Framework learns continuous dynamics from sparse trajectories.
problem Learning dynamics from sparsely sampled and high-dimensional trajectories.
method Interpolative Multi-Marginal Flow Matching (IMMFM) framework.
result IMMFM outperforms existing methods in forecasting and downstream tasks.
A new method learns straight trajectories in one step for optimal flow matching.
problem Learning flows with straight trajectories for fast inference.
method Optimal Flow Matching (OFM) approach using convex functions for vector fields.
result Recovering straight OT displacements in just one FM step for quadratic transport.
Improved sampling efficiency for molecular systems using path gradients after Flow Matching.
problem Improving sampling efficiency for complex molecular systems.
method Hybrid approach combining Flow Matching and path gradients.
result Up to a threefold increase in sampling efficiency for molecular systems.
Paper proves higher-order flow matching preserves optimality in generative modeling.
problem Theoretical guarantees for higher-order flow matching in generative modeling.
method Neural network approximations with controlled depth, width, and sparsity.
result Proves worst case optimality for second-order flow matching.
Variational inference improves training of generative flow networks.
problem Training generative flow networks efficiently and accurately.
method Define variational objectives in terms of KL divergences and optimize convex combinations.
result Variational inference methods can reduce the variance of gradients in training generative flow networks.
TFM trains Neural SDEs without backpropagation, improving clinical time series modeling.
problem Modeling irregularly sampled time series in medicine.
method Trajectory Flow Matching (TFM) using flow matching for generative modeling.
result TFM improves performance on clinical time series datasets.
MFM improves generative model interpolations by learning approximate geodesics on data manifolds.
problem Straight interpolations fail to capture dynamics on data manifolds.
method Metric Flow Matching (MFM) learns approximate geodesics by minimizing kinetic energy of a data-induced Riemannian metric.
result MFM outperforms Euclidean baselines, achieving SOTA on single-cell trajectory prediction.
New analysis shows FM learns underlying dynamical structure, not just trajectory replay.
problem Understanding whether flow matching models learn transferable dynamical structure or merely replay trajectories.
method Derived velocity field implied by FM objective, characterized as a continuous-time dynamical system.
result FM models can be seen as parametric surrogates of nonparametric solutions, providing strong probabilistic forecasts.
CatFlow uses variational flow matching for efficient graph generation.
problem Graph generation tasks, especially for categorical data.
method Variational flow matching for categorical data, computationally efficient.
result CatFlow achieves strong results on graph generation tasks.
RFM improves CNFs by adding a boundary constraint term and matching velocity fields.
problem Flow matching on constrained domains leads to unnatural samples.
method RFM adds a boundary constraint term and matches velocity fields in a simulation-free manner.
result RFM achieves comparable or better results on standard image benchmarks and produces high-quality samples.
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.
Generative models need per-sample confidence scores to improve quality and stability.
problem Generative models produce unreliable outputs and lack confidence measures.
method Flow Matching with Confidence (FMwC) injects noise and integrates it through the network, providing per-sample confidence scores.
result The confidence score correlates with the velocity field's divergence, offering insights into generative processes.
A training-free method for conditional sampling using flow matching.
problem Weight degeneracy in high-dimensional importance sampling.
method Sequential Monte Carlo with resampling and stochastic flow.
result Significantly outperforms existing methods on MNIST and CIFAR-10.
Improved GFlowNets learn more efficiently with trajectory balance.
problem Inefficient credit assignment in GFlowNets leads to suboptimal learning.
method Proposed trajectory balance as a new learning objective.
result Trajectory balance leads to more efficient and robust GFlowNet learning.
JKO-iFlow uses neural ODEs to improve generative models with reduced memory and training complexity.
problem Efficiently training deep generative models in high dimensions with reduced memory and training complexity.
method JKO scheme inspired neural ODE flow network with adaptive time reparameterization.
result JKO-iFlow achieves competitive performance compared to existing models at reduced computational and memory cost.
Efficiently trains forward processes to minimize generative trajectories curvature.
problem High curvature of generative trajectories slows down sampling speed.
method Trains forward process to minimize curvature without ODE/SDE simulation.
result Lower curvature than previous models, decreased sampling costs.
Graphs model human mobility patterns, reducing errors in data matching.
problem Lack of high-quality data and computational resources for graph-based mobility analysis.
method Embedding graphs into a continuous space to address matching, modeling, and visualization challenges.
result Approx 40% decrease in error on average in matched graphs vs unmatched ones.
CTM improves diffusion model sampling quality with efficient ODE traversal.
problem Lack of natural trade-off between sample quality and speed in consistency models.
method CTM trains a neural network to output scores and traverse ODE trajectories efficiently.
result CTM achieves state-of-the-art FIDs and improves sample quality with increased computational budget.
3MSBM learns smooth trajectories from multiple snapshots.
problem Capturing long-range temporal dependencies in complex systems.
method Lifts dynamics to phase space, generalizes stochastic bridges to multi-marginal conditional problems, learns transport maps preserving intermediate marginals.
result Significantly improves convergence and scalability in capturing complex dynamics.
A scalable algorithm for sampling and fine-tuning models using Tilt Matching.
problem Efficient sampling and fine-tuning of generative models.
method Tilt Matching, arising from a dynamical equation, minimizes variance and inherits regularity from stochastic interpolants.
result Empirically verified to be efficient and highly scalable, providing state-of-the-art results.
SFM resolves small-scale physics challenges in weather data.
problem Challenges in super-resolving small-scale details in physical sciences like weather.
method Encoding inputs to a latent base distribution, flow matching for stochastic details, adaptive noise scaling.
result SFM framework significantly outperforms existing methods.
Rectified flows achieve optimal sample complexity for generating data.
problem Generating high-quality data samples efficiently.
method Rectified flows constrain transport trajectories to be linear, enabling efficient sampling.
result Achieve sample complexity of ildeO(ε−2), matching optimal rate for mean estimation. A new method solves high-dimensional MFGs using particle-based flow matching.
problem Solving high-dimensional Mean-Field Games (MFGs) is computationally challenging.
method Proposes a particle-based deep Flow Matching (FM) method to update particles and train a flow neural network.
result Proves convergence of the scheme to a stationary point sublinearly and linearly under convexity assumptions.
Novel framework synthesizes stochastic trajectories with anticipated structural breaks.
problem Synthesizing forward-looking, time-evolving stochastic trajectories with anticipated structural breaks.
method Anticipatory Neural Jump-Diffusion (ANJD) flow, AVNSG for dynamic spectral whitening.
result The framework effectively captures non-commutative moments and high-order stochastic texture.
GFM models neural network training as a dynamical system to forecast final weights.
problem Computational intensity and inefficiency in training deep neural networks.
method Gradient Flow Matching (GFM) treats training as a dynamical system with learned vector fields.
result GFM achieves forecasting accuracy competitive with Transformer-based models and significantly outperforms classical baselines.
TRACE improves conformal prediction for multi-dimensional outputs.
problem Challenges in constructing valid and informative conformal prediction regions for multi-dimensional outputs.
method TRACE uses transport alignment in diffusion and flow matching models to define nonconformity scores.
result TRACE yields valid and adaptive conformal prediction regions for multimodal and non-convex distributions.
Map matching of the GPS trajectory serves the purpose of recovering the original route on a road network from a sequence of noisy GPS observations. It is a fundamental technique to many Location Based Services. However, map matching of a low sampling rate on urban road network is still a challenging task. In this paper…
Map matching of GPS trajectories from a sequence of noisy observations serves the purpose of recovering the original routes in a road network. In this work in progress, we attempt to share our experience of feature construction in a spatial database by reporting our ongoing experiment of feature extrac-tion in Conditio…
FM4PDE learns PDE solutions from sparse data.
problem Reconstructing PDE solutions from limited observations.
method Flow-matching generative framework that learns PDE coefficients and solutions.
result Error guarantees for guided procedures, including deterministic and stochastic samplers.
New method uses normalizing flows to improve force fields for coarse-grained molecular dynamics.
problem Lack of reference atomistic forces makes force matching infeasible for MLCG force fields.
method Introduces noise-based kernels adapted to low-data regimes using normalizing flows.
result Flow-based kernels reduce local distortions while preserving global accuracy.
Study shows magnetic trajectories in Berger spheres are homogeneous.
problem Homogeneity of contact magnetic trajectories in Berger spheres.
method Proved every contact magnetic trajectory is a product of a homogeneous geodesic and a charged Reeb flow.
result Contact magnetic trajectories in Berger spheres are homogeneous.
SPF uses a hierarchical approach to efficiently emulate climate changes.
problem Slow and unstable climate emulation for long horizons.
method Spatiotemporal Pyramid Flows (SPF) model data hierarchically across spatial and temporal scales.
result SPF outperforms flow matching baselines and pre-trained models on ClimateBench.
This paper improves the efficiency of generative models by optimizing the straightness of Rectified Flow.
problem Improving the efficiency of generative models by reducing discretization error.
method Introducing a novel Piecewise Straightness parameter, γ2,T, to optimize the straightness of Rectified Flow.
result Minimizing curvature in Rectified Flow models leads to high-fidelity, one-step sampling.
A new method detects anomalies in trajectory data using normalizing flows.
problem Detecting anomalous patterns in high-dimensional, varying-length spatial data.
method Probability density estimation via normalizing flows for each trajectory segment, aggregating likelihoods.
result The proposed method, GRADINGS, effectively identifies anomalies in real-world trajectory data.
Method detects trajectory outliers using Hodge Laplacian embeddings.
problem Detecting outliers in trajectory data on simplicial complexes.
method Flow-embeddings using Hodge 1-Laplacian of simplicial complexes.
result Classifies trajectories based on topological behavior.
New flow generates surfaces with constant curvature.
problem Creating surfaces with specific curvature properties.
method Framed curvature flow, analyzing trajectory surfaces.
result Trajectory surfaces of constant mean or Gaussian curvature.
Homogeneous magnetic trajectories in a special linear group proven.
problem Proving homogeneity of magnetic trajectories in a specific group.
method Using contact magnetic curves and geodesics.
result Every contact magnetic trajectory is a product of a homogeneous geodesic and a charged Reeb flow.
We present a method for identifying the coherent structures associated with individual Lagrangian flow trajectories even where only sparse particle trajectory data is available. The method, based on techniques in spectral graph theory, uses the Coherent Structure Coloring vector and associated eigenvectors to analyze t…
DGFS improves sampling from complex densities by optimizing partial trajectories.
problem Sampling from intractable high-dimensional density functions.
method DGFS uses a flow function to break down the training process into short partial trajectory segments, leveraging intermediate learning signals.
result DGFS achieves more accurate estimates of the normalization constant.
We consider a Morse function f and a Morse-Smale gradient-like vector field X on a compact connected oriented 3-manifold M such that f has only one critical point of index 3. Based on Laudenbach's ideas, we will show that the flow of X can be isotoped into one so that the trajectory spaces of the new flow pro…
Paper proposes transferring neural network learning trajectories.
problem Training deep neural networks is computationally expensive.
method Formulated and solved the learning transfer problem by matching gradients.
result Transferred parameters achieve non-trivial accuracy before training.
CFIL uses coupled flows to model state distributions for imitation learning.
problem Lack of explicit modeling of state distributions in reinforcement and imitation learning.
method Coupled normalizing flows for state and state-action distributions.
result CFIL achieves state-of-the-art performance on benchmark tasks.
SFM generates smooth functional data without exposing real data.
problem Challenges in statistical analysis of functional data.
method Copula framework and smooth flow construction.
result SFM produces high-quality synthetic functional data.
Topological Flow Matching: A Generative Modeling Framework for Structured Spaces
problem Handling structured spaces in generative modeling
method Introducing topological flow matching
result Captures the structure of the underlying domain while preserving desirable properties
Flow matching KL divergence bound derived for smooth distributions.
problem Estimating smooth distributions efficiently.
method Deterministic upper bound on KL divergence derived from flow-matching loss.
result Flow matching achieves nearly minimax-optimal efficiency under TV distance.
In this paper we study the typical speed of a generic earthquake trajectory leaving compact sets in the moduli space of the once-punctured torus. Mirzakhani showed that the earthquake flow is measurably equivalent to the horocyclic flow, which has been studied extensively. Our main result shows that the earthquake flow…
Developed a random walk analog of geodesic flow on hyperbolic groups.
problem Geodesic flow on hyperbolic groups due to non-uniqueness of geodesics.
method Introduced a new framework using random walks and bi-infinite trajectories.
result Established ergodicity of the randomized geodesic flow and exponential mixing.
Closed-form flow matching yields similar performance to stochastic version, improving model performance.
problem Understanding why flow matching models generalize well.
method Empirical analysis and comparison of stochastic and closed-form flow matching losses.
result Closed-form flow matching can improve model performance.