Graph convolutional networks have become a popular tool for learning with graphs and networks. We reflect on the reasons behind the success story.
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Haghir Chehreghani, M. Half a decade of graph convolutional networks. Nat Mach Intell 4, 192–193 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-022-00466-8
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