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Limits of Depth: Over-Smoothing and Over-Squashing in GNNs

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Srinagar 190006, India
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Abstract

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have become a widely used tool for learning and analyzing data on graph structures, largely due to their ability to preserve graph structure and properties via graph representation learning. However, the effect of depth on the performance of GNNs, particularly isotropic and anisotropic models, remains an active area of research. This study presents a comprehensive exploration of the impact of depth on GNNs, with a focus on the phenomena of over-smoothing and the bottleneck effect in deep graph neural networks. Our research investigates the tradeoff between depth and performance, revealing that increasing depth can lead to over-smoothing and a decrease in performance due to the bottleneck effect. We also examine the impact of node degrees on classification accuracy, finding that nodes with low degrees can pose challenges for accurate classification. Our experiments use several benchmark datasets and a range of evaluation metrics to compare isotropic and anisotropic GNNs of varying depths, also explore the scalability of these models. Our findings provide valuable insights into the design of deep GNNs and offer potential avenues for future research to improve their performance.

Keywords

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)learning on graphsover-smoothingover-squashingisotropic-GNNsanisotropic-GNNs

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Big Data Mining and Analytics
Volume 7 Issue 1,
March 2024
Pages 205-216
DOI: 10.26599/BDMA.2023.9020019
Cite this article:
ud din AM, Qureshi S. Limits of Depth: Over-Smoothing and Over-Squashing in GNNs. Big Data Mining and Analytics, 2024, 7(1): 205-216. https://doi.org/10.26599/BDMA.2023.9020019

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Received: 24 January 2023
Revised: 10 July 2023
Accepted: 18 July 2023
Published: 25 December 2023
© The author(s) 2023.

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