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48 results for Density-functional theory

Reconstruction of density functions and their characteristic functions by radial basis functions with scattered data points is a popular topic in the theory of pricing of basket options. Such functions are usually entire or admit an analytic extension into an appropriate tube and "bell-shaped" with rapidly decaying tai…

2014-04-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New method trains deep neural networks for non-interacting kinetic-energy functionals in DFT.

problem Lack of exact relationship between electron density and non-interacting kinetic energy.
method Variational principle to regularize machine-learned density functionals.
result Excellent results on kinetic-energy functionals for various systems.

Machine learning model predicts DFT total energy to complete basis set limit.

problem Finding a model to extrapolate DFT calculations to complete basis set limit.
method Quantile-random-forest model trained on binary solids data.
result Random-forest model achieves <25% symmetric MAPE for both DFT codes.

A number of fundamental quantities in statistical signal processing and information theory can be expressed as integral functions of two probability density functions. Such quantities are called density functionals as they map density functions onto the real line. For example, information divergence functions measure t…

2017-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning predicts liquid water properties from cluster data.

problem Accuracy of bulk properties from machine-learned potentials is limited by training data.
method Local, atom-centred descriptors enable prediction of bulk properties from cluster data.
result Excellent agreement with experimental and theoretical counterparts of liquid water properties.

We introduce multiscale invariant dictionaries to estimate quantum chemical energies of organic molecules, from training databases. Molecular energies are invariant to isometric atomic displacements, and are Lipschitz continuous to molecular deformations. Similarly to density functional theory (DFT), the molecule is re…

2016-05-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We show a general relation between the spatially disjoint product of probability density functions and the sum of their Fisher information metric tensors. We then utilise this result to give a method for constructing the probability density functions for an arbitrary Riemannian Fisher information metric tensor. We note…

2015-04-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Researchers created an accurate kinetic energy functional for materials modeling.

problem Lack of accurate analytic kinetic energy functionals for large-scale ab initio materials modeling.
method Interpretative machine learning of crystal cell-averaged kinetic energy densities guided by a hybrid Gaussian process regression - neural network (GPR-NN) method.
result Constructed an analytic kinetic energy functional that reproduces Kohn-Sham DFT energy-volume curves with sufficient accuracy.

The paper analyzes how a known density function can be deviated by a mixture distribution as more data is collected.

problem Modeling the deviation of a known density function when more data is collected.
method A novel distinguishability notion is used to establish rates of convergence for maximum likelihood estimates of the deviated proportion and latent mixing measure.
result Rates of convergence for the maximum likelihood estimates of the deviated proportion and latent mixing measure are established under the Wasserstein metric.

Sobolev quantities (norms, inner products, and distances) of probability density functions are important in the theory of nonparametric statistics, but have rarely been used in practice, partly due to a lack of practical estimators. They also include, as special cases, L2L^2 quantities which are used in many applicatio…

2016-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

This work speeds up DFT simulations using approximate Gaussian processes.

problem Slow DFT simulations due to large data sets.
method Approximate Gaussian processes (sparse variational GP, stochastic variational GP, deep kernel learned GP) to speed up DFT model predictions.
result Calibrated DFT models can predict properties of experimentally unobserved nuclides.

Triangular map is a recent construct in probability theory that allows one to transform any source probability density function to any target density function. Based on triangular maps, we propose a general framework for high-dimensional density estimation, by specifying one-dimensional transformations (equivalently co…

2019-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New sampling and diffusion models methods introduced without density function assumptions.

problem Sampling and diffusion models without regularity assumptions.
method Inspired by reverse diffusion process, novel sampling and diffusion algorithms.
result Explicit convergence rate and dimension-free particle approximation convergence result.

Bayesian inference reconstructs external potentials in DFT for many-particle systems.

problem Reconstructing external potentials in classical density-functional theory (DFT) for many-particle systems.
method Combines Bayesian inference with classical DFT to probabilistically reconstruct external potentials.
result Accurately infers external potentials and density profiles with uncertainty quantification.

We propose a Fourier-based approach for optimization of several clustering algorithms. Mathematically, clusters data can be described by a density function represented by the Dirac mixture distribution. The density function can be smoothed by applying the Fourier transform and a Gaussian filter. The determination of th…

2019-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the asymptotic behaviour of the partial density function associated to sections of a positive hermitian line bundle that vanish to a particular order along a fixed divisor YY. Assuming the data in question is invariant under an S1S^1-action (locally around YY) we prove that this density function has a distri…

2013-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Multitask Gaussian process regression reduces data generation costs for molecular property prediction.

problem Data bottleneck in training surrogate models for molecular properties.
method Multitask Gaussian process regression over heterogeneous data sources (CC and DFT).
result Predicts at CC-level accuracy with over an order of magnitude reduction in data generation cost.

A theory which describes the share price evolution at financial markets as a continuous-time random walk has been generalized in order to take into account the dependence of waiting times t on price returns x. A joint probability density function (pdf) which uses the concept of a Lévy stable distribution is worked out.…

2003-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Equivariant graph neural networks predict electron density for molecules, liquids, and solids.

problem Predicting electron density for molecules, liquids, and solids using machine learning.
method Equivariant graph neural networks for predicting electron density at query points.
result The model predicts electron density with accuracy beyond state of the art and significantly faster than traditional DFT methods.

We show that the visible sector probability density function of the Riemann-Theta Boltzmann machine corresponds to a gaussian mixture model consisting of an infinite number of component multi-variate gaussians. The weights of the mixture are given by a discrete multi-variate gaussian over the hidden state space. This a…

2018-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proposes a new framework for accurate uncertainty representation and propagation.

problem Inaccurate representation and propagation of uncertainty in measurement systems.
method The paper introduces a comprehensive framework using Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) for representing and propagating quantitative attributes in measurement systems.
result GMMs offer improved accuracy in representing and propagating measurement uncertainty compared to traditional Gaussian methods, while maintaining computational tractability.

The paper connects Riemannian Gaussian distributions to random matrix theory and diffusion kernels.

problem Analyzing Riemannian Gaussian distributions on symmetric spaces.
method Analytical computation of marginals using orthogonal and skew orthogonal polynomials, and diffusion kernels.
result Riemannian Gaussian distributions are random matrix types, and their probability density functions can be computed analytically.

Improved density estimation for mixed discrete-continuous data.

problem Inconsistent density estimation for mixtures of continuous and discrete data.
method Modification of existing nonparametric density estimation methods to handle mixed discrete-continuous data.
result Improved consistency and empirical performance for mixed discrete-continuous data.

We extend neural networks with fractional and mixed activation functions for better function approximation.

problem Limitations in approximating higher-order smooth functions in complex spaces.
method Incorporating fractional exponents in activation functions and defining new density functions.
result Improved accuracy and broader applicability of neural network approximation theory.

The paper extends Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics using cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.

problem Extending Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics.
method Introducing geometric kinetic theories within cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.
result Alternative realizations of cosymplectic and cocontact kinetic theories linked via Poisson/momentum maps.

This research improves demand forecasting by predicting complete probability density functions using machine learning.

problem Forecasting complete probability density functions for better operational decision making.
method Supervised machine learning method 'Cyclic Boosting' for explainable predictions.
result Predicted probability density functions are fully explainable and avoid 'black-box' models.

Last year, at least 30,000 scientific papers used the Kohn-Sham scheme of density functional theory to solve electronic structure problems in a wide variety of scientific fields, ranging from materials science to biochemistry to astrophysics. Machine learning holds the promise of learning the kinetic energy functional …

2016-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

New integral theorems improve density function estimations.

problem Improving density function estimations.
method Integrals based on cyclic functions and Riemann sums, Fourier integral theorem, Monte Carlo methods, variational approach, Cauchy residue theorem.
result Optimal cyclic functions minimize square integrals, improving density estimations.

MCD reformulates conditional density estimation into binary classification.

problem Conditional density estimation in statistical and machine learning.
method Marginal Contrastive Discrimination, reformulating into marginal and ratio density functions for binary classification.
result Significantly outperforms existing methods on most density models and regression datasets.

Pricing of high-dimensional options is one of the most important problems in Mathematical Finance. The objective of this manuscript is to present an original self-contained treatment of the multidimensional pricing. During the past decades the Black-Scholes this model, which essentially is based on the log-normal assum…

2015-10-25abs ↗pdf ↗

GBHT uses gradient boosting for density estimation with theoretical guarantees.

problem Density estimation for unsupervised learning.
method Gradient Boosting Histogram Transform (GBHT) with Negative Log Likelihood loss.
result GBHT achieves faster convergence rates and better performance than base learners in density estimation.

In the modal approach to clustering, clusters are defined as the local maxima of the underlying probability density function, where the latter can be estimated either non-parametrically or using finite mixture models. Thus, clusters are closely related to certain regions around the density modes, and every cluster corr…

2020-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Here we develop an option pricing method based on Legendre series expansion of the density function. The key insight, relying on the close relation of the characteristic function with the series coefficients, allows to recover the density function rapidly and accurately. Based on this representation for the density fun…

2016-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We analyze the probability density function (PDF) of waiting times between financial loss exceedances. The empirical PDFs are fitted with the self-excited Hawkes conditional Poisson process with a long power law memory kernel. The Hawkes process is the simplest extension of the Poisson process that takes into account h…

2016-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗