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📄 Abstract
Abstract: Unsupervised Graph Domain Adaptation has become a promising paradigm for
transferring knowledge from a fully labeled source graph to an unlabeled target
graph. Existing graph domain adaptation models primarily focus on the
closed-set setting, where the source and target domains share the same label
spaces. However, this assumption might not be practical in the real-world
scenarios, as the target domain might include classes that are not present in
the source domain. In this paper, we investigate the problem of unsupervised
open-set graph domain adaptation, where the goal is to not only correctly
classify target nodes into the known classes, but also recognize previously
unseen node types into the unknown class. Towards this end, we propose a novel
framework called GraphRTA, which conducts reprogramming on both the graph and
model sides. Specifically, we reprogram the graph by modifying target graph
structure and node features, which facilitates better separation of known and
unknown classes. Meanwhile, we also perform model reprogramming by pruning
domain-specific parameters to reduce bias towards the source graph while
preserving parameters that capture transferable patterns across graphs.
Additionally, we extend the classifier with an extra dimension for the unknown
class, thus eliminating the need of manually specified threshold in open-set
recognition. Comprehensive experiments on several public datasets demonstrate
that our proposed model can achieve satisfied performance compared with recent
state-of-the-art baselines. Our source codes and datasets are publicly
available at https://github.com/cszhangzhen/GraphRTA.
Submitted
October 21, 2025
Key Contributions
This paper introduces GraphRTA, a novel framework for unsupervised open-set graph domain adaptation. It addresses the practical limitation of closed-set assumptions by enabling the model to not only classify known node types but also recognize previously unseen ones. The core innovation lies in 'reprogramming' both the graph structure and node features to facilitate better separation of known and unknown classes.
Business Value
Enables more robust and adaptable graph-based AI systems in real-world scenarios where data distributions and class labels can change over time or differ between sources. This is crucial for applications like social network analysis, recommendation systems, and fraud detection where new entities or categories can emerge.