New way for graphs to learn: attention beats extra layers
Graph-based models can be slow and heavy, but this new idea keeps things simple and smart.
Instead of stacking many hidden parts, the model tosses out those extra pieces and uses attention so each node learns which neighbors matter most.
That means it uses fewer parameters, needs less labeled data, and still makes better predictions on real networks.
The trick is that attention builds a small, changing summary of the local group so the model focus where it counts.
In tests on common citation networks this lighter model often beats the old, bulkier ones.
You also can peek at the attention scores to see how one node influences another — it gives a simple view of who matters.
It work faster, uses less memory, and seem to generalize well when labels are rare.
For anyone curious about smarter, smaller AI for graphs, this shows you dont always need bigger to be better, and that structure plus attention makes a real difference.
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Attention-based Graph Neural Network for Semi-supervised Learning
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