TY - GEN A1 - Willenbockel, Christian Tobias A1 - Schütte, Christof T1 - A Variational Bayesian Algorithm for Clustering of Large and Complex Networks N2 - We propose the Blockloading algorithm for the clustering of large and complex graphs with tens of thousands of vertices according to a Stochastic Block Model (SBM). Blockloading is based on generalized Variational Bayesian EM (VBEM) schemes and works for weighted and unweighted graphs. Existing Variational (Bayesian) EM methods have to consider each possible number of clusters sepa- rately to determine the optimal number of clusters and are prone to converge to local optima making multiple restarts necessary. These factors impose a severe restriction on the size and complexity of graphs these methods can handle. In con- trast, the Blockloading algorithm restricts restarts to subnetworks in a way that provides error correction of an existing cluster assignment. The number of clusters need not be specified in advance because Blockloading will return it as a result. We show that Blockloading outperforms all other variational methods regarding reliability of the results and computational efficiency. T3 - ZIB-Report - 15-25 KW - Clustering KW - Variational Bayes EM KW - Model Selection, KW - Stochastic Block Model KW - Networks KW - unsupervised classification Y1 - 2015 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/frontdoor/index/index/docId/5458 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-54588 SN - 1438-0064 ER -