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Daokun Zhang, Jie Yin, Xingquan Zhu, Chengqi Zhang

This survey paper provides a comprehensive review of Network Representation Learning (NRL) by proposing new taxonomies, detailing state-of-the-art algorithms, and conducting empirical studies comparing their performance and computational complexity. It consolidates existing knowledge and identifies key future research directions in the field, serving as a structured resource for researchers and practitioners.

Key insights

• The proposed taxonomies offer a structured understanding of NRL methods, distinguishing approaches by their learning paradigm and the specific types of network information they preserve (e.g., microscopic, mesoscopic, macroscopic structures).
• Empirical studies reveal that incorporating vertex content significantly improves performance in attributed networks, with content-augmented algorithms consistently outperforming structure-only methods for classification and clustering.
• Algorithms based on stochastic gradient descent generally achieve linear time complexity, offering high scalability for large networks, while matrix factorization and deep learning methods often incur higher computational costs.

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