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48 results for Sinkhorn Algorithm

The Sinkhorn flow converges to a Wasserstein mirror gradient flow from the Sinkhorn algorithm.

problem Optimizing joint distributions using the Sinkhorn algorithm.
method Wasserstein mirror gradient flow derived from the Sinkhorn algorithm.
result The Sinkhorn flow converges to a Wasserstein mirror gradient flow.

We provide a computational complexity analysis for the Sinkhorn algorithm that solves the entropic regularized Unbalanced Optimal Transport (UOT) problem between two measures of possibly different masses with at most nn components. We show that the complexity of the Sinkhorn algorithm for finding an ε\varepsilon-appr…

2020-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper refines the Gaussian Sinkhorn algorithm for general multivariate models.

problem Finite-dimensional solutions for general Gaussian multivariate models.
method Recursive formulation of the Sinkhorn algorithm for Gaussian models, including closed form expressions of entropic transport maps and Schrödinger bridges.
result Refined convergence analysis of Gaussian Sinkhorn algorithms.

We introduce in this paper a novel strategy for efficiently approximating the Sinkhorn distance between two discrete measures. After identifying neglectable components of the dual solution of the regularized Sinkhorn problem, we propose to screen those components by directly setting them at that value before entering t…

2019-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a new algorithm to calibrate signed datasets to specified marginals.

problem Calibrating signed datasets to specified marginals.
method Extends Schrödinger-Fortet-Sinkhorn paradigm to sign-indefinite multi-dimensional arrays.
result Proposes an optimization problem to update a sign-indefinite prior to match given marginals.

This paper tackles Sinkhorn DRO by reformulating it as a bilevel program and proposes sampling-based algorithms.

problem Distributionally robust optimization with ambiguity sets defined via the Sinkhorn discrepancy.
method Primal perspective reformulation as a bilevel program, double-loop and single-loop sampling-based algorithms.
result Simultaneously obtain the optimal robust decision and the worst-case distribution.

Optimal transport with ff-divergence regularization using generalized Sinkhorn algorithm.

problem Optimal transport with ff-divergence regularization.
method Generalized Sinkhorn algorithm for solving optimal transport problems with various ff-divergences.
result Strong duality holds, optimums are attained, and convergence to an optimal solution is guaranteed under certain conditions.

We present a novel algorithm to estimate the barycenter of arbitrary probability distributions with respect to the Sinkhorn divergence. Based on a Frank-Wolfe optimization strategy, our approach proceeds by populating the support of the barycenter incrementally, without requiring any pre-allocation. We consider discret…

2019-05-30abs ↗pdf ↗

New initialization methods speed up Sinkhorn algorithm for OT problems.

problem Improving runtime of the Sinkhorn algorithm for optimal transport problems.
method Data-dependent initializers for Sinkhorn algorithm, based on closed-form solutions for specific settings.
result Data-dependent initializers result in dramatic speed-ups without affecting differentiability.

Paper analyzes convergence of Sinkhorn algorithm for discrete probability measures on torus.

problem Achieving exponential convergence of Sinkhorn algorithm in general settings.
method Coupling by reflection techniques for controlled diffusions on the torus.
result Proves pointwise exponential convergence of Sinkhorn iterates and their gradient.

Paper proposes SinkhornDRL for distributional RL using Sinkhorn divergence and regularized Wasserstein loss.

problem Improving distributional reinforcement learning by minimizing Bellman return distribution differences.
method Introduces SinkhornDRL, a distributional RL algorithm using Sinkhorn divergence and regularized Wasserstein loss.
result SinkhornDRL consistently outperforms or matches existing algorithms on Atari games, especially in multi-dimensional reward settings.

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.

The Sinkhorn "distance", a variant of the Wasserstein distance with entropic regularization, is an increasingly popular tool in machine learning and statistical inference. However, the time and memory requirements of standard algorithms for computing this distance grow quadratically with the size of the data, making th…

2018-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper uses Sinkhorn distances to improve imitation learning effectiveness.

problem Improving imitation learning algorithms by comparing occupancy measures.
method Formulates imitation learning as Sinkhorn distance minimization, combining optimal transport and cosine distances.
result Proposes a new critic network and transport plan that guide imitation learning.

New stability bounds for Sinkhorn's algorithm in entropic optimal transport.

problem Stability and convergence of Sinkhorn's algorithm for entropic optimal transport.
method Semiconcavity approach to analyze stability and convergence.
result Exponential convergence of Sinkhorn's algorithm under semiconcavity conditions.

We present a new perspective on the celebrated Sinkhorn algorithm by showing that is a special case of incremental/stochastic mirror descent. In order to see this, one should simply plug Kullback-Leibler divergence in both mirror map and the objective function. Since the problem has unbounded domain, the objective func…

2019-09-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The Sinkhorn-Knopp algorithm converges quickly but the number of iterations is poorly understood.

problem Understanding the number of iterations required for the Sinkhorn-Knopp algorithm to converge.
method Analyzing the Sinkhorn-Knopp algorithm for matrices with a specific density threshold.
result The Sinkhorn-Knopp algorithm requires Ω(n1/2/ε)Ω(n^{1/2}/\varepsilon) iterations for matrices with density γ<1/2γ<1/2.

This work studies the statistical performance of Sinkhorn iterations in estimating Schrödinger bridges.

problem Estimating Schrödinger bridges with limited samples.
method Intermediate Sinkhorn iterations applied to the time-dependent drifts of SDEs.
result Established a statistical bound on the squared total variation error of Sinkhorn bridge iterations.

New algorithm solves Schrödinger bridge problem with mismatched channels.

problem Solving Schrödinger bridge problem with input and noise channel mismatch.
method Design of a Sinkhorn recursion with memory for nonlinear PDEs.
result Demonstrates solving control-affine Schrödinger bridge problem.

Study Hilbert's projective metric for bounded growth functions leading to Sinkhorn's algorithm convergence.

problem Optimal transport in unbounded settings with heavy-tailed distributions.
method Hilbert's projective metric for integrable functions of bounded growth, kernel integral operators as contractions.
result Exponential convergence of Sinkhorn's algorithm for light-tailed marginal distributions.

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.

OTSeg uses multi-prompt Sinkhorn attention to improve zero-shot semantic segmentation.

problem Leveraging pre-trained CLIP knowledge to align text embeddings with pixel embeddings.
method OTSeg employs Multi-Prompts Sinkhorn (MPS) and Multi-Prompts Sinkhorn Attention (MPSA) to enhance semantic feature matching.
result OTSeg achieves state-of-the-art performance in zero-shot semantic segmentation tasks.

Extends geostatistical simulation method to handle multiple variables and large grids.

problem Scalability and handling of multiple variables in geostatistical simulation.
method Uses Sinkhorn optimal transport with sparse matcher and FFT-MA Gaussian backbone.
result MST-Direct reproduces joint distribution with zero histogram error and accurately preserves spatial correlation.

Estimating mutual information is an important statistics and machine learning problem. To estimate the mutual information from data, a common practice is preparing a set of paired samples {(xi,yi)}i=1ni.i.d.p(x,y)\{(\mathbf{x}_i,\mathbf{y}_i)\}_{i=1}^n \stackrel{\mathrm{i.i.d.}}{\sim} p(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}). However, in many situations, it…

2019-09-05abs ↗pdf ↗

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 ↗

The paper analyzes stability and convergence rates of entropic and Sinkhorn potentials.

problem Stability and convergence rates of entropic and Sinkhorn potentials.
method Semiconcavity properties of entropic potentials and Schrödinger bridges.
result Exponential convergence rates for gradient and Hessian of Sinkhorn iterates.

Many problems at the intersection of combinatorics and computer science require solving for a permutation that optimally matches, ranks, or sorts some data. These problems usually have a task-specific, often non-differentiable objective function that data-driven algorithms can use as a learning signal. In this paper, w…

2018-05-18abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for faster estimation of Wasserstein distance using Sinkhorn divergence.

problem Estimating the squared Wasserstein distance between probability distributions.
method Proposes a new estimator based on the Sinkhorn divergence with debiasing terms, and analyzes its sample complexity and computational efficiency.
result The proposed estimator allows higher regularization levels, leading to improved computational complexity and speedup in practice.