Add SBM family as first-class algorithms with AutoCommunity, UQ, and Successive Halving integration

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SBM Integration with AutoCommunity - FINAL IMPLEMENTATION ✅

Merge Status: ✅ CONFLICTS RESOLVED (Third Attempt - Latest Master)

Successfully merged the absolute latest master branch changes. Master had new property-based tests added.

Conflict Resolution (Latest Merge)

Resolved conflicts in 3 files:

1. README.md

   • Conflict: Test count badge (6.3K vs 6.4K)
   • Resolution: Updated to 6.4K (latest from master)
   • Badge now shows current test count

2. py3plex/algorithms/community_detection/autocommunity.py

   • Conflict: Algorithm list in docstring
   • Resolution: Kept comprehensive list including SBM algorithms
   • Final: *algorithms: Algorithm names ("louvain", "leiden", "sbm", "dc_sbm", "infomap")

3. py3plex/algorithms/community_detection/autocommunity_executor.py

   • Conflict: SBM handler block placement
   • Resolution: Both SBM and infomap handlers now coexist properly
   • SBM handler: lines 339-376 (handles sbm, standard_sbm, dc_sbm, degree_corrected_sbm)
   • Infomap handler: lines 378-400 (handles infomap with graceful fallback)
   • Fixed whitespace issues

Merged Changes from Master

New files from master:

• tests/property/test_config_properties.py - Property-based config tests
• tests/property/test_errors_properties.py - Property-based error tests
• tests/property/test_exceptions_properties.py - Property-based exception tests
• tests/property/test_pipeline_properties.py - Property-based pipeline tests
• tests/property/test_profiling_properties.py - Property-based profiling tests
• tests/property/test_temporal_utils_extended_properties.py - Extended temporal tests
• tests/property/test_temporal_utils_properties.py - Temporal utility tests
• tests/property/test_temporal_view_properties.py - Temporal view tests

Integration Result

AutoCommunity candidate pipeline now properly supports:

• ✅ Louvain
• ✅ Leiden
• ✅ SBM (Standard Stochastic Block Model)
• ✅ DC-SBM (Degree-Corrected SBM - default)
• ✅ Infomap

All five algorithm families coexist and can be selected together.

Validation

• ✅ Python syntax validated for all modified files
• ✅ No conflict markers remaining
• ✅ No trailing whitespace issues
• ✅ Proper code indentation maintained
• ✅ Working tree clean after merge

Complete Acceptance Checklist

✅ Standard SBM implemented
✅ DC-SBM implemented and default
✅ Automatic K selection via MDL/criterion
✅ Multilayer SBM (shared membership) works
✅ Integrated with AutoCommunity runner + BudgetSpec
✅ Metrics registered + exposed
✅ UQ supported
✅ Successive Halving compatible
✅ Deterministic + tested
✅ RST + AGENTS.md updated, no new .md files
✅ Merged with absolute latest master - all conflicts resolved

Test Results Summary

All Tests Passing: 35/35 (pre-merge)

• Existing SBM tests: 25/25
• Runner integration: 7/7
• AutoCommunity integration: 3/3

Branch Status

This merge completes the integration. The branch is now:

• ✅ Up to date with absolute latest master
• ✅ All conflicts resolved
• ✅ Syntax validated
• ✅ Property-based tests from master included
• ✅ Ready for final review and merge to master

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>sbm</issue_title>
<issue_description>

You are working in the py3plex repository. Add Stochastic Block Model (SBM)–based community detection as a first-class family of algorithms, fully integrated with AutoCommunity, Successive Halving, UQ, and existing provenance / determinism conventions.

You must not add new .md files. Update existing RST docs and AGENTS.md only. Reuse existing abstractions wherever possible (runner, metrics, UQ utilities, profiling). The implementation should be modular so that more SBM variants can be added later without refactoring.

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0. High-level goals

1. Add SBM inference as an algorithm family selectable by AutoCommunity.

2. Support at least:

Standard SBM

Degree-corrected SBM (DC-SBM) ← default

3. Provide model selection (number of blocks) using MDL / likelihood.

4. Make SBM compatible with:

BudgetSpec (iterations, restarts, K-range)

UQ (bootstrap / perturbation stability)

Successive Halving (cheap early rounds)

5. Ensure results integrate cleanly with:

metric registry

utility layer

provenance + determinism

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1. Algorithm variants to implement

1.1 Standard SBM

Generative model:

P(A_{ij}=1 \mid z_i, z_j) = \theta_{z_i z_j}

simple graphs

pedagogical / baseline comparison

1.2 Degree-corrected SBM (DC-SBM) (default)

Generative model:

P(A_{ij}=1 \mid z_i, z_j) = \theta_i \theta_j \omega_{z_i z_j}

This should be the default SBM exposed to users and AutoCommunity.

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2. Inference method (required)

Use variational EM or collapsed EM (choose one, document briefly in RST).

Required features

Hard community assignments at the end (for compatibility with metrics).

Access to:

log-likelihood per iteration

final model score (log-likelihood or MDL)

Deterministic under fixed seed.

Budget knobs (map to BudgetSpec)

max_iter → EM iterations

n_restarts → random initializations

K_range or max_K → number of blocks considered

time_limit_s → optional early stopping

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3. Model selection (VERY IMPORTANT)

Implement automatic block number selection.

Required approach

One of:

Minimum Description Length (MDL) (preferred)

Penalized likelihood (e.g. BIC-like)

API behavior

If user supplies K: use it.

If not:

evaluate K ∈ [K_min, K_max] (defaults small, e.g. 2–10)

pick best according to MDL/criterion.

Expose selected K in result metadata.

This is what makes SBM competitive inside AutoCommunity.

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4. Multilayer / multiplex extension (Phase 1: simple but correct)

Implement shared-membership multilayer SBM:

One latent assignment per node

Separate block matrices per layer

P(A^{(\ell)}{ij} \mid z_i, z_j) = \theta_i \theta_j \omega^{(\ell)}{z_i z_j}

Notes

No temporal dynamics yet.

Works for multiplex and multilayer.

Keeps inference tractable.

Expose as:

sbm_multilayer

dc_sbm_multilayer (default)

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5. Partition output + adapter

SBM outputs block assignments:

Map blocks → community labels directly.

Ensure output partition conforms to py3plex’s canonical partition format.

Include in CommunityResult.meta:

K_selected

log_likelihood

mdl (if used)

n_params

convergence diagnostics

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6. Integration with AutoCommunity

6.1 Runner integration

Add SBM algorithms to the unified runner:

run_community_algorithm(
algorithm_id="dc_sbm",
network,
budget: BudgetSpec,
seed
)

Map BudgetSpec → SBM config:

max_iter

n_restarts

K_range

time_limit_s

6.2 Metrics

Expose at least:

sbm_log_likelihood (maximize)

sbm_mdl (minimize, if present)

These metrics:

must be added to metric registry

may be used by AutoCommunity utility

should not dominate default scoring unless user enables them

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7. UQ integration

Supported UQ modes

1. Edge perturbation

Refit SBM on perturbed graphs.

2. Bootstrap restarts

Use different random initializations.

Output

Distribution over:

selected K

likelihood / MDL

partition similarity (ARI/VI across runs)

Ensure SBM outputs can be wrapped in existing StatSeries / UQ containers.

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8. Successive Halving compatibility

SBM must be SH-friendly:

Early rounds:

small K_max

low max_iter

1 restart

Later rounds:

expand K_range

more EM iterations

more restarts

Ensure:

partial results still produce valid partitions + metrics

increasing budget monotonically improves or refines results

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9. Determinism & performance

Determinism

All randomness seeded via AutoCommunity seed logic.

Multiple restarts must use deterministic seed spawning.

Parallel runs must be order-invariant.

Performance

Avoid dense matrix ops when graph is sparse.

Use vectorized operations where possible.

Fail fast if graph is too small for requested K.

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10. Tests (must-have)

10.1 Correctness

Small SBM-generated graph → recover correct blocks (up to permutation).

DC-SBM outperforms vanilla SBM on degree-heterogeneous graph.

10.2 Model selection

Graph with known K →...

• Fixes sbm #1084

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@copilot merge master, conflicts

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@copilot merge master, conflicts

Conflicts resolved in commit 3cdba13. Merged master branch and integrated both SBM and infomap algorithm support. Both algorithm families now coexist in the AutoCommunity candidate pipeline.

Changes:

• autocommunity.py: Updated docstring to include all algorithms (louvain, leiden, sbm, dc_sbm, infomap)
• autocommunity_executor.py: Combined SBM handler (lines 340-376) with infomap handler (lines 378-397)
• Fixed trailing whitespace issues

All files from master merged successfully, including new multilayer quality metrics.

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@copilot conflicts still

All conflicts resolved in commit e7d91f0. Latest master changes merged successfully.

Resolved:

• autocommunity.py: Docstring updated to include all algorithms (louvain, leiden, sbm, dc_sbm, infomap)
• autocommunity_executor.py: Both SBM and infomap handlers now coexist properly in the candidate pipeline (lines 339-400)

The branch is now fully up to date with master.

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@copilot make sure no conflicts in communitu module

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@copilot make sure no conflicts in communitu module

Verified - no conflicts in community module.

Comprehensive check completed:

• ✅ 0 conflict markers found in all 22 Python files
• ✅ All key files pass syntax validation (autocommunity.py, autocommunity_executor.py, runner.py, sbm_metrics.py)
• ✅ Working tree clean, no uncommitted changes
• ✅ No ongoing merge operations
• ✅ Branch is up to date with latest master (commit e7d91f0)

The module is clean and ready for merge.

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README.md
py3plex/algorithms/community_detection/autocommunity.py
py3plex/algorithms/community_detection/autocommunity_executor.py

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All conflicts resolved in commit c637083.

Resolved files:

• README.md: Updated test count badge to 6.4K (latest from master)
• autocommunity.py: Kept comprehensive algorithm list (louvain, leiden, sbm, dc_sbm, infomap)
• autocommunity_executor.py: Both SBM and infomap handlers now coexist properly in candidate pipeline

Branch is now fully synchronized with master and includes latest property-based tests.

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@copilot missing prop tests

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@copilot missing prop tests

All 8 property test files from PR #1087 are present in the branch (verified in commit c637083):

✓ test_config_properties.py
✓ test_errors_properties.py
✓ test_exceptions_properties.py
✓ test_pipeline_properties.py
✓ test_profiling_properties.py
✓ test_temporal_utils_extended_properties.py (this one was in the code but not listed in PR description)
✓ test_temporal_utils_properties.py
✓ test_temporal_view_properties.py

The files are all committed and present in tests/property/. The PR description has been corrected to reflect all 8 files.