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This research addresses a critical bottleneck in graph machine learning by introducing DCBA, a method that infers synthetic graph generator configurations to augment limited datasets. By leveraging contrastive objectives, the approach significantly enhances downstream tasks like community detection, offering a robust solution for scaling graph-based models where data scarcity is common.
Graph Data Augmentation via Contrastive Generator Inversion ($\texttt{DCBA}$)
arXiv:2610.05653v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Graphs provide a natural representation of many complex systems, ranging from social platforms to ecosystems. However, the development of graph-based machine learning methods is often constrained by the limited availability of large and diverse graph datasets. In this paper, we introduce $\texttt{DCBA}$, a model-based approach to graph data augmentation that infers the configuration of a synthetic graph generator from an observed network. We instantiate the proposed framework using the $\texttt{ABCD}$ generator, which produces scale-free networks with community structure. Our model learns a joint representation of graphs and generator parametrisations using a multi-positive contrastive objective with soft negative weighting. The learned representation enables the prediction of an $\texttt{ABCD}$ configuration whose stochastic realisations preserve the macrostructural properties encoded by the generator. Experiments show that $\texttt{DCBA}$ recovers generator parameters more accurately and robustly than an algorithmic inverse-modelling baseline. Its downstream utility is further demonstrated in community detection, where inferred configurations used to fine-tune $\texttt{PRoCD}$ improve AMI on average by $161\%$ on synthetic and $273\%$ on real-world networks.
Abstract:Graphs provide a natural representation of many complex systems, ranging from social platforms to ecosystems. However, the development of graph-based machine learning methods is often constrained by the limited availability of large and diverse graph datasets. In this paper, we introduce $\texttt{DCBA}$, a model-based approach to graph data augmentation that infers the configuration of a synthetic graph generator from an observed network. We instantiate the proposed framework using the $\texttt{ABCD}$ generator, which produces scale-free networks with community structure. Our model learns a joint representation of graphs and generator parametrisations using a multi-positive contrastive objective with soft negative weighting. The learned representation enables the prediction of an $\texttt{ABCD}$ configuration whose stochastic realisations preserve the macrostructural properties encoded by the generator. Experiments show that $\texttt{DCBA}$ recovers generator parameters more accurately and robustly than an algorithmic inverse-modelling baseline. Its downstream utility is further demonstrated in community detection, where inferred configurations used to fine-tune $\texttt{PRoCD}$ improve AMI on average by $161\%$ on synthetic and $273\%$ on real-world networks.
Accepted to 5th Learning on Graphs Conference; Boston, MA, USA; 20-22.11.2026
Machine Learning (cs.LG); Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
arXiv:2610.05653 [cs.LG]
(or arXiv:2610.05653v1 [cs.LG] for this version)
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