DiRW: Path-Aware Digraph Learning for Heterophily

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10320v3
• Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:13:06 GMT
• Title: DiRW: Path-Aware Digraph Learning for Heterophily
• Authors: Daohan Su, Xunkai Li, Zhenjun Li, Yinping Liao, Rong-Hua Li, Guoren Wang,
• Abstract summary: graph neural network (GNN) has emerged as a powerful representation learning tool for graph-structured data.<n>DiRW is a plug-and-play strategy for most spatial-based DiGNNs and also an innovative model which offers a new digraph learning paradigm.<n>Experiments on 9 datasets demonstrate that DiRW: (1) enhances most spatial-based methods as a plug-and-play strategy; (2) SOTA performance as a new digraph learning paradigm.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Recently, graph neural network (GNN) has emerged as a powerful representation learning tool for graph-structured data. However, most approaches are tailored for undirected graphs, neglecting the abundant information in the edges of directed graphs (digraphs). In fact, digraphs are widely applied in the real world and confirmed to address heterophily challenges. Despite recent advancements, existing spatial- and spectral-based DiGNNs have limitations due to their complex learning mechanisms and reliance on high-quality topology, resulting in low efficiency and unstable performance. To address these issues, we propose Directed Random Walk (DiRW), a plug-and-play strategy for most spatial-based DiGNNs and also an innovative model which offers a new digraph learning paradigm. Specifically, it utilizes a direction-aware path sampler optimized from the perspectives of walk probability, length, and number in a weight-free manner by considering node profiles and topologies. Building upon this, DiRW incorporates a node-wise learnable path aggregator for generalized node representations. Extensive experiments on 9 datasets demonstrate that DiRW: (1) enhances most spatial-based methods as a plug-and-play strategy; (2) achieves SOTA performance as a new digraph learning paradigm. The source code and data are available at https://github.com/dhsiuu/DiRW.

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