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arxiv: 2511.06216 · v4 · submitted 2025-11-09 · 💻 cs.LG

Adaptive Multi-view Graph Contrastive Learning via Fractional-order Neural Diffusion Networks

Yanan Zhao , Feng Ji , Jingyang Dai , Jiaze Ma , Keyue Jiang , Kai Zhao , Wee Peng Tay This is my paper

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keywords graph contrastive learningfractional-order diffusionmulti-view representationsaugmentation-free learninggraph neural networksadaptive diffusion scalesrepresentation learning
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The pith

Treating the fractional derivative order as learnable in graph diffusion generates an adaptive spectrum of multi-scale views for contrastive learning.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper establishes that graph contrastive learning can proceed without handcrafted augmentations by grounding the process in fractional-order continuous dynamics. Varying the derivative order alpha across the interval from near zero to one produces a continuous range of graph views, with smaller values emphasizing local structure and larger values promoting global aggregation. Making alpha a trainable parameter lets the encoder adjust diffusion scales automatically to fit the data at hand. This yields diverse yet complementary representations that the contrastive objective can exploit. On standard graph benchmarks the resulting embeddings prove more robust than those from fixed-view baselines.

Core claim

We present an augmentation-free multi-view graph contrastive learning framework grounded in fractional-order continuous dynamics. By varying the fractional derivative order alpha in (0,1], our encoders produce a continuous spectrum of views: small alpha yields localized features, while large alpha induces broader global aggregation. We treat alpha as a learnable parameter so the model can adapt diffusion scales to the data and automatically discover informative views, generating diverse complementary representations without manual augmentations.

What carries the argument

Fractional-order neural diffusion networks in which a learnable derivative order alpha controls the spatial scale of information propagation across graph edges.

If this is right

  • The model eliminates dependence on manually designed graph augmentations.
  • Diffusion scales are discovered automatically during training rather than preset.
  • The learned representations capture a broader range of structural patterns than single fixed views.
  • Performance gains appear on both node-level and graph-level downstream tasks.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same fractional-order mechanism could be inserted into non-contrastive graph tasks such as link prediction or community detection.
  • If alpha learning remains stable on very large graphs, the method may reduce the engineering effort currently spent on augmentation pipelines.
  • Extensions to temporal or heterogeneous graphs would require checking whether a single scalar alpha suffices or whether per-relation orders become necessary.

Load-bearing premise

Fractional-order dynamics applied to graphs will reliably generate complementary multi-scale views once the order is made learnable from data.

What would settle it

Run the model with alpha fixed at several constant values versus the learnable-alpha version on the same datasets; if node-classification accuracy does not rise when alpha is allowed to adapt, the claimed benefit of the continuous-spectrum approach is refuted.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2511.06216 by Feng Ji, Jiaze Ma, Jingyang Dai, Kai Zhao, Keyue Jiang, Wee Peng Tay, Yanan Zhao.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: t-SNE visualizations of single-class node embeddings from encoders with different FDE orders are shown. Class means are aligned for fair comparison. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: The PCA components of features for different datasets and choices [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: The variation in the ratio rc during training. Each line plot corresponds to a label class. The ratio rc for the input features is shown at epoch 0. We see that the ratio generally increases at the beginning of the training and stabilizes. For example, FD-MVGCL produces higher rc values than the strong benchmark PolyGCL [5], suggesting better clustered embeddings. B. The adaptive FD-MVGCL model We now pres… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Overview of the proposed adaptive FD-MVGCL framework. The fractional orders are selected such that [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Accuracy vs. training epochs for various loss functions on the Wisconsin [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Comparison across feature dimension, Metattack, and Random attack [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: t-SNE visualizations of Cornell node features for different class labels. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Accuracy vs. training epochs for various loss functions on the Cornell [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: t-SNE visualizations of Wisconsin node features for different class [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: t-SNE visualizations of node features from selected Cora labels. Each pair shows embeddings from FDE encoders with different [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p017_10.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Graph contrastive learning (GCL) learns node and graph representations by contrasting multiple views of the same graph. Existing methods typically rely on fixed, handcrafted views-usually a local and a global perspective, which limits their ability to capture multi-scale structural patterns. We present an augmentation-free, multi-view GCL framework grounded in fractional-order continuous dynamics. By varying the fractional derivative order $\alpha \in (0,1]$, our encoders produce a continuous spectrum of views: small $\alpha$ yields localized features, while large $\alpha$ induces broader, global aggregation. We treat $\alpha$ as a learnable parameter so the model can adapt diffusion scales to the data and automatically discover informative views. This principled approach generates diverse, complementary representations without manual augmentations. Extensive experiments on standard benchmarks demonstrate that our method produces more robust and expressive embeddings and outperforms state-of-the-art GCL baselines.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript proposes an augmentation-free multi-view graph contrastive learning (GCL) framework grounded in fractional-order continuous dynamics. It introduces Fractional-order Neural Diffusion Networks in which the fractional derivative order α ∈ (0,1] is treated as a learnable parameter; small α produces localized features while larger α induces broader global aggregation. The encoders thereby generate a continuous spectrum of complementary views that are contrasted without handcrafted augmentations. Experiments on standard graph benchmarks report outperformance relative to existing GCL baselines.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work supplies a principled, continuous-dynamics alternative to heuristic view construction in GCL. Making α learnable allows data-driven adaptation of diffusion scale, which could yield more robust and expressive node/graph embeddings than fixed local-global pairs. The approach is novel in its use of fractional-order operators for adaptive multi-scale graph diffusion and would be a useful addition to the GCL literature if the diversity of learned views is empirically verified.

major comments (2)
  1. [Methods (Fractional-order Neural Diffusion Networks)] The description of the learnable-α mechanism does not include any regularization, diversity loss, or initialization strategy that would prevent collapse of α to a single effective value across encoders. Without such a term, gradient flow on α may converge to a trivial solution, directly undermining the claim that a spectrum of complementary localized-to-global views is automatically discovered.
  2. [Experiments] The experimental section reports superior benchmark performance but provides no ablation that isolates the effect of making α learnable versus fixing it at representative values (e.g., α=0.1, 0.5, 1.0). In addition, no statistics or visualization of the converged α values across runs or datasets are shown, leaving the multi-scale claim unsupported by direct evidence.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states that the method is 'augmentation-free' yet does not clarify whether any implicit graph transformations (e.g., edge dropping inside the diffusion process) are still present; a short clarifying sentence would remove ambiguity.
  2. [Preliminaries / Notation] Notation for the fractional derivative operator (Caputo vs. Riemann-Liouville) and its discretization on graphs should be stated explicitly with an equation number to aid reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the constructive and insightful comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment point by point below. Where the comments identify gaps in the original submission, we have revised the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the presentation and empirical support for our claims.

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  1. Referee: [Methods (Fractional-order Neural Diffusion Networks)] The description of the learnable-α mechanism does not include any regularization, diversity loss, or initialization strategy that would prevent collapse of α to a single effective value across encoders. Without such a term, gradient flow on α may converge to a trivial solution, directly undermining the claim that a spectrum of complementary localized-to-global views is automatically discovered.

    Authors: We agree that the original manuscript did not explicitly describe mechanisms to safeguard against α collapse. In the revised version, we have added a diversity regularization term to the overall objective that encourages distinct α values across the multiple encoders. We also specify a staggered initialization strategy in which each encoder is initialized with a different α drawn from a uniform distribution over (0,1]. These changes are now detailed in the Methods section together with a brief analysis showing that the combined effect prevents trivial convergence while preserving the continuous spectrum of views. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Experiments] The experimental section reports superior benchmark performance but provides no ablation that isolates the effect of making α learnable versus fixing it at representative values (e.g., α=0.1, 0.5, 1.0). In addition, no statistics or visualization of the converged α values across runs or datasets are shown, leaving the multi-scale claim unsupported by direct evidence.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the original submission lacked the requested ablations and direct evidence on the learned α values. We have now included new experiments that compare the full learnable-α model against three fixed-α baselines (α = 0.1, 0.5, 1.0) on the same benchmarks. The results, reported in the revised Experiments section, show consistent gains for the learnable variant. We have also added tables and visualizations that report the mean, standard deviation, and histograms of converged α values across five independent runs on each dataset, confirming that the values remain diverse and adapt to the data rather than collapsing. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: external fractional dynamics and learnable parameter remain independent of target embeddings

full rationale

The paper's central construction applies fractional-order diffusion (with order α ∈ (0,1]) to graphs as an external continuous-dynamics prior drawn from fractional calculus, then optimizes α jointly with the contrastive objective. No equation or claim reduces the generated views or embeddings to a fitted parameter that is itself defined by the target representation; the spectrum of localized-to-global features follows directly from the fractional derivative definition rather than from any self-referential fit or self-citation chain. The method therefore remains self-contained against external mathematical benchmarks and does not rename or smuggle in prior results by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

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free parameters (1)
  • fractional derivative order alpha
    Treated as a learnable parameter that adapts diffusion scale to the input data
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Fractional-order continuous dynamics can generate a useful continuous spectrum of multi-scale graph views
    Invoked to justify replacing handcrafted views with varying alpha
invented entities (1)
  • Fractional-order Neural Diffusion Networks no independent evidence
    purpose: Encoders that produce graph views controlled by fractional derivative order
    New architectural component introduced to realize the adaptive multi-view framework

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