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Probabilistic alignment of multiple networks - imarina:9452927

URV's Author/s:Guimera Manrique, Roger / Sales Pardo, Marta
Author, as appears in the article.:Lazaro, Teresa; Guimera, Roger; Sales-Pardo, Marta
Author's mail:marta.sales@urv.cat
roger.guimera@urv.cat
Author identifier:0000-0002-8140-6525
0000-0002-3597-4310
Journal publication year:2025
Publication Type:Journal Publications
Paper original source:Nature Communications. 16 (1): 3949-
Abstract:The network alignment problem appears in many areas of science and involves finding the optimal mapping between nodes in two or more networks, so as to identify corresponding entities across networks. We propose a probabilistic approach to the problem of network alignment, as well as the corresponding inference algorithms. Unlike heuristic approaches, our approach is transparent in that all model assumptions are explicit; therefore, it is susceptible of being extended and fine tuned by incorporating contextual information that is relevant to a given alignment problem. Also in contrast to current approaches, our method does not yield a single alignment, but rather the whole posterior distribution over alignments. We show that using the whole posterior leads to correct matching of nodes, even in situations where the single most plausible alignment mismatches them. Our approach opens the door to a whole new family of network alignment algorithms, and to their application to problems for which existing methods are perhaps inappropriate.
Article's DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-59077-7
Link to the original source:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59077-7
Paper version:info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
licence for use:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Department:Enginyeria Química
Licence document URL:https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
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Entity:Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Record's date:2025-05-12
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