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48 results for Barycenters

New algorithm for computing Wasserstein barycenters with guarantees.

problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters with varying regularization strengths.
method Damped Sinkhorn iterations followed by exact maximization/minimization steps.
result First non-asymptotic convergence guarantees for approximating Wasserstein barycenters.

Develops a method to efficiently compute Wasserstein barycenters with variational distributions.

problem High computational burden in computing Wasserstein barycenters for high-dimensional and continuous settings.
method Introduces a variational distribution to approximate the continuous Wasserstein barycenter, reformulating the problem as an optimization with c-cyclical monotonicity.
result The method provides a tractable dual formulation for efficient computation of Wasserstein barycenters, demonstrated on real applications.

A new method for barycenter of probability measures using entropic optimal transport.

problem Finding a weighted average of probability distributions.
method Doubly regularized Wasserstein barycenters with entropic optimal transport.
result The new formulation is debiased and has a smooth density, leading to efficient estimation and optimization.

Efficiently computes tree-Wasserstein barycenter for large-scale multilevel clustering and scalable Bayes.

problem Large-scale multilevel clustering and scalable Bayes problems.
method Proposes an efficient algorithm for tree-Wasserstein barycenter and variants.
result Significantly improves efficiency in computation and memory usage for large-scale applications.

New algorithm computes optimal transport barycenter efficiently.

problem Computing optimal transport barycenter for high-dimensional probability distributions.
method Wasserstein-Descent H˙1\dot{\mathbb{H}}^1-Ascent (WDHA) algorithm.
result Exact barycenter computation in nearly linear time and linear space complexity.

Proposes variational Wasserstein barycenters for geometric clustering.

problem Geometric clustering problems, especially K-means and co-clustering.
method Solves for Monge maps using variational principle, explores connections to K-means and co-clustering.
result Demonstrates feasibility and use of variational Wasserstein barycenters in clustering.

A scalable algorithm for computing Wasserstein barycenters of streaming data.

problem Aggregating data from different, possibly non-identically distributed sources.
method Parallel, semi-discrete algorithm for continuous input distributions.
result Robust, streaming Wasserstein barycenter estimate that tracks nonstationary distributions.

Paper introduces SGA for barycenter optimization in optimal transport.

problem Optimizing Wasserstein barycenter for discrete distributions.
method Sobolev gradient ascent algorithm tailored to Wasserstein geometry.
result SGA achieves convergence rate similar to subgradient descent.

A new method for averaging probability distributions based on optimal weak mass transport.

problem Averaging probability distributions in a geometric way.
method Weak barycenters based on optimal weak mass transport.
result Extracts common geometric information shared by all input distributions.

Paper solves barycenter of probability distributions using Sinkhorn divergence.

problem Computing the barycenter of a set of probability distributions under the Sinkhorn divergence.
method Recast as unconstrained functional optimization and develop Sinkhorn Descent (SD) method.
result SD converges to a stationary point at a sublinear rate and asymptotically finds a global minimizer.

Algorithm for distributed computation of Wasserstein Barycenters over networks.

problem Computing Wasserstein Barycenters in a network of nodes with local interactions.
method Class-optimal algorithm for distributed computation over graph topology.
result Every node can reach the barycenter of all distributions in the network with local interactions.

New method proves absolute continuity of Wasserstein barycenters on manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bound.

problem Proving absolute continuity of Wasserstein barycenters on manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bound.
method Introducing new displacement functionals exploiting Hessian equality and revisiting Souslin space theory, Dunford-Pettis theorem, and de la Vallée Poussin criterion for uniform integrability.
result Absolute continuity of Wasserstein barycenters is established for a general class of manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bound.

A scalable algorithm approximates Wasserstein Barycenters using neural networks.

problem Representing the weighted mean of probability distributions in high dimensions.
method Input Convex Neural Networks (ICNNs) for Kantorovich dual formulation of Wasserstein-2 distance.
result Generative model representation of the Barycenter with infinite samples.

Efficient federated algorithm for calculating transportation barycenter.

problem Efficiently calculating the free-support transportation barycenter in a federated setting.
method Single-loop dual decomposition algorithm that uses only aggregated information.
result Significantly scalable and low-complexity algorithm for federated computation.

Proposes using Wasserstein barycenters for model ensembling in multiclass/multilabel learning.

problem Finding consensus between models in multiclass/multilabel learning settings.
method Uses Wasserstein (W.) barycenters to find consensus between models, incorporating semantic side information.
result Wasserstein ensembling balances confidence and semantics in model agreement.

A new method for averaging data on manifolds is proposed, offering simplicity and efficiency.

problem The difficulty of computing Fréchet means on manifolds, especially Stiefel and Grassmann.
method Proposed RL-barycenters, simpler arithmetic means projected onto the manifold.
result RL-barycenters yield simple yet effective means on Stiefel and Grassmann manifolds.

The paper explores geometry of probability measures and barycenter maps.

problem Understanding the space of probability measures and their barycenter.
method Information geometry, Fisher metric, dualistic structures, divergences, geodesics.
result Recent developments in the geometry of probability measures and barycenter.

A new method calculates a barycenter for probability measures using Wasserstein distance.

problem Finding a central measure for a set of probability distributions.
method Regularizing the pushforward measure of a set of probability distributions into the Wasserstein space and then finding the barycenter.
result The method yields a uniquely defined barycenter measure supported on the barycentric points of the input measures.

New method for scalable barycenter computation using Wasserstein gradient flows.

problem Scalability and integration of label information in barycenter computation.
method Gradient flows in Wasserstein space, time discretization, mini-batch optimal transport, modular regularization, task-aware functions, supervised information integration.
result Empirically validated new state-of-the-art barycenter solver with labeled barycenters outperforming unlabeled ones.

Scalable algorithm for computing Wasserstein-2 barycenters without bias.

problem Computing Wasserstein-2 barycenters efficiently and accurately.
method Input convex neural networks and cycle-consistency regularization.
result Our approach avoids introducing bias and does not require minimax optimization.

Efficiently computes optimal transport maps and Wasserstein barycenters using conditional normalizing flows.

problem Computing optimal transport maps and Wasserstein barycenters in high-dimensional spaces.
method Uses conditional normalizing flows to approximate distributions and solve the primal problem.
result Shows computational feasibility for hundreds of input distributions and yields accurate results.

We study barycenters in the space of probability measures on a Riemannian manifold, equipped with the Wasserstein metric. Under reasonable assumptions, we establish absolute continuity of the barycenter of general measures ΩP(P(M))Ω\in P(P(M)) on Wasserstein space, extending on one hand, results in the Euclidean case (for ba…

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Paper tackles robust optimal transport with improved computational complexity and barycenter approximation.

problem Computing robust optimal transport and its barycenter efficiently.
method Sinkhorn-based algorithms for robust optimal transport and iterative Bregman projections for barycenter approximation.
result Improved computational complexity for robust optimal transport and barycenter approximation.

FPI methods compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for various dissimilarity measures.

problem Efficiently compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for multiple dissimilarity measures.
method Fixed-Point Iterations (FPI) for several dissimilarity measures.
result FPI provides a useful toolbox for fusion/reduction of Gaussian sets.

A new algorithm for estimating continuous entropic barycenters under arbitrary costs.

problem Estimating the average of probability distributions under arbitrary cost functions.
method Dual reformulation of Entropic Optimal Transport (EOT) problem based on weak OT.
result Established quality bounds for the recovered solution and seamless integration with EBM learning.

New algorithm efficiently computes Wasserstein barycenters for large datasets.

problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters for large sets of discrete distributions.
method Adapted sGS-ADMM to solve dual problem with global convergence and linear rate.
result Global linear convergence rate and efficient solution of subproblems.

New research shows SAA can outperform SA for Wasserstein barycenters.

problem Optimizing Wasserstein barycenters with entropy regularization.
method Comparison of Stochastic Approximation (SA) and Sample Average Approximation (SAA) for large-scale problems.
result SAA can be more efficient than SA for Wasserstein barycenters, especially in large-scale settings.

Develops adiabatic theory for ACW flow on surfaces.

problem Evolution of large closed surfaces under area-constrained Willmore flow.
method Constructs a map on a four-dimensional manifold of barycenters to characterize ACW flow dynamics.
result Explicit four-dimensional effective dynamics of barycenters serves as an asymptotic approximation for ACW flow.