure can facilitate identification without the need…

具有动态异质溢出的矩阵值空间自回归AI 解读

We introduce a new time-varying parameter spatial matrix autoregressive model that integrates matrix-valued time series, heterogeneous spillover effects, outlier robustness, and time-varying parameters in one unified framework. The model allows for separate dynamic spatial spillover effects across both the row and column dimensions of the matrix-valued observations. Robustness can be introduced via a matrix Student’s t distribution. The model can still be estimated…

通过模型平均实现多层网络迁移学习的框架AI 解读

Link prediction in multilayer networks is a key challenge in applications such as recommendation systems and protein-protein interaction prediction. While many techniques have been developed, most rely on assumptions about shared structures and require access to raw auxiliary data, limiting their practicality. To address these issues, we propose a novel transfer learning framework for multilayer networks using a bi-level model averaging method. A $K$-fold cross-validation…

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离散空间随机场的有向图模型混合AI 解读

Current approaches for modeling discrete-valued outcomes associated with spatially-dependent areal units incur computational and theoretical challenges, especially in the Bayesian setting when full posterior inference is desired. As an alternative, we propose a novel statistical modeling framework for this data setting, namely a mixture of directed graphical models (MDGMs). The components of the mixture, directed graphical models, can be represented by directed acyclic…

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异质性部分干扰下观察性研究处理效应的半参数估计AI 解读

In many observational studies in social science and medicine, subjects or units are connected, and one unit’s treatment and attributes may affect another’s treatment and outcome, violating the stable unit treatment value assumption (SUTVA) and resulting in interference. To enable feasible estimation and inference, many previous works assume exchangeability of interfering units (neighbors). However, in many applications with distinctive units, interference is heterogeneous…

利用解偏变量进行因果推断AI 解读

This paper shows that incorporating what we call antidotal variables (AV) into a causal treatment effects analysis can with one cross-sectional regression identify the causal effect, the spillover effect, as well as possible biases from selectivity. We apply the AV technique to analyze leave taking arising from the California Paid Family Leave (CPFL) program. Our analysis yields between a 55% and 70% larger treatment effect than the traditional DID methods, which we…

SIMPLE-RC：非尖锐原假设与弱信号下的群组网络推断AI 解读

Large-scale network inference with uncertainty quantification has important applications in natural, social and medical sciences. The recent work of Fan et al. (J. R. Stat. Soc. Ser. B. Stat. Methodol. 84 (2022) 630–653) introduced a general framework of statistical inference on membership profiles in large networks (SIMPLE) for testing the sharp null hypothesis that a pair of given nodes share the same membership profile. In real applications, there are often groups of…

有向网络互惠效应的最优估计与检验AI 解读

The $p_1$ model plays a fundamental role in modeling directed networks, where the reciprocal effect parameter $ρ$ is of special interest in practice. However, due to nonlinear factors in this model, how to estimate $ρ$ efficiently is a long-standing open problem. We tackle the problem by the cycle count approach. The challenge is, due to the nonlinear factors in the model, for any given type of generalized cycles, the expected count is a complicated function of many…

似然模型中附带参数问题的 Neyman 正交化方法AI 解读

A popular approach to perform inference on a target parameter in the presence of nuisance parameters is to construct estimating equations that are orthogonal to the nuisance parameters, in the sense that their expected first derivative is zero. Such first-order orthogonalization allows the estimator of the nuisance parameters to converge at a slower-than-parametric rate. It may, however, not suffice when the nuisance parameters are very imprecisely estimated. Leading…

利用大时间维度面板数据估计未观测的横截面网络连接AI 解读

We propose a simple three-step method to estimate the cross-sectional interdependence in a customary network econometric model with an unobserved network and a large T. First, we estimate the reduced-form model to construct instruments for the endogenous peer outcomes. Second, we use two-stage least squares to estimate the direct and contextual effects of the exogenous regressors, as well as the endogenous peer effect. Third, we estimate the network weight matrix. Monte…

网络干扰下修正处理政策的因果效应AI 解读

Abstract Modified treatment policies are a widely applicable class of interventions useful for studying the causal effects of continuous exposures. Approaches to evaluating their causal effects assume no interference, meaning that such effects cannot be learned from data in settings where the exposure of one unit affects the outcomes of others, as is common in spatial or network data. We introduce a new class of intervention—induced modified treatment policies—which we show…

分位数网络向量自回归中的双向同质性分组AI 解读

We propose a two-way grouped network quantile (TGNQ) autoregression model for time series data observed on networks with substantial heterogeneity and complex directional interactions. Motivated by prior studies on network effects in directed networks, our model assigns each node two latent group memberships to flexibly capture asymmetric and heterogeneous interactions among users. These memberships, along with model parameters, can be consistently estimated using the…

空间动态面板的再中心化矩估计量AI 解读

This paper proposes a recentered method of moments (RMM) approach for estimating spatial dynamic panel data (SDPD) models with both individual and time fixed effects. This approach directly exploits the correlation of regressors and disturbances, where heteroskedasticity may exist across units and/or over time. It is computationally tractable and can handle situations where other methods are not applicable. We show that the proposed estimator is consistent and asymptotically…

本地分布式多网络社区检测的隐私保护迁移学习AI 解读

Modern applications increasingly involve highly sensitive network data, where raw edges cannot be shared due to privacy constraints. We propose \texttt{TransNet}, a new spectral clustering-based transfer learning framework that improves community detection on a \emph{target network} by leveraging heterogeneous, locally stored, and privacy-preserved auxiliary \emph{source networks}. Our focus is the \textit{local differential privacy} regime, in which each local data provider…

存在干扰时的双重差分AI 解读

In many scenarios, such as the evaluation of place-based policies, potential outcomes depend not only on the unit’s own treatment but also on its neighbors’ treatments. Despite this, “difference-in-differences” (DID) type estimators typically ignore such interference among neighbors. I show in this paper that the canonical DID estimators generally fail to identify interesting causal effects in the presence of neighborhood interference. To incorporate interference structure…

稀疏网络的拟合优度检验AI 解读

The stochastic block model (SBM) has been widely used to analyze network data. Various goodness-of-fit tests have been proposed to assess the adequacy of model structures. To the best of our knowledge, however, none of the existing approaches are applicable for sparse networks in which the connection probability of any two communities is of order n−1logn, and the number of communities is divergent. To fill this gap, we propose a novel goodness-of-fit test for the stochastic…

干扰结构设定的条件随机化检验AI 解读

ABSTRACT This study proposes specification tests for interference structure in causal inference with spillovers. We focus on experimental settings in which the treatment assignment mechanism is known. To test whether a given exposure mapping adequately summarizes the true interference structure, we develop conditional randomization tests by utilizing the hierarchical relationship between the null and alternative exposure mappings. When there are multiple candidate exposure…

近似邻域干扰下的辅助变量调整AI 解读

Randomized experiments are the gold standard for causal inference. However, traditional assumptions, such as the Stable Unit Treatment Value Assumption (SUTVA), often fail in real-world settings where interference between units is present. Network interference, in particular, has garnered significant attention. Structural models, like the linear-in-means model, are commonly used to describe interference, but they rely on the correct specification of the model, which can be…

非均匀高维稀疏多重超图的通用潜在嵌入建模AI 解读

Recent research has shown growing interest in modeling hypergraphs, which capture polyadic interactions among entities beyond traditional dyadic relations. However, most existing methodologies for hypergraphs face significant limitations, including their heavy reliance on uniformity restrictions for hyperlink orders and their inability to account for repeated observations of identical hyperlinks. In this work, we introduce a novel and general latent embedding approach that…

基于边抽样的嵌套网络模型惩罚交叉验证AI 解读

In the network literature, a wide range of statistical models has been proposed to exploit structural patterns in the data. Therefore, model selection between different models is a fundamental problem. However, systematic theoretical understanding remains limited when comparisons involve different model classes. To address this challenging issue, we propose a penalized edge-sampling cross-validation framework for nested network model selection. By incorporating a model…

动态网络形成的非参数推断：对“动态网络形成中的同质性与传递性”的评论AI 解读

1 IntroductionDano et al. (2026) develop a novel conditional logit approach to identify the structural parameters of a model of dynamic network formation. They propose a conditional maximum likelih...

高阶图极限函数理论：波动、退化与推断AI 解读

Exchangeable random graphs, which include some of the most widely studied network models, have emerged as the mainstay of statistical network analysis in recent years. Graphons, which are the central objects in graph limit theory, provide a natural way to sample exchangeable random graphs. It is well known that network moments (motif/subgraph counts) identify a graphon (up to an isomorphism); hence, understanding the sampling distribution of subgraph counts in random graphs…

高维秩一推断的伪最大似然理论AI 解读

We develop a pseudo-likelihood theory for rank one matrix estimation problems in the high-dimensional limit. We prove a variational principle for the limiting pseudo-maximum likelihood, which also characterizes the performance of the corresponding pseudo-maximum likelihood estimator. We show that this variational principle is universal and depends only on four parameters determined by the corresponding null model. Through this universality, we introduce a notion of…

高维数据整合中的最优网络引导协变量选择AI 解读

Modern data often arise with multiple modalities. For example, covariates and a network are observed on the same subjects, and both contain useful information. Effectively integrating these modalities is important and challenging, especially when the response is unavailable. We study the fundamental covariate selection problem for high-dimensional data by leveraging network information.We propose the Network-Guided Covariate Selection (NGCS) algorithm. NGCS exploits the…