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48 results for Entropy-regularized Optimal Transport

Paper develops fast method for computing optimal transport.

problem Efficient computation of optimal transport distance between distributions.
method Entropy-regularized extragradient method for first-order optimization.
result Achieves state-of-the-art runtime guarantees and good numerical performance.

Researchers analyze inverse optimal transport, deriving theoretical and empirical insights.

problem Understanding the inverse problem of inferring cost matrices from optimal couplings.
method Formalized and analyzed using entropy-regularized optimal transport, with theoretical and empirical contributions.
result Characterization of the manifold of cross-ratio equivalent costs and derivation of an MCMC sampler.

We investigate the use of entropy-regularized optimal transport (EOT) cost in developing generative models to learn implicit distributions. Two generative models are proposed. One uses EOT cost directly in an one-shot optimization problem and the other uses EOT cost iteratively in an adversarial game. The proposed gene…

2018-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

New method synthesizes and analyzes probability measures using entropy-regularized optimal transport.

problem Synthesize and analyze probability measures with entropy-regularized optimal transport.
method Entropy-regularized Wasserstein-2 cost and Sinkhorn divergence for synthesis and analysis.
result Computed barycentric coefficients and their stability for classification of corrupted point cloud data.

New scalable algorithm for non-negative linear regression with entropy-regularized OT loss.

problem Generalizing task-specific linear models to broader applications.
method Sinkhorn-like scaling iterations for convex penalty and datafit terms.
result Simple multiplicative updates for various penalty and datafit terms.

Improved first-order algorithm for entropy regularized OT with faster convergence.

problem Solving entropy regularized optimal transport efficiently.
method Accelerated primal-dual stochastic mirror descent algorithm with variance reduction.
result Improved rate from O~(n2.5/ε)\widetilde{O}({n^{2.5}}/ε) to O~(n2/ε)\widetilde{O}({n^2}/ε).

A practical algorithm improves approximate OT distances using quantization.

problem Substantial computational burden in computing OT distances for large samples.
method Introduces a quantization step to estimate OT distances between measures.
result The quantization step improves the performance of approximate solvers for entropy-regularized transport.

Two log-linear approximations speed up optimal transport for deep learning applications.

problem Computing optimal transport in high dimensions is computationally expensive.
method Locality-sensitive hashing (LSH) and Nyström approximation with LSH-based sparse corrections.
result Log-linear time algorithms for entropy-regularized OT perform well in high-dimensional spaces.

New Langevin dynamics samples from entropy-regularized optimal transport.

problem Sampling from entropy-regularized optimal transport.
method Introduced analogous diffusion dynamics constrained to Π(μ,ν)Π(μ,ν).
result Long-time limit is the unique solution of an entropic optimal transport problem.

Stability result for a popular algorithm in optimal transport.

problem Stability of the Iterative Proportional Fitting Procedure in time and metric.
method Uniform stability analysis in the 1-Wasserstein metric.
result Quantitative stability result for entropy-regularized Optimal Transport and Schrödinger bridges.

Paper estimates EOT maps for non-compactly supported measures with subGaussian target.

problem Estimating EOT maps between non-compactly supported measures.
method Uses bias-variance decomposition, T1-transport inequalities, and concentration of measure results.
result Shows error decay rates for different cases of subGaussian measures.

New algorithm enhances generative modeling for bounded domains.

problem Ad-hoc thresholding techniques for boundary enforcement in diffusion models.
method Reflected Schrödinger Bridge algorithm for entropy-regularized optimal transport.
result Generative modeling in diverse bounded domains with optimal transport properties.

This paper develops efficient bounds on the Wasserstein metric for discrete measures.

problem Computing the exact Wasserstein metric is computationally expensive.
method Formulates and solves a Kantorovich problem on a coarse grid using quantized measures and cost matrices, followed by upscaling and correction.
result Achieves a 10x-100x speedup while maintaining low approximation error.

Transformers model contextual relations using probabilistic measures, revealing their expressive power.

problem Lack of clear understanding of Transformer's ability to model contextual relations.
method Introduced a measure-theoretic framework connecting softmax attention and entropy-regularized optimal transport.
result Transformer architectures can approximate arbitrary contextual relations, and the choice of normalization affects how these relations are represented.

Optimal transport aims to estimate a transportation plan that minimizes a displacement cost. This is realized by optimizing the scalar product between the sought plan and the given cost, over the space of doubly stochastic matrices. When the entropy regularization is added to the problem, the transportation plan can be…

2019-09-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved GoF statistics using entropy-regularized optimal transport for multivariate rank.

problem Developing efficient multivariate rank statistics for statistical testing and generative modeling.
method Entropy-regularized optimal transport maps to address computational and sample complexity issues.
result Proposed soft rank energy and maximum mean discrepancy achieve fast convergence rates and are differentiable.

Optimal transport induces the Earth Mover's (Wasserstein) distance between probability distributions, a geometric divergence that is relevant to a wide range of problems. Over the last decade, two relaxations of optimal transport have been studied in depth: unbalanced transport, which is robust to the presence of outli…

2019-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

New GoF test improves change point detection in multivariate time series.

problem Detecting changes in multivariate time series data efficiently and robustly.
method Developed a novel multivariate rank-energy GoF test (sRE) for change point detection.
result sRE-based CPD outperforms existing methods in AUC and F1-score.

Transformer models align words through attention weights, closely approximating Optimal Transport.

problem Understanding the internal mechanism of transformer models in language processing.
method Empirical evidence and theoretical analysis of attention weights and their relation to Optimal Transport.
result Transformer models can simulate gradient descent on the dual of entropy-regularized OT problem, providing a theoretical foundation for token alignment.

SinSim improves self-supervised learning by integrating optimal transport into contrastive learning.

problem Lack of explicit regularization in contrastive learning methods leads to suboptimal generalization.
method Integrates Sinkhorn regularization from optimal transport theory into SimCLR.
result SinSim outperforms SimCLR and other self-supervised methods on various datasets.

Building upon recent advances in entropy-regularized optimal transport, and upon Fenchel duality between measures and continuous functions , we propose a generalization of the logistic loss that incorporates a metric or cost between classes. Unlike previous attempts to use optimal transport distances for learning, our …

2019-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimal Transport (OT) distances are now routinely used as loss functions in ML tasks. Yet, computing OT distances between arbitrary (i.e. not necessarily discrete) probability distributions remains an open problem. This paper introduces a new online estimator of entropy-regularized OT distances between two such arbitr…

2020-03-03abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we present a novel method for co-clustering, an unsupervised learning approach that aims at discovering homogeneous groups of data instances and features by grouping them simultaneously. The proposed method uses the entropy regularized optimal transport between empirical measures defined on data instance…

2017-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper extends multivariate rank tests for robust subspace detection.

problem Testing distributional similarity in multivariate data.
method Soft and subspace robust multivariate rank tests based on entropy regularized optimal transport.
result Trade-off between detection power and false alarm rate via projections.

Neural Index Policy for multi-action bandits with heterogeneous budgets.

problem Real-world settings often involve multiple interventions with heterogeneous costs and constraints, breaking classical assumptions.
method Introduces a Neural Index Policy (NIP) that learns to assign budget-aware indices to arm-action pairs using a neural network and differentiable knapsack layer.
result Empirically achieves near-optimal performance while strictly enforcing heterogeneous budgets and scaling to hundreds of arms.

This work extends entropic optimal transport to non-product reference couplings, focusing on Gaussian cases.

problem Finding a diffuse coupling between two measures with non-product reference couplings.
method Reduction of the entropic optimal transport problem to a matrix optimization problem.
result Complete description of the solution for non-product reference couplings, including primal and dual variables.

New framework for efficient optimal transport distances between Markov chains.

problem Efficient computation of optimal transport distances between Markov chains.
method Developed a new perspective on optimal transport distances using discounted occupancy couplings and linear programming.
result Introduced Sinkhorn Value Iteration (SVI) for efficient calculation of optimal transport distances.

A new method ranks uncertainty vectors from multiple measures for robust prediction.

problem Single scalar measures of model reliability are insufficient for comprehensive uncertainty quantification.
method Optimal transport ranks vectors of uncertainty measures, supporting flexible fusion of aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties.
result The method provides a robust ranking of uncertainty that supports various downstream tasks.

A new method reduces the computational cost of Sinkhorn algorithm for OT and UOT problems.

problem High computational complexity of Sinkhorn algorithm for OT and UOT problems.
method Importance sparsification method called Spar-Sink to efficiently approximate entropy-regularized OT and UOT solutions.
result The method reduces computational cost from O(n2)O(n^2) to O~(n)\widetilde{O}(n), and is consistent under mild regularity conditions.

New approach to portfolio optimization shows entropy regularization is ineffective.

problem Entropy regularization in mean-variance portfolio optimization under drift uncertainty.
method Combining Bayesian filtering and stochastic policy optimization.
result Entropy regularization does not accelerate learning about unknown drift.

Paper introduces robust market making using Wasserstein distance and entropy regularization.

problem Market making robustness under uncertainty.
method Wasserstein distance, entropy regularization, convex optimization, optimal radius selection.
result The robust market making problem can be reformulated as a convex optimization problem.

Bayesian Markowitz portfolio problem shows entropy regularization is ineffective.

problem Entropy regularization in Bayesian Markowitz portfolio optimization.
method Combines continuous-time Bayesian filtering with stochastic policy optimization.
result Entropy regularization does not accelerate learning of unknown drift.

A new framework for averaging spatio-temporal signals using optimal transport and soft alignments.

problem Averaging complex datasets with time and spatial components.
method Inspired by DTW, OT, and UOT, a new loss function is proposed to address shifts in time, space, and population size.
result The proposed loss function can be used to compute spatio-temporal barycenters efficiently.