Self-regulating annealing improves sampling from heavy-tailed datasets.
problem Sampling from heavy-tailed distributions using diffusion models.
method Proposed an SDE-based sampler with a state-dependent diffusion coefficient.
result State dependence induces a self-regulating annealing mechanism.
Study of diffusion annealed Langevin dynamics for generative models.
problem Theoretical efficiency of score-based diffusion processes.
method Rigorous construction and analysis of diffusion processes with Poincaré and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities.
result Improvement in efficiency of diffusion processes through Poincaré and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities.
DALMC provides non-asymptotic error bounds for generative models.
problem Efficiently generating samples from complex data distributions.
method Analysis of diffusion paths and Langevin Monte Carlo.
result Theoretical guarantees for a class of generative models.
Combining diffusion models with Langevin dynamics improves posterior sampling efficiency.
problem Sampling from noisy posterior distributions efficiently.
method Annealed Langevin dynamics combined with diffusion models.
result Achieves posterior sampling in polynomial time with a weaker score error bound.
This work benchmarks diffusion model-based samplers for Bayesian inverse problems.
problem Optimizing diffusion models for uncertainty quantification in Bayesian inverse problems.
method Introduces three benchmark problems and a unified framework for diffusion model-based posterior sampling.
result Provides insights into strengths and limitations of diffusion model-based samplers.
DAPS++ improves diffusion-based image restoration by decoupling prior and likelihood.
problem Decoupling prior and likelihood in diffusion-based inverse problems.
method Introducing DAPS++, which fully decouples diffusion-based initialization from likelihood-driven refinement.
result Achieves high computational efficiency and robust reconstruction performance.
A new method improves density ratio estimation with fewer function evaluations.
problem Stable and accurate estimation of density ratios with high variance issues.
method Diffusion Secant Alignment for Score-Based Density Ratio Estimation (ISA-DRE)
result ISA-DRE achieves comparable or superior results with fewer function evaluations.
Proposes efficient sampling methods for solving linear inverse problems.
problem Solving linear inverse problems with computational efficiency and accuracy.
method Higher-order Langevin diffusion with pre-conditioning and annealing.
result Provable sampling from posterior distributions with accelerated convergence.
AFT combines AIS, SMC, and NFs for better Monte Carlo estimates.
problem Estimating normalizing constants of complex probability distributions.
method Annealed Flow Transport (AFT) integrates AIS, SMC, and normalizing flows.
result AFT improves Monte Carlo estimates of normalizing constants and expectations.
DPMC improves inverse problem solving with MCMC, reducing error in noisy conditions.
problem Inaccurate posterior approximation in inverse problems with high noise levels.
method DPMC uses Annealed MCMC to sample through a series of intermediate distributions, reducing accumulated error.
result DPMC outperforms DPS in various inverse problems, reducing error and evaluations.
New method boosts performance of diffusion models on discrete data like natural language.
problem Performance of diffusion models on discrete data like natural language is poor.
method Proposes score entropy, a novel loss that extends score matching to discrete spaces.
result Significantly boosts performance on language modeling tasks.
Momentum Stochastic Gradient Descent (MSGD) algorithm has been widely applied to many nonconvex optimization problems in machine learning, e.g., training deep neural networks, variational Bayesian inference, and etc. Despite its empirical success, there is still a lack of theoretical understanding of convergence proper…
New BGs use diffusion models to improve sampling from complex distributions.
problem Sampling from complex, multi-modal distributions is challenging.
method Combines diffusion models with annealed Monte Carlo for improved sampling.
result Second-order denoising kernels can improve performance in high-dimensional spaces.
Improves sampling quality in model composition using MH-like acceptance rule for score-based diffusion models.
problem Inability to apply MH corrections in score-based diffusion models for model composition.
method Introduces a novel MH-like acceptance rule based on line integration of the score function.
result Relative improvements similar to energy-based models without explicit energy parameterization.
Paper analyzes Langevin dynamics for multimodal Gaussian mixtures, controlling errors across dimensions.
problem Challenges in obtaining stable diffusion-based samplers in high- and infinite-dimensional settings.
method Study of preconditioned Annealed Langevin Dynamics (ALD) for Gaussian mixtures, focusing on Euler-Maruyama (EM) and exponential-integrator schemes.
result Proves dimension-uniform KL bounds for the exponential-integrator scheme, allowing arbitrarily small divergence with dimension.
Quantum machine learns faster by reverse annealing on AQCs.
problem Training RBMs on AQCs is hard due to low qubit connectivity.
method Embedding RBM nodes to virtual qubits, semantic quantum search, reverse annealing schedule.
result Reverse annealing accelerates RBM training and improves reconstruction scores.
Develops diffusion samplers for target distributions with efficient score and density estimates.
problem Estimating scores and densities for time-varying distributions.
method Sequential Monte Carlo with diffusion paths and control variates.
result Effective samplers for time-varying distributions with theoretical guarantees and practical applications.
Flow Annealing Posterior Sampling unifies stochastic-process regression and PDE inverse problems.
problem Function-space posterior sampling for stochastic processes and inverse problems.
method Flow Annealing Posterior Sampling (FAPS) using pretrained function-space flow-matching priors.
result Coherent posterior samples with accurate uncertainty quantification.
Improves diffusion model performance and efficiency through classical search.
problem Tackles inference-time control in diffusion models.
method Proposes a framework combining local and global search for efficient navigation.
result Significant gains in performance and efficiency across various domains.
New complexity analysis for estimating normalizing constants in high dimensions.
problem Estimating the normalizing constant of unnormalized probability densities in high dimensions.
method Analyze and derive the oracle complexity of annealed importance sampling.
result Oracle complexity of $\widetilde{O}\left(\frac{dβ^2{\mathcal{A}}^2}{\varepsilon^4}
ight)$ for estimating Z within ε relative error. Annealed Langevin dynamics improves sampling from composite scores in SBI.
problem Irreducible bias in sampling from composite scores of SBI methods.
method Derive Wasserstein bounds and decision rules for hyperparameters.
result Explicit decision rules for hyperparameters guarantee prescribed sampling accuracy.
DAPS++ improves diffusion-based image restoration by decoupling prior and likelihood.
problem Decoupling prior and likelihood in diffusion-based inverse problems for better performance.
method Introducing DAPS++, which separates diffusion initialization from likelihood refinement.
result DAPS++ achieves high computational efficiency and robust reconstruction performance.
A new diffusion model uses efficient conditional estimators for discrete data.
problem Efficient estimation of conditional probabilities for discrete data.
method Discrete denoising diffusion framework with sample-efficient NeurISE conditional estimation.
result The method outperforms existing approaches in various metrics on binary and scientific data.
CMCD sampler connects transport and variational inference for efficient sampling.
problem Efficient sampling and generative modeling in Bayesian computation.
method Developed a principled framework using divergences on path space, CMCD sampler with adaptive dynamics.
result CMCD sampler outperforms competing approaches across various experiments.
AIS uses a suboptimal extended target distribution, which this paper improves using SGM.
problem Improving the efficiency of Annealed Importance Sampling for marginal likelihood estimation.
method Leveraging score-based generative modeling to approximate the optimal extended target distribution.
result Demonstrated novel, differentiable AIS procedures on synthetic and real-world data.
RNE provides a flexible framework for diffusion models, enabling inference-time control and energy-based training.
problem Insufficient knowledge of marginal densities in diffusion models.
method Introduces Radon-Nikodym Estimator (RNE) to reveal the connection between marginal densities and transition kernels.
result RNE delivers strong results in inference-time control and energy-based diffusion training.
The Black-Scholes theory of option pricing has been considered for many years as an important but very approximate zeroth-order description of actual market behavior. We generalize the functional form of the diffusion of these systems and also consider multi-factor models including stochastic volatility. Daily Eurodoll…
Reverse annealing boosts quantum matrix factorization performance.
problem Improving quantum matrix factorization performance.
method Combining forward and reverse annealing for nonnegative/binary matrix factorization.
result Combination of forward and reverse annealing significantly improves performance.
Algorithm estimates graph structure with prior information and Langevin diffusion.
problem Support estimation of partially known Gaussian graphical models.
method Proposes an algorithm using annealed Langevin diffusion and graph neural networks to estimate the posterior distribution of the graph.
result Demonstrates the benefits of the approach through numerical experiments.
TGD improves conditional sampling by concentrating computation on promising trajectories.
problem Efficiently training-free conditional sampling with diffusion priors.
method Tempered Guided Diffusion (TGD) using annealed sequential Monte Carlo.
result TGD yields a consistent particle approximation to the posterior as the number of particles grows.
Combines SMC and diffusion-based samplers for improved sampling performance.
problem Sampling from unnormalized densities efficiently and robustly.
method Viewing SMC and diffusion-based samplers as continuous-time processes, SCLD combines their strengths.
result SCLD achieves improved performance on multiple benchmark problems with less training budget.
DTM improves dLLM fine-tuning stability and performance.
problem Intractable sequence-level marginal likelihoods for masked diffusion models.
method Discrete Tilt Matching (DTM) recasts dLLM fine-tuning as state-level matching of local unmasking posteriors under reward tilting.
result DTM yields strong gains on Sudoku and Countdown while remaining competitive on MATH500 and GSM8K.
We empirically evaluate a stochastic annealing strategy for Bayesian posterior optimization with variational inference. Variational inference is a deterministic approach to approximate posterior inference in Bayesian models in which a typically non-convex objective function is locally optimized over the parameters of t…
New method uses reinforcement learning to improve Simulated Annealing.
problem Optimization problems with unknown cost functions.
method Replaces Metropolis engine with Macau Algorithm.
result Effective heuristic for unknown cost functions.
Method solves Bayesian inverse problems in function space without assuming log-concavity.
problem Bayesian inverse problems in infinite-dimensional nonlinear settings.
method Score-based diffusion models as a prior, Langevin-type MCMC on function spaces.
result Provable convergence bound for posterior sampling, dependent on score approximation.
A new sampling method estimates scores without training or nested MCMC.
problem Efficient sampling from complex, unnormalised distributions.
method Multiscale averaging in SDEs for score estimation.
result Empirical results show competitive accuracy and efficiency.
This work extends diffusion models to function space for better generative modeling.
problem Limited applicability of diffusion models to functional data domains.
method Introduces Denoising Diffusion Operators (DDOs) for training diffusion models in function space.
result Demonstrates accurate function-valued generation at fixed cost.
aMCL uses annealing to improve hypothesis diversity in ambiguous tasks.
problem Limitations of Winner-takes-all in predicting plausible hypotheses.
method Combines simulated annealing with Multiple Choice Learning (MCL).
result Enhanced exploration of hypothesis space during training.
This paper presents studies on a deterministic annealing algorithm based on quantum annealing for variational Bayes (QAVB) inference, which can be seen as an extension of the simulated annealing for variational Bayes (SAVB) inference. QAVB is as easy as SAVB to implement. Experiments revealed QAVB finds a better local …
Quantum annealers aim at solving non-convex optimization problems by exploiting cooperative tunneling effects to escape local minima. The underlying idea consists in designing a classical energy function whose ground states are the sought optimal solutions of the original optimization problem and add a controllable qua…
Mathematical analysis shows annealing prevents mode collapse in Gaussian mixtures.
problem Mode collapse in variational inference for multimodal distributions.
method Analyzed annealing strategies for Gaussian mixtures, derived formulas, and tested on neural networks.
result Appropriately chosen annealing schemes can robustly prevent mode collapse.
We introduce a novel framework for adversarial training where the target distribution is annealed between the uniform distribution and the data distribution. We posited a conjecture that learning under continuous annealing in the nonparametric regime is stable irrespective of the divergence measures in the objective fu…
Proposes a method to improve SLMC for multimodal distributions.
problem Difficulty of applying SLMC to multimodal distributions.
method Parallel adaptive annealing with VAE-SLMC.
result Can proficiently obtain accurate samples from multimodal distributions.
Simulated annealing improves candidate optimization for multi-objective Bayesian optimization.
problem Efficient candidate optimization for multi-objective acquisition functions in Bayesian optimization.
method Simulated annealing-based approach for batch acquisition function optimization.
result Simulated annealing outperforms SLSQP in most multi-objective optimization problems, achieving higher hypervolume values and better convergence characteristics.
New analysis of annealing paths in sampling and estimation.
problem Sampling from complex distributions and estimating normalization constants.
method Extending known results on Bregman divergence to quasi-arithmetic means under monotonic embedding.
result Analogous result for quasi-arithmetic means, highlighting the interplay between means, parametric families, and divergence functionals.
AdaAnn optimizes annealing for efficient probability density approximation.
problem Efficiently approximating complex probability distributions with multiple modes.
method AdaAnn is an adaptive annealing scheduler that adjusts temperature increments based on KL divergence.
result AdaAnn improves computational efficiency in variational inference and parameter estimation.
CRAFT improves on existing methods for sampling complex distributions.
problem Sampling from complex probability distributions.
method Combines SMC with variational inference using normalizing flows.
result Improves on Annealed Flow Transport Monte Carlo and MCMC-based Stochastic Normalizing Flows.
We investigate a hybrid quantum-classical solution method to the mean-variance portfolio optimization problems. Starting from real financial data statistics and following the principles of the Modern Portfolio Theory, we generate parametrized samples of portfolio optimization problems that can be related to quadratic b…