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Flowette: Flow Matching with Graphette Priors for Graph Generation

arXiv 2602.23566 ↗First posted 27 Feb 2026cs.LG cs.AIcited by 2

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Abstract (arXiv)

We study generative modeling of graphs with recurring subgraph motifs. We propose Flowette, a continuous flow matching framework that employs a graph neural network-based transformer to learn a velocity field over graph representations with node and edge attributes. Our model promotes topology-aware alignment through optimal transport-based coupling and encourages global structural coherence through regularisation. To incorporate domain-driven structural priors, we introduce graphettes, a new probabilistic family of graph structure models that generalize graphons via controlled structural edits for motifs such as rings, stars, and trees. We theoretically analyze the coupling, invariance, and structural properties of the framework, evaluate it on synthetic and molecular benchmarks, and isolate the contributions of the structural prior, the optimal-transport coupling, and the regularisation terms through controlled ablations. Flowette achieves competitive performance overall, attaining state-of-the-art results on several metrics across multiple benchmarks, highlighting the effectiveness of combining structural priors with flow-based training for modeling complex graph distributions.

Key facts. Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Flow matching, time series and science, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 54 of its 74 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 27 Feb 2026.

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