The application relates to a
heterogeneous network key node identification method and device based on decoupling causal interaction, which comprises the following steps: designing an intention decoupling graph
encoder, introducing a generation mechanism of a variational graph
autoencoder, mapping node features of a
heterogeneous network into a plurality of mutually independent
Gaussian distributions, performing differentiable sampling on the node features through reparameterization sampling, and physically separating the node features; based on a contrast learning mechanism of
mutual information maximization, regarding each layer of the
heterogeneous network as a view, using the contrast learning mechanism to compare and learn
mutual information of decoupled representations of the same node under different views, and filtering
random noise edges appearing only in a single layer; constructing a structural
causal model, identifying mixed factors based on the structural
causal model, estimating the weight of the edge by adopting an inverse propensity weighting strategy, and performing causal readjustment on the weight of the edge to identify key nodes that truly have structural
control power. The application has the effects of realizing semantic decoupling, structural denoising and causal correction, and improving the accuracy and robustness of
network key node identification.