Mixing Time of Metropolis-Hastings for Bayesian Community Detection

11/06/2018
by   Bumeng Zhuo, et al.
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We study the computational complexity of a Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for Bayesian community detection. We first establish a posterior strong consistency result for a natural prior distribution on stochastic block models under the optimal signal-to-noise ratio condition in the literature. We then give a set of conditions that guarantee rapid mixing of a simple Metropolis-Hastings algorithm. The mixing time analysis is based on a careful study of posterior ratios and a canonical path argument to control the spectral gap of the Markov chain.

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