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We are interested in the problem of two-sample network hypothesis testing: given two networks with the same set of nodes, we wish to test whether the underlying Bernoulli probability matrices of the two networks are the same or not. We propose Interlacing Balance Measure (IBM) as a new two-sample testing approach. We consider the Degree-Corrected Mixed-Membership (DCMM) model for undirected networks, where we allow severe degree heterogeneity, mixed-memberships, flexible sparsity levels, and weak signals. In such a broad setting, how to find a test that has a tractable limiting null and optimal testing performances is a challenging problem. We show that IBM is such a test: in a broad DCMM setting with only mild regularity conditions, IBM has N(0,1) as the limiting null and achieves the optimal phase transition.
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