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48 results for Autoencoder-Optimal Transport

Variational autoencoders optimize an objective that combines a reconstruction loss (the distortion) and a KL term (the rate). The rate is an upper bound on the mutual information, which is often interpreted as a regularizer that controls the degree of compression. We here examine whether inclusion of the rate also acts…

2019-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Image generating neural networks are mostly viewed as black boxes, where any change in the input can have a number of globally effective changes on the output. In this work, we propose a method for learning disentangled representations to allow for localized image manipulations. We use face images as our example of cho…

2019-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

A new gradient estimator reduces variance near boundaries for binary latent variables.

problem Explosive gradient variance near boundaries in binary latent variable models.
method Introduces a new gradient estimator (bitflip-1) and an aggregated estimator (UGC) that uses either bitflip-1 or DisARM for each coordinate.
result UGC has uniformly lower variance than DisARM and achieves optimal optimization objectives.

New methods estimate transport-growth pairs in unbalanced optimal transport.

problem Statistical guarantees for Monge-type estimation in unbalanced optimal transport remain limited.
method Developed two estimators for transport-growth pairs under different setups.
result Achieved minimax optimal rate for estimation of transport-growth pairs.

Study shows how optimal transport behaves in higher dimensions.

problem Characterizing optimal transport in higher dimensions with Euclidean distance.
method Investigates the small regularization limit of entropic optimal transport.
result The limiting transport plan is supported on transport rays and uniquely minimizes a relative entropy functional.

Under mild regularity assumptions, the transport problem is stable in the following sense: if a sequence of optimal transport plans π1,π2,π_1, π_2, \ldots converges weakly to a transport plan ππ, then ππ is also optimal (between its marginals). Alfonsi, Corbetta and Jourdain asked whether the same property is true for th…

2019-04-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time.

problem Efficiently solving unbalanced optimal transport problems on trees.
method Proposed an algorithm that solves a more general unbalanced optimal transport problem exactly in quasi-linear time on a tree metric.
result Solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time (less than one second for a tree with one million nodes).

LOL-BO improves latent space Bayesian optimization over structured inputs.

problem Optimizing complex functions over high-dimensional, structured search spaces.
method Adapting trust regions from high-dimensional to structured settings, using a DAE to map inputs into a latent space.
result Achieves up to 20x improvement over state-of-the-art methods.

A new algorithm for parallel transport on shape spaces is presented and compared to existing methods.

problem Statistical analysis of shape data, especially in time series and optimization.
method Pole ladder algorithm for parallel transport on Kendall shape spaces, compared to integration methods.
result The pole ladder algorithm is a more efficient method for parallel transport.

Extends optimal transport to dynamic and martingale settings.

problem Dynamic and martingale relaxation of optimal transport problems.
method Extends Benamou-Brenier formula to weak optimal transport and introduces barycentric optimal transport.
result Relates barycentric optimal transport to martingale Benamou-Brenier formula.

Review of modern computational optimal transport methods for biomedical applications.

problem Efficient computation of optimal transport for big data.
method Regularization-based and projection-based computational methods.
result Advancements in computational optimal transport methods for biomedical research.

Paper relaxes optimal transport using convex functions for data science.

problem Optimal transport problem on finite spaces.
method Relaxation via strictly convex functions (Kullback-Leibler divergence, Bregman divergences). Gradient descent iterative process.
result Mathematical foundations and iterative process for the relaxed optimal transport problem.

Study optimal transport on simplex boundary, proving transport map and potential regularity.

problem Regularity of transport map and potential on simplex boundary.
method Boundary regularity results for optimal transport maps, exploiting simplex symmetries.
result Regularity properties of transport map and its convex potential.

TSC uses HMC and adaptive transport maps to optimize forward KL for variational inference.

problem Variational inference underestimates uncertainty when minimizing reverse KL.
method TSC uses Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and adaptive transport maps to optimize KL(p||q).
result TSC achieves competitive performance in training variational autoencoders on large-scale data.

In this paper, we present a novel and principled approach to learn the optimal transport between two distributions, from samples. Guided by the optimal transport theory, we learn the optimal Kantorovich potential which induces the optimal transport map. This involves learning two convex functions, by solving a novel mi…

2019-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A new model corrects inhomogeneity in Optimal Transport with Boundary.

problem Inhomogeneity in UROT models for Optimal Transport with Boundary.
method Proposed a modified entropic regularization term to make UROT models homogeneous.
result Homogeneous UROT model preserves properties of standard UROT while correcting inhomogeneity.

Paper investigates optimal transport map estimation in infinite-dimensional spaces.

problem Estimating optimal transport maps in infinite-dimensional spaces is challenging.
method Characterizes γγ-smoothness for optimal transport maps and develops a polynomial-rate estimator.
result Shows polynomial-order minimax risk for optimal transport map estimation.

Paper introduces a neural network for consistent estimation of optimal transport maps.

problem Statistically consistent estimation of optimal transport maps between probability distributions.
method Lipschitz-constrained GAN penalized by quadratic transportation cost.
result The generator converges uniformly to the optimal transport map as sample size increases.

Transport functions for principal bundles and Morse homology with differential graded coefficients

problem Transport functions for principal bundles
method Constructing transport functions as maps from broken gradient flow lines to a topological group
result Recovering the principal bundle from the transport function

This work clarifies different transport map constructions and their causal interpretations.

problem Identifying distinct transport map constructions and their equivalence.
method Comparative analysis of three transport map constructions: cyclically monotone, quantile-preserving, and triangular monotone.
result Conditions for equivalence of different transport map constructions.

We explore the use of deep learning and deep reinforcement learning for optimization problems in transportation. Many transportation system analysis tasks are formulated as an optimization problem - such as optimal control problems in intelligent transportation systems and long term urban planning. Often transportation…

2018-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study optimal transport on globally hyperbolic spacetimes, focusing on weak Kantorovich potentials' regularity.

problem Investigate regularity of weak Kantorovich potentials on globally hyperbolic spacetimes.
method Apply insights from Riemannian and Lorentzian cases to study ππ-solutions.
result Conclude existence, uniqueness, and structure of optimal transport maps.

Stein transport improves Bayesian inference with faster convergence and reduced variance.

problem Efficiently approximating posterior distributions in Bayesian inference.
method A novel Bayesian inference method using Stein transport, which pushes particles along a curve of tempered distributions.
result Stein transport reaches posterior approximations faster and more accurately than Stein variational gradient descent (SVGD).

Optimal transport explored on a specific geometric space.

problem Optimal transport problem in sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group.
method Synthetic metric spacetime structure analysis and sub-Lorentzian version of Brenier's theorem.
result Established sub-Lorentzian version of Brenier's theorem and derived Monge-Ampère equation.

The linear transports along paths in vector bundles introduced in Ref. [1] are applied to the special case of tensor bundles over a given differentiable manifold. Links with the transports along paths generated by derivations of tensor algebras are investigated. A possible generalization of the theory of geodesics is p…

2004-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

New framework formalizes estimating valid transport maps, revealing their statistical limits.

problem Estimating valid transport maps in generative modeling.
method Formalized a minimax framework for estimating valid transport maps.
result Estimating any valid transport map is as hard as estimating the optimal transport map under standard stability assumptions.