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- Daozheng Qu
(Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3DR, UK)
- Yanfei Ma
(Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3DR, UK
Department of Computer Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver, BC V6B 2P6, Canada)
Abstract
Forecasting over dynamic graph environments necessitates modeling both long-term temporal dependencies and evolving structural patterns. We propose MaGNet-BN , a modular framework that simultaneously performs probabilistic forecasting and dynamic community detection on temporal graphs. MaGNet-BN integrates Bayesian node embeddings for uncertainty modeling, prototype-guided Louvain clustering for community discovery, Markov-based transition modeling to preserve temporal continuity, and reinforcement-based refinement to improve structural boundary accuracy. Evaluated on real-world datasets in pedestrian mobility, energy consumption, and retail demand, our model achieves on average 11.48% lower MSE, 6.62% lower NLL, and 10.82% higher Modularity ( Q ) compared with the best-performing baselines, with peak improvements reaching 12.0% in MSE, 7.9% in NLL, and 16.0% in Q on individual datasets. It also improves uncertainty calibration (PICP) and temporal community coherence (tARI). Ablation studies highlight the complementary strengths of each component. Overall, MaGNet-BN delivers a structure-aware and uncertainty-calibrated forecasting system that models both temporal evolution and dynamic community formation, with a modular design enabling interpretable predictions and scalable applications across smart cities, energy systems, and personalized services.
Suggested Citation
Daozheng Qu & Yanfei Ma, 2025.
"MaGNet-BN: Markov-Guided Bayesian Neural Networks for Calibrated Long-Horizon Sequence Forecasting and Community Tracking,"
Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-28, August.
Handle:
RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:13:y:2025:i:17:p:2740-:d:1732624
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