Knowledge and Information Systems

, Volume 38, Issue 3, pp 511–536 | Cite as

GUISE: a uniform sampler for constructing frequency histogram of graphlets

  • Mahmudur Rahman
  • Mansurul Alam Bhuiyan
  • Mahmuda Rahman
  • Mohammad Al Hasan
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Abstract

Graphlet frequency distribution (GFD) has recently become popular for characterizing large networks. However, the computation of GFD for a network requires the exact count of embedded graphlets in that network, which is a computationally expensive task. As a result, it is practically infeasible to compute the GFD for even a moderately large network. In this paper, we propose Guise, which uses a Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling method for constructing the approximate GFD of a large network. Our experiments on networks with millions of nodes show that Guise obtains the GFD with very low rate of error within few minutes, whereas the exhaustive counting-based approach takes several days.

Keywords

Graphlet counting MCMC sampling Graph analysis  Graph mining Graphlet sampling Graphlet degree distribution Uniform sampling Subgraph concentration 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mahmudur Rahman
    • 1
  • Mansurul Alam Bhuiyan
    • 1
  • Mahmuda Rahman
    • 2
  • Mohammad Al Hasan
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceIndiana University–Purdue UniversityIndianapolisUSA
  2. 2.Department of Computer ScienceSyracuse UniversitySyracuseUSA

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