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48 results for Gibbs measure

We prove a generalization of the fundamental inequality of Guivarc'h relating entropy, drift and critical exponent to Gibbs measures on geometrically finite quotients of CAT(-1) metric spaces. For random walks with finite superexponential moment, we show that the equality is achieved if and only if the Gibbs density is…

2019-04-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Decentralized learning achieves centralized performance via Gibbs measures.

problem Achieving centralized performance in decentralized machine learning.
method ERM-RER learning framework with Gibbs measures and relative-entropy regularization.
result Achieving centralized performance with Gibbs measures and specific scaling of regularization factors.

Paper develops a new generalization bound using PAC-Bayes theory and Gibbs distributions.

problem Limits of traditional generalization bounds due to complexity measures.
method Leverages PAC-Bayes bounds with Gibbs distributions to derive a flexible generalization bound.
result Derives a generalization bound that can adapt to both hypothesis class and task complexity.

Study birth-death dynamics for sampling Gibbs measures with nonconvex potentials.

problem Sampling Gibbs measures with nonconvex potentials.
method Birth-death dynamics, Kullback-Leibler divergence, χ2χ^2 divergence, kernel-based approximations, ΓΓ-convergence of gradient flows.
result Probability density converges exponentially fast to Gibbs equilibrium measure with a universal rate.

The paper tackles sampling from Gibbs measures with constrained support, providing a sampling guarantee.

problem Sampling from Gibbs measures with constrained support, especially in the pre-asymptotic regime.
method Analyzing the spectral gap of Langevin dynamics to provide a non-asymptotic sampling guarantee.
result The low-temperature Gibbs distribution concentrates on a neighborhood of its mode in the pre-asymptotic regime.

With their origin in thermodynamics and symbolic dynamics, Gibbs measures are crucial tools to study the ergodic theory of the geodesic flow on negatively curved manifolds. We develop a framework (through Patterson-Sullivan densities) allowing us to get rid of compactness assumptions on the manifold, and prove many exi…

2012-11-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate a class of feature allocation models that generalize the Indian buffet process and are parameterized by Gibbs-type random measures. Two existing classes are contained as special cases: the original two-parameter Indian buffet process, corresponding to the Dirichlet process, and the stable (or three-param…

2015-12-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Gibbs sampler contracts entropy under strong log-concavity, improving mixing time.

problem Improving the mixing time of Gibbs sampler under strong log-concavity.
method Analyzing Gibbs sampler contraction under strong log-concavity, providing sharp contraction rate.
result Gibbs sampler contracts entropy linearly with condition number and independent of dimension under strong log-concavity.

The paper improves probabilistic herding methods using Gibbs distributions.

problem Improving integration accuracy over Monte Carlo quadrature in infinite-dimensional RKHS.
method Developed a Gibbs distribution over quadrature nodes to minimize MMD.
result The Gibbs distribution outperforms i.i.d. Monte Carlo in integration accuracy.

Derives stochastic and dissipative dynamics preserving Gibbs measure.

problem Understanding and deriving structure-preserving stochastic systems.
method Extension of Hamilton-Pontryagin principle, symmetry reduction, and inclusion of dissipation.
result New derivation of double-bracket dissipation.

Holomorphic vector fields and anti-canonical divisors on complex manifolds are studied.

problem Existence of non-trivial holomorphic vector fields on compact complex manifolds.
method Vanishing result for measure preserving holomorphic vector fields, Gibbs stability, and log terminal singularities.
result No non-trivial holomorphic vector fields on compact complex manifolds with big anti-canonical line bundle.

In this article we consider macrocanonical models for texture synthesis. In these models samples are generated given an input texture image and a set of features which should be matched in expectation. It is known that if the images are quantized, macrocanonical models are given by Gibbs measures, using the maximum ent…

2019-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian inference over admissible histories leads to irreversible kinetics.

problem Modeling irreversible processes in systems with uncertain histories.
method A Gibbs-type measure weighted by energy-dissipation action and observation constraints, interpreted as a Bayesian posterior.
result The measure concentrates on maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) histories, recovering classical deterministic evolution.

Paper studies matching of samples from two distributions with a Gibbs probability weight.

problem Matching two independent i.i.d. samples from two distributions with a weighted cost.
method Uses chaos decomposition of polynomial functions of empirical distributions to derive asymptotics.
result Convergence of resulting random joint distribution to Schrödinger problem solution as N→∞.

The study examines entropy and pressure at infinity in negatively curved manifolds, linking them to strong positive recurrence.

problem Investigating strong positive recurrence in negatively curved manifolds.
method Defining and comparing entropy and pressure at infinity through different measures.
result Strong positive recurrence potentials admit finite Gibbs measures.

A fast Gibbs sampler for Bayesian HMMs with missing data.

problem Complexity and slow mixing in EM and Gibbs samplers for HMMs with missing observations.
method Proposes a collapsed Gibbs sampler that integrates missing observations and latent states, achieving high accuracy, large ESS, and reduced computational complexity.
result The proposed sampler is faster and more efficient than existing methods, especially with many missing entries.

This paper addresses the mapping problem. Using a conjugate prior form, we derive the exact theoretical batch multi-object posterior density of the map given a set of measurements. The landmarks in the map are modeled as extended objects, and the measurements are described as a Poisson process, conditioned on the map. …

2018-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Study convergence of simulated annealing in continuous and discrete settings.

problem Analyzing convergence rate of simulated annealing methods.
method Apply Eyring-Kramers law to prove polynomial decay of tail probabilities.
result Explicit rate of convergence for continuous and discrete simulated annealing.

The Gibbs sampler is one of the most popular algorithms for inference in statistical models. In this paper, we introduce a herding variant of this algorithm, called herded Gibbs, that is entirely deterministic. We prove that herded Gibbs has an O(1/T)O(1/T) convergence rate for models with independent variables and for ful…

2013-01-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Asynchronous Gibbs sampling has been recently shown to be fast-mixing and an accurate method for estimating probabilities of events on a small number of variables of a graphical model satisfying Dobrushin's condition~\cite{DeSaOR16}. We investigate whether it can be used to accurately estimate expectations of functions…

2018-11-26abs ↗pdf ↗

GADD accelerates uniform-rate discrete diffusion models by 2 orders of magnitude.

problem Slow sampling in uniform-rate discrete diffusion models.
method Gibbs-based corrector (GADD) that constructs Gibbs posterior likelihoods directly from the concrete score function.
result Achieves an overall sampling complexity of O(polylog(ε1))\mathcal{O}(\mathrm{polylog} (\varepsilon^{-1})).

Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms are simple and extremely powerful techniques to sample from almost arbitrary distributions. The flaw in practice is that it can take a large and/or unknown amount of time to converge to the stationary distribution. This paper gives sufficient conditions to guarantee that univa…

2014-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a framework for approximating collapsed Gibbs sampling in generative latent variable cluster models. Collapsed Gibbs is a popular MCMC method, which integrates out variables in the posterior to improve mixing. Unfortunately for many complex models, integrating out these variables is either analytically or co…

2018-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The pairwise influence matrix of Dobrushin has long been used as an analytical tool to bound the rate of convergence of Gibbs sampling. In this work, we use Dobrushin influence as the basis of a practical tool to certify and efficiently improve the quality of a discrete Gibbs sampler. Our Dobrushin-optimized Gibbs samp…

2017-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We review a simple model of closed economy, where the economic agents make money transactions and a saving criterion is present. We observe the Gibbs distribution for zero saving propensity, and non-Gibbs distributions otherwise. While the exact solution in the case of zero saving propensity is already known to be give…

2003-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

For large scale on-line inference problems the update strategy is critical for performance. We derive an adaptive scan Gibbs sampler that optimizes the update frequency by selecting an optimum mini-batch size. We demonstrate performance of our adaptive batch-size Gibbs sampler by comparing it against the collapsed Gibb…

2018-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper analyzes MCMC algorithms on large graphs using Dirichlet forms.

problem Analyzing the behavior of MCMC algorithms in high-dimensional problems.
method Utilizes Mosco convergence of Dirichlet forms to study RWM algorithm on large graphs.
result Demonstrates the advantages of Dirichlet form approach over standard diffusion methods.

Souriau studies Gibbs states for symplectic manifolds with group actions.

problem Understanding Gibbs states for symplectic manifolds with symmetries.
method Adaptation of cross product for pseudo-Euclidean spaces, detailed proofs, examples of Gibbs states.
result Presentation of Gibbs states and associated thermodynamic functions for various symplectic manifolds.

Modified Gibbs-Helmholtz equation geometric models for thermodynamics.

problem Geometric interpretation of Gibbs-Helmholtz equation in thermodynamics.
method Developed new holonomic and non-holonomic geometric models associated to Gibbs-Helmholtz equation.
result Characterized equivalence between Gibbs-Helmholtz entropy and other entropies.

Study on Metropolis-within-Gibbs schemes for high-dimensional Bayesian models.

problem Improving the scalability of MCMC methods for complex Bayesian models.
method Relating convergence properties to conditional conductance for non-conjugate hierarchical models.
result Established dimension-free convergence results for Metropolis-within-Gibbs schemes.