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48 results for Kantorovich distances

This thesis uses Kantorovich-Rubinstein distance for classifying points based on their measures.

problem Classifying points based on their measures in a metric space.
method Using Kantorovich-Rubinstein distance as a metric in the space of measures to capture geometry and topology.
result A large Kantorovich-Rubinstein distance indicates the existence of a 1-Lipschitz classifier that well classifies the points.

New method calculates cut locus on Riemannian manifolds using optimal transport.

problem Computing the cut locus on compact Riemannian manifolds.
method Characterization via optimal transport density solution of Monge-Kantorovich equations, numerical approximation.
result Proposed novel framework for numerical approximation of cut locus.

Study optimal transport on globally hyperbolic spacetimes, focusing on weak Kantorovich potentials' regularity.

problem Investigate regularity of weak Kantorovich potentials on globally hyperbolic spacetimes.
method Apply insights from Riemannian and Lorentzian cases to study ππ-solutions.
result Conclude existence, uniqueness, and structure of optimal transport maps.

Study sharp convergence rates of empirical UOT for spatio-temporal point processes.

problem Statistical analysis of UOT for spatio-temporal point processes.
method Empirical plug-in estimators for Kantorovich-Rubinstein distance between intensity measures.
result Sharp convergence rates of empirical UOT in terms of intrinsic dimensions of measures.

Study robust distribution estimation with Wasserstein distance, achieving optimal risk.

problem Robust distribution estimation under adversarial corruption.
method Combining partial OT and minimum distance estimation, proving structural properties and deriving a novel dual form.
result Achieves minimax-optimal robust estimation risk in many settings.

New algorithm solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time.

problem Efficiently solving unbalanced optimal transport problems on trees.
method Proposed an algorithm that solves a more general unbalanced optimal transport problem exactly in quasi-linear time on a tree metric.
result Solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time (less than one second for a tree with one million nodes).

Monge-Kantorovich distances, otherwise known as Wasserstein distances, have received a growing attention in statistics and machine learning as a powerful discrepancy measure for probability distributions. In this paper, we focus on forecasting a Gaussian process indexed by probability distributions. For this, we provid…

2017-01-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Formula derived for curvature in measure spaces.

problem Deriving sectional curvature in measure spaces.
method Explicit formula derivation for sectional curvature in M(M){\cal M}(M) with metrics HKHK and W2W_2.
result Curvature analysis in M(M){\cal M}(M) reveals both negative and positive components.

This paper studies neural network operators and their convergence properties.

problem Understanding the approximation and convergence of neural network operators.
method Proves density results, convergence estimates, and Voronovskaya-type theorems.
result Establishes quantitative convergence estimates and derives Voronovskaya-type theorems.

Adapts Stein's method for geometric inequalities, addressing boundary terms.

problem Geometric inequalities and their stability under constraints.
method Uses elliptic PDE with oblique boundary condition to handle boundary terms.
result Stability results for various geometric inequalities with respect to a new distance.

Optimal transport adapted for contaminated probabilities, showing equivalence under specific conditions.

problem Adapting optimal transport for εε-contaminated sets.
method Generalized optimal transport problems with lower probabilities, showing equivalence under εε-contaminations.
result Monge's and Kantorovich's problems coincide under εε-contaminated sets, but not always.

New Fourier metrics equivalent to Wasserstein distances in image processing.

problem Equivalence of Fourier-based and Wasserstein metrics in imaging problems.
method Extensions of Fourier-based metrics to handle different centers of mass and discrete measures, showing equivalence to Wasserstein distances.
result New Fourier metrics are equivalent to Wasserstein distances with explicit constants, improving runtime in image processing.

Muon dynamics study uses spectral Wasserstein flow for optimization stability.

problem Optimizing deep learning models with gradient normalization.
method Introduces Spectral Wasserstein distances for matrix flows, proving equivalence with Benamou--Brenier formulation.
result Gradient-flow interpretation of mean-field normalized training dynamics.

This work robustifies Wasserstein distance estimation with MoM estimators for outlier-polluted data.

problem Estimating Wasserstein distance between two distributions with outliers.
method Introducing MoM-based robust estimators for Wasserstein distance.
result Consistent MoM-based estimators for Wasserstein distance with convergence rates.

We study the non-asymptotic behavior of a Coulomb gas on a compact Riemannian manifold. This gas is a symmetric n-particle Gibbs measure associated to the two-body interaction energy given by the Green function. We encode such a particle system by using an empirical measure. Our main result is a concentration inequalit…

2018-09-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Based on a new coupling approach, we prove that the transition step of the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm is contractive w.r.t. a carefully designed Kantorovich (L1 Wasserstein) distance. The lower bound for the contraction rate is explicit. Global convexity of the potential is not required, and thus multimodal targ…

2018-05-01abs ↗pdf ↗

New framework enhances neural network robustness against adversarial attacks.

problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to small perturbations.
method Integrates Lipschitz constraint using optimal transport and hinge regularization.
result Proposes a new loss function that certifies adversarial robustness.

We prove that, if ΩRnΩ\subset \mathbb{R}^n is an open bounded starshaped domain of class C2C^2, the constancy over Ω\partial Ω of the function φ(y)=0λ(y)j=1n1[1tκj(y)]dt\varphi(y) = \int_0^{λ(y)} \prod_{j=1}^{n-1}[1-t κ_j(y)]\, dt implies that ΩΩ is a ball. Here kj(y)k_j(y) and λ(y)λ(y) denote respectively the principal curvatures and the cut v…

2012-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizes angular velocity transfers for rigid bodies under deadline constraints.

problem Stochastic guidance of spin states of rigid bodies over a hard deadline.
method Structural analysis of Kantorovich optimal coupling formulation for nonlinear dynamics.
result Derives the ground cost for optimal transport of angular velocity.

Revisits shallow neural networks using Lipschitz norms and measures.

problem Existence and compactness of minimizers in neural network formulations.
method Mean field parametrization, signed measures, duality pairings, Kantorovich-Rubinstein norms.
result Compactness results and uniform large data limits for empirical risk minimization.

Paper relaxes the Lipschitz constraint in WGANs to improve performance.

problem WGANs do not always outperform other GAN variants due to imperfect implementation of the Lipschitz condition.
method Proposes a new dual form of Wasserstein distance (Sobolev duality) that relaxes the Lipschitz constraint but maintains gradient property.
result SWGAN, based on Sobolev duality, outperforms existing methods in experiments.

Unified framework for analyzing gradient flows of measures with exponential decay of entropy.

problem Analyzing exponential decay of entropy functionals in gradient flows of measures.
method Characterization of global exponential decay behaviors using Hellinger-Kantorovich geometry, shape-mass decomposition, and Polyak-Łojasiewicz-type inequalities.
result Unified theoretical framework for gradient flows with complete analysis of exponential decay behaviors.

A new associative memory uses Sinkhorn divergence for efficient pattern retrieval.

problem Efficiently retrieving patterns from large datasets of weighted point clouds.
method Derived retrieval dynamics as a SHK gradient flow, discretized for a deterministic algorithm.
result Proved basin invariance, geometric convergence, and robust recovery from perturbations.

Efficiently simulates and calibrates the rough Bergomi model using Wasserstein distance.

problem High computational complexity in pricing and calibration of the rough Bergomi model.
method Developed a modified-sum-of-exponentials Monte Carlo scheme and a calibration approach based on Wasserstein-1 distance.
result The method achieves high pricing accuracy and improved parameter recovery, optimization stability, and out-of-sample performance.

Unified Kantorovich duality for multimarginal optimal transport on Polish spaces.

problem Optimal transport of multiple probability distributions.
method Unified Kantorovich duality theory for multimarginal optimal transport on general Polish product spaces.
result Unified duality theory for multimarginal optimal transport, extending classical two-marginal conjugacy.

The paper establishes general results in Lorentzian optimal transport theory.

problem Establishing strong duality and optimality conditions in Lorentzian optimal transport.
method Providing non-trivial assumptions on measures, characterizing optimality, and proving regularity results.
result Regularity results for cc-convex functions and (weak) Kantorovich potentials do not extend to the Lorentzian setting, but under suitable assumptions, they are locally semconvex.

New framework for optimal transport with jumps over intermediate spaces.

problem Optimal transport with mass jumps over intermediate spaces.
method Hierarchical Jump multi-marginal transport (HJMOT) on Polish spaces.
result Existence and uniqueness of Monge solutions under sequential differentiability and twist condition.

This work develops sampling methods for differential privacy using SHK geometry.

problem Approximating sampling for the exponential mechanism in differential privacy.
method Develops perturbation theory for SHK gradient flows and applies to differential privacy.
result Derives time-dependent Pure-DP guarantees and Approximate-DP certificates.

New algorithm for estimating multivariate quantiles using stochastic optimal transport.

problem Estimating multivariate quantiles from data.
method Stochastic algorithm for entropic optimal transport in Banach spaces, using Fourier coefficients.
result Almost sure convergence of the stochastic algorithm in infinite-dimensional Banach spaces.

This paper uses UOT metrics for better dimensionality reduction and classification/clustering.

problem Improving dimensionality reduction and classification/clustering methods.
method Uses Hellinger--Kantorovich metric from unbalanced optimal transport (UOT).
result UOT outperforms Euclidean and OT-based methods in classification and clustering tasks.

Efficiently predicts optimal transport plans using sliced potentials.

problem Predicting optimal transport plans across multiple measure pairs efficiently.
method Regression-based and objective-based amortization strategies using sliced optimal transport potentials.
result Efficient and accurate prediction of optimal transport plans for various tasks.

The study analyzes the evolution of Gaussian measures under a specific gradient flow.

problem Analyzing the evolution of Gaussian measures under a specific gradient flow.
method Derives ordinary differential equations governing the evolution of mean, covariance, and mass under the HK-Boltzmann gradient flow.
result Exponential convergence to equilibrium demonstrated through Polyak-Lojasiewicz-type inequalities.

In this work, we show the intrinsic relations between optimal transportation and convex geometry, especially the variational approach to solve Alexandrov problem: constructing a convex polytope with prescribed face normals and volumes. This leads to a geometric interpretation to generative models, and leads to a novel …

2017-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗