TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncertainty Quantification of Network Inference with Data Sufficiency
AU - Singhal, Bharat
AU - Ocampo-Espindola, Jorge Luis
AU - Nikhil, K. L.
AU - Herzog, Erik D.
AU - Kiss, Istvan Z.
AU - Li, Jr Shin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Network inference, which is the reconstruction of the connectivity structure of the network from recorded data, is essential for broadening our knowledge of physical, biological, and chemical systems. While data-driven network inference algorithms have made significant strides in recent years, determining how much data is required so that the inferred network topology faithfully mirrors the underlying network is an essential but often overlooked subject. In this manuscript, we present a statistical method to determine if the recorded data carries sufficient variability to ensure an accurate reconstruction of the true network topology. Our approach leverages parametric confidence intervals to determine the bounds of true connection strengths, which subsequently enable the uncertainty quantification of inferred connectivity. The proposed technique is validated by examining the noisy data generated from networks of Kuramoto and Stuart-Landau oscillators. The method is also applied to experimentally obtained data generated from an electrochemical oscillator network, where we find that the data sufficiency technique can successfully predict the accuracy of the inferred network.
AB - Network inference, which is the reconstruction of the connectivity structure of the network from recorded data, is essential for broadening our knowledge of physical, biological, and chemical systems. While data-driven network inference algorithms have made significant strides in recent years, determining how much data is required so that the inferred network topology faithfully mirrors the underlying network is an essential but often overlooked subject. In this manuscript, we present a statistical method to determine if the recorded data carries sufficient variability to ensure an accurate reconstruction of the true network topology. Our approach leverages parametric confidence intervals to determine the bounds of true connection strengths, which subsequently enable the uncertainty quantification of inferred connectivity. The proposed technique is validated by examining the noisy data generated from networks of Kuramoto and Stuart-Landau oscillators. The method is also applied to experimentally obtained data generated from an electrochemical oscillator network, where we find that the data sufficiency technique can successfully predict the accuracy of the inferred network.
KW - Confidence intervals
KW - Network inference
KW - Network topology
KW - Nonlinear oscillators
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105003129538&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TNSE.2025.3563303
DO - 10.1109/TNSE.2025.3563303
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105003129538
SN - 2327-4697
JO - IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
JF - IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
ER -