Skip Navigation Links
Journal of Vibration Testing and System Dynamics

C. Steve Suh (editor), Pawel Olejnik (editor),

Xianguo Tuo (editor)

Pawel Olejnik (editor)

Lodz University of Technology, Poland

Email: pawel.olejnik@p.lodz.pl

C. Steve Suh (editor)

Texas A&M University, USA

Email: ssuh@tamu.edu

Xiangguo Tuo (editor)

Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, China

Email: tuoxianguo@suse.edu.cn


A Comprehensive Review of Propagation Models in Complex Networks: From Deterministic to Deep Learning Approaches

Journal of Vibration Testing and System Dynamics 9(2) (2025) 187--208 | DOI:10.5890/JVTSD.2025.06.009

Bin Wu$^{1}$, Sifu Luo$^{2}$, C Steve Suh$^{1}$

$^{1}$ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 778406, USA

$^{2}$ Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 778406, USA

Download Full Text PDF

 

Abstract

Understanding the mechanisms of propagation in complex networks is critical for various domains such as epidemiology, social media, communication networks, and multi-robot systems. This paper provides a comprehensive review of propagation models in complex networks, ranging from traditional deterministic models to advanced data-driven and deep learning approaches. We first discuss static and dynamic network structures, noting that static models offer foundational insights into network behavior, while dynamic models capture the time-evolving nature of real-world systems. Deterministic models, such as the SIR framework, provide clear mathematical formulations for describing the spread of information and viruses, but they often lack flexibility in dealing with real-world randomness. In contrast, stochastic models introduce randomness, making simulations of network behaviors more realistic, albeit at the expense of interpretability. Behavior-based models, including agent-based simulations, focus on individual decision-making processes, offering greater flexibility but requiring significant computational resources. Data-driven approaches leverage large datasets to adapt to changing network environments, improving accuracy in nonlinear and dynamic scenarios. These approaches can rely on the aforementioned models or be based on model-free machine learning methods. We then explore supervised learning methods that require large amounts of labeled data, and unsupervised learning methods, which do not rely on labeled data. These two methods are the most mainstream approaches in machine learning. Building on this, we further investigate reinforcement learning, a newer learning paradigm that interacts with environments and does not require datasets. Finally, we specifically discuss the application of graph neural networks (GNNs), which are closely aligned with network problems and have achieved revolutionary progress in modeling and optimizing propagation capabilities in large-scale and complex networks. The paper highlights key applications and challenges for each model type and emphasizes the growing role of hybrid and machine learning-based models in solving modern network propagation problems.

References

  1. [1]  Wen, S., Zhou, W., Zhang, J., Xiang, Y., Zhou, W., and Jia, W. (2012), Modeling propagation dynamics of social network worms, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 24(8), 1633-1643.
  2. [2]  Jiang, J., Wen, S., Yu, S., Xiang, Y., and Zhou, W. (2016), Identifying propagation sources in networks: State-of-the-art and comparative studies, IEEE Communications Surveys $\&$ Tutorials, 19(1), 465-481.
  3. [3]  Chen, W., Castillo, C., and Lakshmanan, L.V. (2022), Information and Influence Propagation in Social Networks, Springer Nature.
  4. [4]  Jain, A., Dhar, J., and Gupta, V. (2019), Stochastic model of rumor propagation dynamics on homogeneous social network with expert interaction and fluctuations in contact transmissions, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 519, 227-236.
  5. [5]  Pierri, F. and Ceri, S. (2019), False news on social media: a data-driven survey, ACM Sigmod Record, 48(2), 18-27.
  6. [6]  Ren, W., Wu, J., Zhang, X., Lai, R., and Chen, L. (2018), A stochastic model of cascading failure dynamics in communication networks, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 65(5), 632-636.
  7. [7]  Hsu, Y.H. and Gau, R.H. (2020), Reinforcement learning-based collision avoidance and optimal trajectory planning in UAV communication networks, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 21(1), 306-320.
  8. [8]  Wu, B. and Suh, C.S. (2018), On the temporal network analysis with link prediction, In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 52040, page V04BT06A032.
  9. [9]  Lu, J. and Osorio, C. (2022), On the analytical probabilistic modeling of flow transmission across nodes in transportation networks, Transportation research record, 2676(12), 209-225.
  10. [10]  Datilo, P.M., Ismail, Z., and Dare, J. (2019), A review of epidemic forecasting using artificial neural networks, Epidemiology and Health System Journal, 6(3), 132-143.
  11. [11]  Choi, H., Kim, M., Lee, G., and Kim, W. (2019), Unsupervised learning approach for network intrusion detection system using autoencoders, The Journal of Supercomputing, 75, 5597-5621.
  12. [12]  Yu, W., Lin, X., Liu, J., Ge, J., Ou, W., and Qin, Z. (2021), Self-propagation graph neural network for recommendation, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 34(12), 5993-6002.
  13. [13]  Shan, S.N., Zhang, Z.C., Wang, C.J., and Han, G.Q. (2024), Diffusion model of multi-agent collaborative behavior in public crisis governance network based on complex network evolutionary game, RAIRO-Operations Research, 58(4), 2797-2815.
  14. [14]  Newman, M.E. (2003), The structure and function of complex networks, SIAM Review, 45(2), 167-256.
  15. [15]  Strogatz, S.H. (2001), Exploring complex networks, nature, 410(6825), 268-276.
  16. [16]  Lin, D., Wu, J., Yuan, Q., and Zheng, Z. (2020), Modeling and understanding ethereum transaction records via a complex network approach, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 67(11), 2737-2741.
  17. [17]  van Elteren, C., Quax, R., and Sloot, P. (2022), Dynamic importance of network nodes is poorly predicted by static structural features, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 593, 126889.
  18. [18]  Chen, C., Shen, B., Ma, T., Wang, M., and Wu, R. (2022), A statistical framework for recovering pseudo-dynamic networks from static data, Bioinformatics, 38(9), 2481-2487.
  19. [19]  Wu, B. (2018), A General Framework for Evolving Network Analysis, PhD thesis.
  20. [20]  Kermack, W.O. and McKendrick, A.G. (1927), A contribution to the mathematical theory of epidemics, Proceedings of the Royal Society of london. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, 115(772), 700-721.
  21. [21]  Kogias, D., Oikonomou, K., and Stavrakakis, I. (2009), Study of randomly replicated random walks for information dissemination over various network topologies, In 2009 Sixth International Conference on Wireless On-Demand Network Systems and Services, 53-60.
  22. [22]  Wu, Z., Pan, S., Chen, F., Long, G., Zhang, C., and Philip, S.Y. (2020), A comprehensive survey on graph neural networks, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 32(1), 4-24.
  23. [23]  Zheng, X., Wang, Y., Liu, Y., Li, M., Zhang, M., Jin, D., Yu, P.S., and Pan, S. (2022), Graph neural networks for graphs with heterophily: A survey, arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.07082.
  24. [24]  Yue, X., Mu, D., Wang, C., Ren, H., Peng, R., and Du, J. (2024), Critical risks in global supply networks: A static structure and dynamic propagation perspective, Reliability engineering $\&$ system safety, 242, 109728.
  25. [25]  Ozella, L., Paolotti, D., Lichand, G., Rodriguez, J.P., Haenni, S., Phuka, J., Leal-Neto, O.B., and Cattuto, C. (2021), Using wearable proximity sensors to characterize social contact patterns in a village of rural malawi, EPJ Data Science, 10(1), 46.
  26. [26]  Jin, D., Kim, S., Rossi, R.A., and Koutra, D. (2022), On generalizing static node embedding to dynamic settings, In Proceedings of the Fifteenth ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining, 410-420.
  27. [27]  Yu, E.Y., Wang, Y.P., Fu, Y., Chen, D.B., and Xie, M. (2020), Identifying critical nodes in complex networks via graph convolutional networks, Knowledge-Based Systems, 198, 105893.
  28. [28]  Piccirillo, V. (2021), Nonlinear control of infection spread based on a deterministic seir model, Chaos, Solitons $\&$ Fractals, 149, 111051.
  29. [29]  Moore, S. and Rogers, T. (2020), Predicting the speed of epidemics spreading in networks, Physical review letters, 124(6), 068301.
  30. [30]  Zarin, R., Khaliq, H., Khan, A., Khan, D., Akgül, A., and Humphries, U.W. (2022), Deterministic and fractional modeling of a computer virus propagation, Results in Physics, 33, 105130.
  31. [31]  Mei, W., Mohagheghi, S., Zampieri, S., and Bullo, F. (2017), On the dynamics of deterministic epidemic propagation over networks, Annual Reviews in Control, 44, 116-128.
  32. [32]  Sarkar, T.K., Ji, Z., Kim, K., Medouri, A. and Salazar-Palma, M. (2003), A survey of various propagation models for mobile communication, IEEE Antennas and propagation Magazine, 45(3), 51-82.
  33. [33]  De Bona, A.A., de Oliveira Rosa, M., Fonseca, K.V.O., and Luders, R. (2021), A reduced model for complex network analysis of public transportation systems, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 567, 125715.
  34. [34]  Shah, S.M.A., Tahir, H., Khan, A. and Arshad, A. (2024), Stochastic model on the transmission of worms in wireless sensor network. Journal of Mathematical Techniques in Modeling, 1(1), 76-89.
  35. [35]  Scussel, O., Secgin, A., Brennan, M.J., Muggleton, J.M., and Almeida, F.C.L. (2021), A stochastic model for the speed of leak noise propagation in plastic water pipes, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 501, 116057.
  36. [36]  Olabode, D., Culp, J., Fisher, A., Tower, A., Hull-Nye, D., and Wang, X. (2021), Deterministic and stochastic models for the epidemic dynamics of covid-19 in Wuhan, China, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 18(1), 950-967, 2021.
  37. [37]  Zhu, C. and Yu, W. (2018), Stochastic modeling and analysis of user-centric network mimo systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 66(12), 6176-6189.
  38. [38]  Alem, D., Clark, A. and Moreno, A. (2016), Stochastic network models for logistics planning in disaster relief, European Journal of Operational Research, 255(1), 187-206.
  39. [39]  Long, J., Szeto, W.Y., and Ding, J. (2019) Dynamic traffic assignment in degradable networks: Paradoxes and formulations with stochastic link transmission model, Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, 7(1), 336-362.
  40. [40]  Correia, F., Alencar, M., and Assis, K. (2023), Stochastic modeling and analysis of the energy consumption of wireless sensor networks, IEEE Latin America Transactions, 21(3), 434-440.
  41. [41]  Jin, J. and Liu, Y. (2022), Stochastic disturbance propagation model analysis of power grids based on epidemic model and improved clustering, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 20(12), 3883-3891.
  42. [42]  de Mooij, J., Bhattacharya, P., Dell’Anna, D., Dastani, M., Logan, B. and Swarup, S. (2023), A framework for modeling human behavior in large-scale agent-based epidemic simulations, Simulation, 99(12), 1183-1211.
  43. [43]  Subramanian, S., Murugappan, V., and Santos, E.E. (2024), Socio-behavioral influences in epidemic modeling: Towards a unified framework, In 2024 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), 839-842.
  44. [44]  Von Hoene, E., Roess, A., Achuthan, S., and Anderson, T. (2023), A framework for simulating emergent health behaviors in spatial agent-based models of disease spread, In Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on GeoSpatial Simulation, 1-9.
  45. [45]  Hashimoto, A., Heintzman, L., Koester, R., and Abaid, N. (2022), An agent-based model reveals lost person behavior based on data from wilderness search and rescue, Scientific reports, 12(1), 5873.
  46. [46]  Huang, J., Cui, Y., Zhang, L., Tong, W., Shi, Y., and Liu, Z. (2022), An overview of agent-based models for transport simulation and analysis, Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022(1), 1252534.
  47. [47]  Deng, S., Cai, Q., Zhang, Z., and Wu, X. (2021), User behavior analysis based on stacked autoencoder and clustering in complex power grid environment. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(12), 25521-25535.
  48. [48]  Liu, P., Wang, L., Ranjan, R., He, G., and Zhao, L. (2022), A survey on active deep learning: from model driven to data driven, ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 54(10s), 1-34.
  49. [49]  Chen, K., Kong, Q., Dai, Y., Xu, Y., Yin, F., Xu, L., and Cui, S. (2022), Recent advances in data-driven wireless communication using gaussian processes: a comprehensive survey, China Communications, 19(1), 218-237.
  50. [50]  An, D., Kim, N.H., and Choi, J.H. (2015), Practical options for selecting data-driven or physics-based prognostics algorithms with reviews, Reliability Engineering $\&$ System Safety, 133, 223-236.
  51. [51]  Xue, L., Jing, S., Miller, J.C., Sun, W., Li, H., Estrada-Franco, J.G., Hyman, J.M., and Zhu, H. (2020), A data-driven network model for the emerging covid-19 epidemics in Wuhan, Toronto and Italy, Mathematical Biosciences, 326, 108391.
  52. [52]  Zhu, L., Yu, F.R., Wang, Y., Ning, B. and Tang, T. (2018), Big data analytics in intelligent transportation systems: A survey, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20(1), 383-398.
  53. [53]  Fang, Y., Nie, Y. and Penny, M. (2020), Transmission dynamics of the covid-19 outbreak and effectiveness of government interventions: A data-driven analysis. Journal of Medical Virology, 92(6), 645-659.
  54. [54]  Stolfo, S.J., Hershkop, S., Hu, C.W., Li, W.J., Nimeskern, O., and Wang, K. (2006), Behavior-based modeling and its application to email analysis, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), 6 (2), 187-221.
  55. [55]  Gong, Z., Guo, W., and Slowinski, R. (2021), Transaction and interaction behavior-based consensus model and its application to optimal carbon emission reduction, Omega, 104, 102491.
  56. [56]  Mladenović, J., Nešković, A., and Nešković, N. (2022), An overview of propagation models based on deep learning techniques.
  57. [57]  Zhang, X., Shu, X., Zhang, B., Ren, J., Zhou, L., and Chen, X. (2020), Cellular network radio propagation modeling with deep convolutional neural networks, In Proceedings of the 26th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery $\&$ Data Mining, 2378-2386.
  58. [58]  Panayiotou, T., Chatzis, S.P., and Ellinas, G. (2016), Performance analysis of a data-driven quality-of-transmission decision approach on a dynamic multicast-capable metro optical network, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 9(1), 98-108.
  59. [59]  He, R., Gong, Y., Bai, W., Li, Y., and Wang, X. (2020), Random forests based path loss prediction in mobile communication systems, In 2020 IEEE 6th International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC), 1246-1250.
  60. [60]  Chen, J., Zhang, J., Xu, X., Fu, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, Q., and Xuan, Q. (2019), E-LSTM-D: A deep learning framework for dynamic network link prediction, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 51(6), 3699-3712.
  61. [61]  Gou, F. and Wu, J. (2022), Message transmission strategy based on recurrent neural network and attention mechanism in iot system, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, 31(07), 2250126.
  62. [62]  Ye, B., Liu, B., Tian, Y., and Wan, L. (2020), A methodology for predicting aggregate flight departure delays in airports based on supervised learning, Sustainability, 12(7), 2749.
  63. [63]  Wang, H., Tao, G., Ma, J., Jia, S., Chi, L., Yang, H., Zhao, Z., and Tao, J. (2022), Predicting the epidemics trend of covid-19 using epidemiological-based generative adversarial networks, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 16(2), 276-288.
  64. [64]  Qourbani, A., Khodaparast, M., Othman Yahya, R., Habibi, M., Nouralishahi, A., and Rezaeipanah, A. (2023), Toward rumor detection in social networks using multi-layer autoencoder neural network, Social Network Analysis and Mining, 14(1), 8.
  65. [65]  Zideh, M.J., Khalghani, M.R., and Solanki, S.K. (2024), An unsupervised adversarial autoencoder for cyber attack detection in power distribution grids, Electric Power Systems Research, 232, 110407.
  66. [66]  Azcorra, A., Chiroque, L.F., Cuevas, R., Fernández Anta, A., Laniado, H., Lillo, R.E., Romo, J. and Sguera, C. (2018), Unsupervised scalable statistical method for identifying influential users in online social networks, Scientific reports, 8(1), 6955.
  67. [67]  Ghavipour, M. and Meybodi, M.R. (2018), A dynamic algorithm for stochastic trust propagation in online social networks: Learning automata approach, Computer Communications, 123, 11-23.
  68. [68]  Wang, Q. and Tang, C. (2021), Deep reinforcement learning for transportation network combinatorial optimization: A survey, Knowledge-Based Systems, 233, 107526.
  69. [69]  Wu, B. and Suh, C.S. (2019), Decentralized multi-robot motion planning applicable to dynamic environment, In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 59414, page V004T05A095.
  70. [70]  Libin, P.J., Moonens, A., Verstraeten, T., Perez-Sanjines, F., Hens, N., Lemey, P., and Nowé, A., (2021), Deep reinforcement learning for large-scale epidemic control, In Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Applied Data Science and Demo Track: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2020, Ghent, Belgium, September 14-18, 2020, Proceedings, Part V, pages 155-170. Springer.
  71. [71]  He, Q., Lv, Y., Wang, X., Huang, M., and Cai, Y. (2022), Reinforcement learning-based rumor blocking approach in directed social networks, IEEE Systems Journal, 16(4), 6457-6467.
  72. [72]  Lee, J., Chung, J., and Sohn, K. (2019), Reinforcement learning for joint control of traffic signals in a transportation network, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 69(2), 1375-1387.
  73. [73]  Cao, Q., Jiang, R., Yang, C., Fan, Z., Song, X., and Shibasaki, R. (2022), Mepognn: Metapopulation epidemic forecasting with graph neural networks, In Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, 453-468.
  74. [74]  Mahmud, S., Shen, H., Foutz, Y.N.Z., and Anton, J. (2021), A human mobility data driven hybrid gnn+ rnn based model for epidemic prediction, In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 857-866.
  75. [75]  Sivakumar, N.R., Nagarajan, S.M., Devarajan, G.G., Pullagura, L., and Mahapatra, R.P. (2023), Enhancing network lifespan in wireless sensor networks using deep learning based graph neural network, Physical Communication, 59, 102076.
  76. [76]  Dong, G., Tang, M., Wang, Z., Gao, J., Guo, S., Cai, L., Gutierrez, R., Campbel, B., Barnes, L.E., and Boukhechba, M. (2023), Graph neural networks in iot: A survey. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 19(2), 1-50.
  77. [77]  Li, X., Chen, M., Liu, Y., Zhang, Z., Liu, D., and Mao, S. (2023), Graph neural networks for joint communication and sensing optimization in vehicular networks, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
  78. [78]  Barmparis, G.D. and Tsironis, G.P. (2020), Estimating the infection horizon of covid-19 in eight countries with a data-driven approach, Chaos, Solitons $\&$ Fractals, 135, 109842.
  79. [79]  Abiodun, O.I., Jantan, A., Omolara, A.E., Dada, K.V., Mohamed, N.A. and Arshad, H. (2018), State-of-the-art in artificial neural network applications: A survey, Heliyon, 4(11).
  80. [80]  Jordan, M.I. and Mitchell, T.M. (2015), Machine learning: Trends, perspectives, and prospects, Science, 349(6245), 255-260.
  81. [81]  Wu, B. and Suh, C.S. (2024), State-of-the-art in robot learning for multi-robot collaboration: A comprehensive survey, arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.11822.
  82. [82]  Dong, S., Wang, P., and Abbas, K. (2021), A survey on deep learning and its applications, Computer Science Review, 40, 100379.
  83. [83]  Pouyanfar, S., Sadiq, S., Yan, Y., Tian, H., Tao, Y., Reyes, M.P., Shyu, M.L., Chen, S.C., and Iyengar, S.S. (2018), A survey on deep learning: Algorithms, techniques, and applications, ACM computing surveys (CSUR), 51(5), 1-36.
  84. [84]  Muhammad, I. and Yan, Z. (2015), Supervised machine learning approaches: A survey, ICTACT Journal on Soft Computing, 5(3).
  85. [85]  Jiang, T., Gradus, J.L., and Rosellini, A.J. (2020), Supervised machine learning: a brief primer, Behavior therapy, 51(5), 675-687.
  86. [86]  Dike, H.U., Zhou, Y., Deveerasetty, K.K., and Wu, Q. (2018), Unsupervised learning based on artificial neural network: A review, In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems (CBS), 322-327.
  87. [87]  Khanum, M., Mahboob, T., Imtiaz, W., Ghafoor, H.A., and Sehar, R. (2015), A survey on unsupervised machine learning algorithms for automation, classification and maintenance, International Journal of Computer Applications, 119(13).
  88. [88]  Schmarje, L., Santarossa, M., Schröder, S.M., and Koch, R. (2021), A survey on semi-, self-and unsupervised learning for image classification, IEEE Access, 9, 82146-82168.
  89. [89]  Arulkumaran, K., Deisenroth, M.P., Brundage, M., and Bharath, A.A. (2017), Deep reinforcement learning: A brief survey, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 34(6), 26-38.
  90. [90]  Shakya, A.K., Pillai, G., and Chakrabarty, S. (2023), Reinforcement learning algorithms: A brief survey, Expert Systems with Applications, 231, 120495.
  91. [91]  Chen, W., Zhang, Y., Yeo, C.K., Lau, C.T., and Lee, B.S. (2018), Unsupervised rumor detection based on users’ behaviors using neural networks, Pattern Recognition Letters, 105, 226-233.
  92. [92]  Gupta, M. and Sinha, A. (2023), Multi-class autoencoder-ensembled prediction model for detection of covid-19 severity, Evolutionary Intelligence, 16(4), 1433-1445.
  93. [93]  Hwang, R.H., Peng, M.C., Huang, C.W., Lin, P.C., and Nguyen, V.L. (2020), An unsupervised deep learning model for early network traffic anomaly detection, IEEE Access, 8, 30387-30399.
  94. [94]  Gangireddy, S.C.R., P, D., Long, C., and Chakraborty, T. (2020), Unsupervised fake news detection: A graph-based approach, In Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, 75-83.
  95. [95]  Wu, X., Huang, H., Wang, H., Wang, Y., and Xu, Q. (2021), Ep-gan: Unsupervised federated learning with expectation-propagation prior gan.
  96. [96]  Fan, C., Zeng, L., Sun, Y., and Liu, Y.Y. (2020), Finding key players in complex networks through deep reinforcement learning, Nature Machine Intelligence, 2(6), 317-324.
  97. [97]  Wang, B., Sun, Y., Duong, T.Q., Nguyen, L.D., and Hanzo, L. (2020), Risk-aware identification of highly suspected covid-19 cases in social iot: a joint graph theory and reinforcement learning approach, IEEE Access, 8, 115655-115661.
  98. [98]  Wu, B. and Suh, C.S. (2024), Deep reinforcement learning for decentralized multi-robot control: A DQN approach to robustness and information integration, arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.11339.
  99. [99]  Xiao, T., Chen, Z., Wang, D., and Wang, S. (2021), Learning how to propagate messages in graph neural networks, In Proceedings of the 27th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery $\&$ Data Mining, 1894-1903.
  100. [100]  Rahmani, S., Baghbani, A., Bouguila, N., and Patterson, Z. (2023), Graph neural networks for intelligent transportation systems: A survey, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(8), 8846-8885.
  101. [101]  Jiang, W. and Luo, J. (2022), Graph neural network for traffic forecasting: A survey, Expert Systems with Applications, 207, 117921.
  102. [102]  Liu, Z., Wan, G., Prakash, B.A., Lau, M.S., and Jin, W. (2024), A review of graph neural networks in epidemic modeling. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 6577-6587.
  103. [103]  Murphy, C., Laurence, E., and Allard, A. (2021), Deep learning of contagion dynamics on complex networks, Nature Communications, 12(1), 4720.