GDB bridges geometric states with improved accuracy and generality.
problem Challenges in predicting geometric state evolution in complex systems.
method Geometric Diffusion Bridge (GDB) framework using equivariant diffusion bridges.
result GDB surpasses existing methods in accurately bridging geometric states.
New approach to control diffusion processes with soft constraints.
problem Finding an optimal diffusion process with a target terminal distribution.
method Generalized Schrödinger bridge problem with soft constraints, solving for a geometric mixture of target and other distributions.
result The terminal distribution of the optimally controlled process is a geometric mixture of the target and another distribution.
New method for sampling diffusion bridges on sub-Riemannian manifolds.
problem Sampling conditioned diffusion processes on sub-Riemannian manifolds is challenging.
method Score matching for machine learning, adapted to non-holonomic frames.
result Demonstrated method works on Heisenberg group and other sub-Riemannian manifolds.
Neural network approximates diffusion bridges for efficiency and robustness.
problem Efficient simulation of conditioned diffusion processes, especially rare events and multimodal distributions.
method Trains a neural network to approximate bridge dynamics, eliminating MCMC and score modeling.
result Efficient sampling of conditioned diffusion bridges at comparable cost to unconditioned process.
New method simulates diffusion bridges using score matching.
problem Simulating diffusion bridges for statistical inference.
method Backward time representation, variational formulation, score matching.
result Effective approximation of diffusion bridges.
This paper tackles infinite-dimensional diffusion bridge simulation using operator learning.
problem Challenges in simulating diffusion bridges for modeling natural data due to intractable drift terms and continuous data representations.
method Merges score matching techniques with operator learning to directly learn infinite-dimensional bridges.
result Demonstrates high efficacy in simulating diffusion bridges for various applications, including real-world biological data.
Improved diffusion bridge sampling with rKL-LD loss.
problem Improving sampling from unnormalized distributions using diffusion bridges.
method Employing the rKL-LD loss instead of the Log Variance (LV) loss for diffusion bridges.
result rKL-LD consistently outperforms LV loss in diffusion bridges.
New method learns diffusion bridges for rare events.
problem Simulating rare events in diffusion processes.
method Iterative online learning based on self-consistency.
result Strong performance in various empirical settings.
Stochastic bridges are commonly used to impute missing data with a lower sampling rate to generate data with a higher sampling rate, while preserving key properties of the dynamics involved in an unbiased way. While the generation of Brownian bridges and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck bridges is well understood, unbiased generatio…
Paper introduces a new generative learning model using Schrödinger bridge diffusion in latent space.
problem Learning distributions from divergent data distributions.
method Pre-training with large-scale models, Schrödinger bridge diffusion model in latent space.
result Effective control of second-order Wasserstein distance between generated and target distributions.
New algorithm learns bridged diffusion processes without time-reversals.
problem Learning bridged diffusion processes efficiently and accurately.
method Score matching with Doob's h-transform, avoiding time-reversals.
result Outperforms existing methods in learning bridged diffusion processes.
In this paper we outline methodology to efficiently simulate (jump) diffusion bridge sample paths without discretisation error. We achieve this by considering the simulation of conditioned (jump) diffusion bridge sample paths in light of recent work developing a mathematical framework for simulating finite dimensional …
FDBM models use fractional Brownian motion to model complex stochastic processes.
problem Capturing memory effects and long-range dependencies in stochastic processes.
method Developed a generative diffusion bridge framework using a Markovian approximation of fractional Brownian motion.
result FDBM outperforms standard models in predicting future states and unpaired data translation.
We develop underdamped diffusion bridges for sampling from unnormalized densities.
problem Sampling from unnormalized densities without direct access to samples.
method Underdamped diffusion bridges with rigorous score matching equivalence.
result State-of-the-art performance in sampling across various problems.
A new diffusion method approximates Schrödinger bridge with improved convergence.
problem Approximating Schrödinger bridge with Langevin diffusion.
method Leveraging Langevin diffusion to approximate Schrödinger bridge.
result The difference between the two approximations is proportional to the score function.
I2SB learns nonlinear diffusion processes between images.
problem Image restoration tasks, especially with limited structural information.
method Conditional diffusion models, Schrödinger bridge approach.
result I2SB outperforms standard models in various image restoration tasks. FKEE estimates expectations without samples, using diffusion bridges and PINNs.
problem Estimating expectations without large sample sizes.
method Diffusion bridge models and Feynman-Kac operator approximation using PINNs.
result Significantly reduces variance and improves efficiency.
Discrete diffusion samplers improve sampling from unnormalised densities.
problem Sampling from discrete unnormalised densities efficiently.
method Introduce off-policy training techniques and data-to-energy Schrödinger bridge training for discrete diffusion samplers.
result Improved performance on synthetic and new benchmarks.
New method synthesizes data on curved spaces for better interpolation.
problem Synthesizing data on curved spaces for better interpolation.
method Riemannian Diffusion Schrödinger Bridge
result Generalizes Diffusion Schrödinger Bridge to curved spaces for better interpolation.
DBIMs speed up DDBMs and improve image translation.
problem Efficiently sampling from DDBMs for image translation.
method Generalized diffusion bridges and booting noise.
result DBIMs are up to 25imes faster and maintain generation diversity. We solve a Schrödinger bridge with a quadratic state cost, finding a closed-form solution.
problem Optimizing diffusion processes between given distributions.
method Regularized Schrödinger bridge with a quadratic state cost.
result Closed-form solution for the Markov kernel of the regularized Schrödinger bridge.
Extends diffusion-based Schrödinger bridge models to handle time-dependent potentials.
problem Approximating optimal transport dynamics between two boundary distributions with a twisted Brownian motion reference.
method Introduces Twisted Schrödinger Bridge Matching (TSBM) using the Iterative Markovian Fitting (IMF) paradigm, incorporating a gradient-dependent bridge-matching loss.
result Improves trajectory inference across high-dimensional settings, including crowd navigation and single-cell data.
New blurring diffusion models bridge heat dissipation and denoising.
problem Developing a new generative modeling approach.
method Connecting blurring to Gaussian diffusion with non-isotropic noise.
result Proposed Blurring Diffusion Models offer the best of both Gaussian denoising and inverse heat dissipation.
Generative model for time series using Schrödinger bridges with jumps.
problem Creating realistic synthetic time series from observed data.
method Entropic optimal transport, Schrödinger bridge framework, jump-diffusion process.
result Jump-diffusion Schrödinger bridge model generates more realistic time series.
Generative models use Schrödinger bridges for faster conditional simulation.
problem Efficiently simulate conditional scenarios in generative models.
method Extend Schrödinger bridge framework to conditional simulation.
result Demonstrated on various applications, including image super-resolution.
InfoBridge uses diffusion bridges to estimate mutual information accurately.
problem Estimating mutual information between random variables.
method Formulated mutual information estimation as a domain transfer problem using diffusion bridge models.
result Demonstrated unbiased estimator for various data types.
Uniform heat kernel and diffusion bridge asymptotics for sub-Riemannian geometry.
problem Analyzing sub-Riemannian heat kernels and their derivatives on incomplete manifolds.
method Localized asymptotic analysis, focusing on minimizing geodesics and the non-abnormal cut locus.
result Uniform bounds and expansions for heat kernels and their derivatives on compacts, including the diffusion bridge measure.
LightSBB-M improves generative diffusion modeling with lower 2-Wasserstein distances.
problem Improving generative diffusion models using Schrödinger Bridge and Bass methods.
method Optimizes SBB transport plan with dual representation and tunable beta parameter.
result Achieves up to 32% improvement in 2-Wasserstein distance on synthetic datasets.
IDBM solves Schrödinger bridge problems with iterative sampling.
problem Optimizing transport between probability measures.
method Iterated diffusion bridge mixture (IDBM) procedure.
result IDBM realizes valid transport between target measures at each iteration.
New method for efficient conditional sampling from diffusion models.
problem Efficient conditional simulation from diffusion models.
method Explicit forward-backward bridging to express conditional simulation as an inference problem.
result Principled particle Gibbs and pseudo-marginal samplers for conditional distribution.
This work studies the contraction coefficients of Schrödinger bridge problems in linear systems.
problem Optimally controlling the evolution of a system's state density over time.
method Analyzes and improves the convergence rates of dynamic Schrödinger systems via geometric and control-theoretic interpretations.
result New insights into improving computation of worst-case contraction coefficients by preconditioning.
New method identifies drift and diffusivity from SDE marginals.
problem Challenging task to identify drift and diffusion from SDE population dynamics.
method Proposes nn-APPEX, a Schrodinger Bridge-based inference method.
result Gradient-flow drift and Brownian diffusivity jointly identifiable from marginals.
Unified framework for robust, stable, and efficient density ratio estimation.
problem Density-chasm and support-chasm problems in density ratio estimation.
method Dequantified diffusion-Schrödinger bridge (D3RE) framework with DDBI and DSBI.
result Offers uniform approximation and bounded time scores in theory and empirical performance.
Method infers parameters in complex diffusion processes.
problem Parameter inference in high-dimensional, non-linear diffusion processes.
method Differentiable score matching to approximate diffusion bridges, used in an importance sampler.
result Numerically stable framework for parameter inference and diffusion mean estimation.
New algorithm improves on existing methods for solving transport problems.
problem Finding a map to transport one distribution to another.
method Iterative Markovian Fitting (IMF) and Diffusion Schrödinger Bridge Matching (DSBM).
result DSBM significantly improves over previous SB numerics and recovers various transport methods.
Schrödinger bridge solved with Weyl calculus for quadratic state cost.
problem Optimal control policy to steer joint state statistics.
method Weyl calculus in quantum mechanics for reaction-diffusion PDEs.
result Explicit Markov kernel for quadratic state cost found.
We introduce two constructions in geometric deep learning for 1) transporting orientation-dependent convolutional filters over a manifold in a continuous way and thereby defining a convolution operator that naturally incorporates the rotational effect of holonomy; and 2) allowing efficient evaluation of manifold convol…
UNSB uses neural Schrödinger Bridge to solve unpaired image-to-image translation.
problem Difficulties in unpaired image-to-image translation with diffusion models.
method Expresses SB problem as adversarial learning problems, incorporating advanced discriminators and regularization.
result Successfully solves various unpaired image-to-image translation tasks.
Improved inverse problem solving with data consistency in diffusion models.
problem Speed and data consistency issues in diffusion model-based inverse problems.
method Data Consistent Direct Diffusion Bridges (CDDB) that ensures data consistency without fine-tuning.
result CDDB outperforms inconsistent DDB in perception and distortion metrics.
ASBS improves sampling from Boltzmann distributions without importance weighting.
problem Sampling from Boltzmann distributions with known energies but unknown samples.
method Adjoint Schrödinger Bridge Sampler using kinetic-optimal transportation.
result ASBS achieves scalable and efficient sampling without importance weighting.
New algorithm preserves transport maps for better diffusion model training.
problem Training diffusion models with task-specific optimality structures.
method Generalized Schrödinger Bridge Matching (GSBM), inspired by conditional stochastic optimal control.
result GSBM better preserves transport maps, enabling stable convergence and improved scalability.
New method modifies diffusions for singular rewards.
problem Handling singular rewards in diffusions.
method Malliavin calculus for non-differentiable rewards.
result Stable and reliable training of diffusions.
TreeDSB solves mOT problems on tree-structured costs for Wasserstein barycenters.
problem Optimal transport with multiple marginals and tree-structured quadratic costs.
method Tree-based Diffusion Schrödinger Bridge (TreeDSB) for continuous and dynamic solutions.
result TreeDSB efficiently computes Wasserstein barycenters in high dimensions.
Abstract notes on generative modeling techniques.
problem Improving generative modeling techniques.
method Connections between optimal transport and Schrödinger bridge, flow matching.
result Showed connections between mathematical principles and generative modeling techniques.
Generative model on manifolds reduces divergence computation and improves scalability.
problem Difficulties in modeling data on non-Euclidean spaces due to expensive divergence computation and approximations of heat kernel.
method Riemannian Diffusion Mixture, a principled framework using a mixture of bridge processes.
result Achieves superior performance on diverse manifolds with reduced simulation steps.
Introduces VSMD to improve generative diffusion processes without high costs.
problem High training costs and scalability issues in generative diffusion processes.
method Introduces variational Schrödinger momentum diffusion (VSMD) with adaptively transport-optimized variational scores and critical-damping transform.
result Efficiently generates anisotropic shapes while maintaining transport efficacy, outperforming alternatives.
The Sinkhorn flow is a gradient flow in a nonlocal Wasserstein geometry.
problem Entropy-regularized optimal transport and its applications.
method Thermodynamic interpretation of the Sinkhorn algorithm.
result The Sinkhorn flow is the gradient flow of entropy in a nonlocal Wasserstein geometry.
DDS samples from noisy data by reversing diffusion, providing theoretical guarantees.
problem Sampling from unnormalized densities.
method Denoising diffusion process, score matching, optimal control, Schrödinger bridges.
result DDS provides theoretical guarantees for sampling.