Mitigating Graph Covariate Shift via Score-based Out-of-distribution Augmentation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17506v1
• Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:09:02 GMT
• Title: Mitigating Graph Covariate Shift via Score-based Out-of-distribution Augmentation
• Authors: Bohan Wang, Yurui Chang, Lu Lin,
• Abstract summary: Distribution shifts between training and testing datasets significantly impair the model performance on graph learning. We introduce a novel approach using score-based graph generation strategies that synthesize unseen environmental features while preserving the validity and stable features of overall graph patterns.
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• Abstract: Distribution shifts between training and testing datasets significantly impair the model performance on graph learning. A commonly-taken causal view in graph invariant learning suggests that stable predictive features of graphs are causally associated with labels, whereas varying environmental features lead to distribution shifts. In particular, covariate shifts caused by unseen environments in test graphs underscore the critical need for out-of-distribution (OOD) generalization. Existing graph augmentation methods designed to address the covariate shift often disentangle the stable and environmental features in the input space, and selectively perturb or mixup the environmental features. However, such perturbation-based methods heavily rely on an accurate separation of stable and environmental features, and their exploration ability is confined to existing environmental features in the training distribution. To overcome these limitations, we introduce a novel approach using score-based graph generation strategies that synthesize unseen environmental features while preserving the validity and stable features of overall graph patterns. Our comprehensive empirical evaluations demonstrate the enhanced effectiveness of our method in improving graph OOD generalization.

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