label_propagation()#

relationalai.std.graphs.Compute
#label_propagation(
    node: Producer,
    max_sweeps: int = 20,
    randomization_seed: int | None = None
) -> Expression

Assign a community label to node using the label propagation algorithm. Label propagation is an algorithm that begins by assigning each node a unique community label and iteratively updates the label of each node to the most common label among its neighbors until convergence or a maximum number of iterations is reached. Must be called in a rule or query context.

Supported Graph Types#

Graph TypeSupportedNotes
DirectedYes
UndirectedYes
WeightedYesOnly positive weights are supported.
UnweightedYes

Parameters#

NameTypeDescription
nodeProducerA node in the graph.
max_sweepsintThe maximum number of iterations to run the label propagation algorithm. Default is 20.
randomization_seedint or NoneThe seed for the algorithm’s random number generator. Default is None.

Returns#

Returns an Expression object that produces the integer community label assigned by label propagation to node.

Example#

Use .label_propagation() to assign a community label to a node in a graph. You access the .label_propagation() method from a Graph object’s .compute attribute:

#import relationalai as rai
from relationalai.std import alias
from relationalai.std.graphs import Graph

# Create a model named "socialNetwork" with a Person type.
model = rai.Model("socialNetwork")
Person = model.Type("Person")

# Add some people to the model and connect them with a multi-valued `follows` property.
with model.rule():
    alice = Person.add(name="Alice")
    bob = Person.add(name="Bob")
    carol = Person.add(name="Carol")
    daniel = Person.add(name="Daniel")
    evelyn = Person.add(name="Evelyn")
    alice.follows.add(bob)
    carol.follows.add(daniel)

# Create a directed graph with Person nodes and edges between followers.
# Note that graphs are directed by default.
graph = Graph(model)
graph.Node.extend(Person)
graph.Edge.extend(Person.follows)

# Find the community label for a single person using label propagation.
with model.query() as select:
    community = graph.compute.label_propagation(person)
    response = select(alias(community, "community_label"))

print(response.results)
# Output:
#    community_label
# 0                2

# Find the community label for each person in the graph.
with model.query() as select:
    person = Person()
    community = graph.compute.label_propagation(person)
    response = select(person.name, alias(community, "community_label"))

print(response.results)
# Output:
#      name  community_label
# 0   Alice                2
# 1     Bob                2
# 2   Carol                1
# 3  Daniel                1

In this example, .label_propagation() finds two communities in the graph: Alice and Bob are in one community, and Carol and Daniel are in another. Note that isolated nodes, like Evelyn, are not assigned a community ID and are filtered out of the results.

See Also#