Learning to Fuse Temporal Proximity Networks: A Case Study in Chimpanzee Social Interactions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.00302v1
• Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:51:22 GMT
• Title: Learning to Fuse Temporal Proximity Networks: A Case Study in Chimpanzee Social Interactions
• Authors: Yixuan He, Aaron Sandel, David Wipf, Mihai Cucuringu, John Mitani, Gesine Reinert,
• Abstract summary: We use a network representation, leading to the task of combining data for social interactions between chimpanzees. We optimize these proximity-type weights in a principled way, using an innovative loss function which rewards structural consistency across time. Applying the approach to the chimpanzee data set, we detect cliques in the animal social network time series.
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• Abstract: How can we identify groups of primate individuals which could be conjectured to drive social structure? To address this question, one of us has collected a time series of data for social interactions between chimpanzees. Here we use a network representation, leading to the task of combining these data into a time series of a single weighted network per time stamp, where different proximities should be given different weights reflecting their relative importance. We optimize these proximity-type weights in a principled way, using an innovative loss function which rewards structural consistency across time. The approach is empirically validated by carefully designed synthetic data. Using statistical tests, we provide a way of identifying groups of individuals that stay related for a significant length of time. Applying the approach to the chimpanzee data set, we detect cliques in the animal social network time series, which can be validated by real-world intuition from prior research and qualitative observations by chimpanzee experts.

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