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48 results for Hamiltonian simulation

Molecular dynamics simulations use statistical mechanics at the atomistic scale to enable both the elucidation of fundamental mechanisms and the engineering of matter for desired tasks. The behavior of molecular systems at the microscale is typically simulated with differential equations parameterized by a Hamiltonian,…

2020-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Simulating the time-evolution of quantum mechanical systems is BQP-hard and expected to be one of the foremost applications of quantum computers. We consider classical algorithms for the approximation of Hamiltonian dynamics using subsampling methods from randomized numerical linear algebra. We derive a simulation tech…

2018-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

New method combines neural networks with Monte Carlo for complex system reliability.

problem Estimating small failure probabilities in complex systems.
method Subset Simulation with Hamiltonian Neural Networks.
result High acceptance rates and computational efficiency in low-probability regions.

Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) is a powerful and elegant framework for performing inference in simulation-based models. However, due to the difficulty in scaling likelihood estimates, ABC remains useful for relatively low-dimensional problems. We introduce Hamiltonian ABC (HABC), a set of likelihood-free algori…

2015-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum algorithm solves financial option pricing using Hamiltonian simulation.

problem Efficiently solving the Black-Scholes equation for option pricing dynamics.
method Mapped Black-Scholes equation to Schrödinger equation, used efficient Hamiltonian simulation techniques.
result Quantum algorithm shows feasible approach for solving financial derivatives on a quantum computer.

New method improves sampling from complex, multi-peaked distributions.

problem Sampling from high-dimensional, multimodal distributions using HMC.
method Combines tempered HMC with automatic tuning strategies.
result Demonstrates more effective scaling with dimension than adaptive methods.

In this paper we established the condition for a curve to satisfy stochas- tic fractional HP (Hamilton-Pontryagin) equations. These equations are described using It^o integral. We have also considered the case of stochastic fractional Hamiltonian equa- tions, for a hyperregular Lagrange function. From the stochastic fr…

2009-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

HF-opt uses Hamiltonian dynamics to optimize functions, achieving accelerated rates with randomized integration time.

problem Optimizing functions efficiently and accelerating convergence rates.
method Randomized Hamiltonian flow (RHF) with accelerated convergence rates.
result RHGD achieves accelerated convergence rates similar to Nesterov's AGD.

Method learns molecular Hamiltonian for accurate electron dynamics predictions.

problem Predict electron dynamics in molecules using learned Hamiltonians.
method Combines linear statistical model with quantum Liouville equation time discretization.
result Predicted electron dynamics closely matches ground truth, even beyond training data.

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo on ReLU networks is inefficient due to large local error.

problem Inefficiency of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo on ReLU neural networks.
method Analysis of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo with leapfrog integrator for Bayesian neural network inference.
result Leapfrog HMC for ReLU networks has a large local error rate of Ω(ε)Ω(ε), leading to inefficiency.

New method samples from piecewise smooth distributions using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.

problem Sampling from distributions with discontinuous gradients.
method Generalized Randomized Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (GRHMC) for piecewise smooth targets.
result GRHMC processes sample from piecewise smooth target distributions with the desired distribution as the invariant distribution.

In this paper, we discuss an extension of the Split Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (Split HMC) method for Gaussian process model (GPM). This method is based on splitting the Hamiltonian in a way that allows much of the movement around the state space to be done at low computational cost. To this end, we approximate the negati…

2012-01-19abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves sampling efficiency in complex stochastic systems.

problem Sampling efficiency in nonconvex stochastic gradient cases.
method Reflection coupling for unadjusted generalized Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.
result Quantitative Gaussian concentration bounds and convergence rates established.

Traditionally, the field of computational Bayesian statistics has been divided into two main subfields: variational methods and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). In recent years, however, several methods have been proposed based on combining variational Bayesian inference and MCMC simulation in order to improve their ov…

2016-02-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) sampling methods provide a mechanism for defining distant proposals with high acceptance probabilities in a Metropolis-Hastings framework, enabling more efficient exploration of the state space than standard random-walk proposals. The popularity of such methods has grown significantly in r…

2014-02-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is a popular Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm that generates proposals for a Metropolis-Hastings algorithm by simulating the dynamics of a Hamiltonian system. However, HMC is sensitive to large time discretizations and performs poorly if there is a mismatch between the spatial geo…

2016-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

A statistical physics model for the time evolutions of stock portfolios is proposed. In this model the time series of price changes are coded into the sequences of up and down spins. The Hamiltonian of the system is introduced and is expressed by spin-spin interactions as in spin glass models of disordered magnetic sys…

2000-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

In the present work, the optimal portfolio minimizing the investment risk with cost is discussed analytically, where this objective function is constructed in terms of two negative aspects of investment, the risk and cost. We note the mathematical similarity between the Hamiltonian in the mean-variance model and the Ha…

2018-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work we present a new approach on studying dynamical systems. Combining the two ways of expressing the uncertainty, using probabilistic theory and credibility theory, we have research the generalized fractional hybrid equations. We have introduced the concepts of generalized fractional Wiener process, generaliz…

2009-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

A new tamed stochastic gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm for superlinearly growing stochastic gradients.

problem Sampling and stochastic optimization problems with superlinearly growing stochastic gradients.
method Tamed Stochastic Gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (tSGHMC) algorithm.
result Established a non-asymptotic error bound in Wasserstein-2 distance with a convergence rate of 1/41/4.

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) is an efficient Bayesian sampling method that can make distant proposals in the parameter space by simulating a Hamiltonian dynamical system. Despite its popularity in machine learning and data science, HMC is inefficient to sample from spiky and multimodal distributions. Motivated by the …

2019-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Fast simulates Volterra processes using RFF, focusing on S-fBM.

problem Efficiently simulate Volterra processes for fractional Brownian motion.
method Random Fourier Features (RFF) approximation of kernel, spectral representation, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo sampling.
result Quantitative guarantees for RFF approximation, competitive in terms of efficiency and error.

A new method improves actor-critic RL by integrating HMC, enhancing policy distribution and exploration.

problem Actor-critic RL yields suboptimal policies due to amortization gap and insufficient exploration.
method Integrating Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) into the actor-critic RL framework.
result Improves policy distribution and exploration, leading to better policy estimates and higher returns.

This work shows how to efficiently simulate parts of quantum landscapes using classical computers.

problem Identifying where quantum computers are advantageous and offloading computations.
method Developed a quantum-enhanced classical algorithm to simulate sub-regions of quantum landscapes.
result It is possible to generate a classical surrogate of a sub-region of a quantum landscape.

This work generalizes Hamiltonian mechanics using closed differential forms.

problem Hidden invariants in classical Hamiltonian mechanics.
method Establishes a novel correspondence between generalized Hamiltonian mechanics and multisymplectic geometry.
result Key theorems linking classical and generalized Hamiltonian systems.

Study investigates Hamiltonian systems in fibered almost-symplectic manifolds.

problem Existence and properties of non-vertical fully-Hamiltonian vector fields in almost symplectic manifolds with Lagrangian fibrations.
method Investigates vector fields in 2n-dimensional almost symplectic manifolds with Lagrangian fibrations, focusing on partially-Hamiltonian and fully-Hamiltonian vector fields.
result Non-vertical fully-Hamiltonian vector fields exist under certain genericity conditions and can be reduced to families of symplectic-Hamiltonian vector fields.

Develops Hamiltonian Score Matching and Generative Flows for machine learning.

problem Estimating score functions and designing generative models.
method Introduces Hamiltonian velocity predictors (HVPs) for score matching and generative flows.
result Hamiltonian Generative Flows (HGFs) rival leading generative modeling techniques.

AMP algorithms can be efficiently simulated by SDPs even with corrupted data.

problem Optimizing average-case optimization problems with corrupted data.
method Local statistics hierarchy semidefinite programs (SDPs) simulate AMP algorithms robustly.
result Robust guarantees for many AMP algorithms are offered, contrasting with strong lower bounds for SDPs.

The study examines stability of Hamiltonian Poisson integrators on both integrable and non-integrable systems.

problem Investigating stability properties of Hamiltonian Poisson integrators.
method Examples of Lotka-Volterra dynamics and numerical investigations of a non-integrable system are used.
result The existence of a modified Hamiltonian is crucial for the stability of Hamiltonian Poisson integrators.