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Migrate all seeded functions from global random state to local RNG instances#689

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Summary

  • Add seed parameter to previously unseeded stochastic functions: h_eigenvector_centrality, uniform_h_eigenvector_centrality, degree_assortativity, simulate_kuramoto, and random_edge_shuffle
  • Migrate all seeded functions from global-state seeding (np.random.seed() / random.seed()) to local Generator instances (np.random.default_rng(seed))
  • Eliminate all stdlib random usage from xgi source — everything now uses numpy's RNG exclusively
  • Update the geometric() helper to accept a numpy rng parameter instead of relying on global state
  • Fix various doctests and test expected values affected by the changed random streams
  • Update tutorial notebook seed to match new random output

Motivation

The previous approach of calling np.random.seed(seed) / random.seed(seed) pollutes global state, isn't thread-safe, and means seeding one function can affect another called later. The Scientific Python best practices recommend np.random.default_rng(seed) with local Generator instances.

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Source (13 files)

  • xgi/utils/utilities.pygeometric() now takes a numpy rng parameter
  • xgi/algorithms/centrality.pyh_eigenvector_centrality, uniform_h_eigenvector_centrality
  • xgi/algorithms/assortativity.pydegree_assortativity, _choose_degrees
  • xgi/algorithms/connected.py — doctest update
  • xgi/dynamics/synchronization.pysimulate_kuramoto
  • xgi/core/hypergraph.pyrandom_edge_shuffle
  • xgi/drawing/layout.pyrandom_layout + removed unnecessary random.seed() from spring layouts
  • xgi/generators/random.py — all 5 generator functions
  • xgi/generators/uniform.py — all 3 generator functions
  • xgi/generators/simplicial_complexes.py — 4 functions
  • xgi/generators/randomizing.pyshuffle_hyperedges

Tests (2 files)

  • tests/dynamics/test_synchronization.py — updated expected values
  • tests/generators/test_uniform.py — updated seed

Tutorials (1 file)

  • tutorials/in_depth/In Depth 4 - Drawing multilayer-style.ipynb — updated seed

Test plan

  • All 393 unit tests pass across ubuntu/macos/windows × Python 3.10–3.13
  • All 112 doctests pass
  • Tutorial tests pass
  • Verified reproducibility: same seed → identical output
  • Verified no global state pollution: seeded call doesn't affect subsequent unseeded calls
  • Zero import random and zero legacy np.random.seed() calls remain in xgi source

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leotrs and others added 2 commits February 27, 2026 17:10
Add seed parameter to h_eigenvector_centrality, degree_assortativity,
simulate_kuramoto, and random_edge_shuffle for reproducibility.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pandas now uses dtype='str' instead of dtype='object' for string Index
columns. Compare as list to avoid version-dependent repr.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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leotrs and others added 6 commits February 27, 2026 17:30
Seed numpy before eigsh in spectral_clustering so ARPACK produces
consistent results. Seed random data in kmeans tests. Update pandas
dtype doctest to compare as list.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
eigvalsh can return eigenvalues like -1.3e-17 for a positive
semi-definite matrix due to floating point arithmetic. Use -1e-12
tolerance instead of strict >= 0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pass explicit v0 to eigsh when seed is provided, making ARPACK
initialization deterministic. Relax test assertion to check core
community membership rather than exact partition, since boundary
nodes can be assigned differently across LAPACK implementations.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace all np.random.seed()/random.seed() + global function calls with
np.random.default_rng(seed) and local Generator instances. This eliminates
global state pollution, is thread-safe, and follows Scientific Python best
practices. All functions now accept int | np.random.Generator | None for
the seed parameter. Removed all stdlib random usage from xgi source.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The new RNG stream produces a different random hypergraph, changing the
size of the largest connected component from 6 to 8.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The fast_random_hypergraph with seed=2 now produces a different number
of dyads due to the RNG migration, causing a color array length mismatch
in the multilayer drawing tutorial. Changed to seed=8 which produces 10
dyads matching the hardcoded color lists.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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