Hierarchical Quantized Diffusion Based Tree Generation Method for Hierarchical Representation and Lineage Analysis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23287v1
• Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:19:13 GMT
• Title: Hierarchical Quantized Diffusion Based Tree Generation Method for Hierarchical Representation and Lineage Analysis
• Authors: Zelin Zang, WenZhe Li, Fei Chen, Yongjie Xu, Chang Yu, Zhen Lei, Stan Z. Li,
• Abstract summary: HDTree captures tree relationships within a hierarchical latent space using a unified hierarchical codebook and quantized diffusion processes.<n> HDTree's effectiveness is demonstrated through comparisons on both general-purpose and single-cell datasets.<n>These contributions provide a new tool for hierarchical lineage analysis, enabling more accurate and efficient modeling of cellular differentiation paths.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In single-cell research, tracing and analyzing high-throughput single-cell differentiation trajectories is crucial for understanding complex biological processes. Key to this is the modeling and generation of hierarchical data that represents the intrinsic structure within datasets. Traditional methods face limitations in terms of computational cost, performance, generative capacity, and stability. Recent VAEs based approaches have made strides in addressing these challenges but still require specialized network modules for each tree branch, limiting their stability and ability to capture deep hierarchical relationships. To overcome these challenges, we introduce diffusion-based approach called HDTree. HDTree captures tree relationships within a hierarchical latent space using a unified hierarchical codebook and quantized diffusion processes to model tree node transitions. This method improves stability by eliminating branch-specific modules and enhancing generative capacity through gradual hierarchical changes simulated by the diffusion process. HDTree's effectiveness is demonstrated through comparisons on both general-purpose and single-cell datasets, where it outperforms existing methods in terms of accuracy and performance. These contributions provide a new tool for hierarchical lineage analysis, enabling more accurate and efficient modeling of cellular differentiation paths and offering insights for downstream biological tasks. The code of HDTree is available at anonymous link https://anonymous.4open.science/r/code_HDTree_review-A8DB.

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