The new discussion of the bi-partite network random walker model was very
clear. The method as discussed in the paper now is more aligned with the
bipartite HITS algorithm; this corresponds to the eigenvector centrality
of the two projections of the matrix (M^TM, MM^T). I'm not sure that I
understood the beta parameter before. The analogous PageRank algorithm
would be the version in which a jump from e to a would be allowed with
nonzero probability, even with M_ea = 0.
Figure 5 is interesting, and it's a nice tie-in to Figure 3. It seems
like this is partial identifiability for the parameters.
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Some minor grammatical errors throughout that would benefit from a
thorough copyediting pass (missing spaces, "two-node").
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(is there anything to even do here):
The new discussion of the bi-partite network random walker model was very clear. The method as discussed in the paper now is more aligned with the bipartite HITS algorithm; this corresponds to the eigenvector centrality of the two projections of the matrix (M^TM, MM^T). I'm not sure that I understood the beta parameter before. The analogous PageRank algorithm would be the version in which a jump from e to a would be allowed with nonzero probability, even with M_ea = 0.
Figure 5 is interesting, and it's a nice tie-in to Figure 3. It seems like this is partial identifiability for the parameters.
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