From: Inferring Missing Links from the Paths That Remain

Which relationships in your own life are invisible because nobody records them?

Networks often reflect the traces people leave rather than the ties they actually have. This perspective makes missing data feel less like a technical flaw and more like a question about attention, access, and power.

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Draw a network of one community using only documented ties, then add connections known from lived experience.

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3 evidence blocks3 perspectives2 visualizations8 media resources4 rabbit holes

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Link prediction estimates which unobserved pairs of nodes are likely to be connected.

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Hierarchical structure can improve prediction of missing network connections.

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Common-neighbour counts provide a basic path-based score for a possible missing link.

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Inferring Missing Links from the Paths That Remain

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