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48 results for Variational Stochastic Differential Equations

The adjoint sensitivity method scalably computes gradients of solutions to ordinary differential equations. We generalize this method to stochastic differential equations, allowing time-efficient and constant-memory computation of gradients with high-order adaptive solvers. Specifically, we derive a stochastic differen…

2020-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a scalable method for Bayesian neural networks with stochastic differential equations.

problem Uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks.
method Gradient-based stochastic variational inference in continuous-depth Bayesian neural networks.
result Gradient estimator with zero variance as the approximation improves.

Proposes PI-VAE for solving SDEs with limited measurements.

problem Solving SDEs with limited measurements of system parameters.
method Physics-informed Variational Autoencoder (PI-VAE) integrating VAE and governing equations.
result Satisfactory accuracy and efficiency compared to PI-WGAN.

Bayesian inference for stochastic differential equations using Wishart diffusions.

problem Inferring stochastic differential equations for regression and dynamical modeling.
method Bayesian non-parametric approach with semi-parametric Wishart processes.
result Modeling diffusion in stochastic differential equations improves performance and avoids overfitting.

This paper provides a unifying theoretical framework for stochastic optimization algorithms by means of a latent stochastic variational problem. Using techniques from stochastic control, the solution to the variational problem is shown to be equivalent to that of a Forward Backward Stochastic Differential Equation (FBS…

2019-05-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Stochastic normalizing flows use SDEs for efficient training and sampling.

problem Efficient maximum likelihood estimation and variational inference.
method Continuous normalizing flows extended with stochastic differential equations (SDEs) and rough path theory.
result Stochastic normalizing flows enable efficient training and sampling from complex distributions.

Paper uses second-order differential geometry to study stochastic mechanics.

problem Stochastic differential equations and their symmetries.
method Develops second-order differential geometry to study symmetries of SDEs and constructs stochastic mechanics.
result Establishes stochastic Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics and their relations with HJB equations.

New method approximates diffusion process posteriors using moment functions.

problem Approximating posteriors of stochastic differential equations.
method Constructs variational process as controlled prior, approximates posterior with moment functions, uses natural gradient descent.
result Richer variational approximations for state-dependent diffusion terms.

The third moment variation of a financial asset return process is defined by the quadratic covariation between the return and square return processes. The skew and fat tail risk of an underlying asset can be hedged using a third moment variation swap under which a predetermined fixed leg and the floating leg of the rea…

2019-08-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Method learns latent SDEs from high-dimensional time series.

problem Learning latent stochastic differential equations from time series data.
method Self-supervised learning with variational autoencoders and Euler-Maruyama approximation.
result Can recover SDE coefficients and latent variables up to isometry with infinite data.

Parameter inference for stochastic differential equations is challenging due to the presence of a latent diffusion process. Working with an Euler-Maruyama discretisation for the diffusion, we use variational inference to jointly learn the parameters and the diffusion paths. We use a standard mean-field variational appr…

2018-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

A new framework models uncertainty in structured temporal data using SDEs and neural networks.

problem Uncertainty quantification in machine learning applications involving structured and temporal data.
method Integrates stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with deep generative models in a variational autoencoder framework.
result Improves uncertainty quantification in machine learning applications involving structured and temporal data.

New variational principle found for non-variational differential equations.

problem Non-variational differential equations without variational multipliers.
method Connecting functional forms with antiexact differential forms to identify obstructions.
result Formulation of variational problem for non-variational equations.

SCOTCH learns system structure from irregular time series using neural SDEs.

problem Learning system structure from irregular time series data.
method SCOTCH uses neural stochastic differential equations (SDE) with variational inference.
result SCOTCH improves structure learning performance on synthetic and real-world datasets.

Efficiently infers latent SDEs with scalable memory and time costs.

problem Inference of latent SDEs with high time and memory complexity.
method Amortized reparametrization of expectations under linear SDEs, coupled with efficient gradient approximation.
result Achieves similar performance to adjoint sensitivities with fewer model evaluations.

Model change points in time-series data with neural SDEs and variational autoencoders.

problem Modeling change points in time-series data with neural stochastic differential equations.
method Proposes a novel model formulation and training procedure based on the variational autoencoder framework, alternating between updating neural SDE parameters and change points.
result Demonstrates the expressive power of the proposed model in modeling both classical parametric SDEs and real datasets with distribution shifts.

Quantum machine learning solves high-dimensional PDEs with lower variance and improved accuracy.

problem Approximating solutions to high-dimensional parabolic PDEs.
method Pure Variational Quantum Circuit (VQC) for BSDE approximation, using temporal discretization and Monte Carlo simulation.
result VQC achieves lower variance and improved accuracy in most cases, particularly in highly nonlinear regimes.

We develop a variational framework for SDEs driven by fractional noise.

problem Capturing long-term dependencies in SDEs driven by fractional noise.
method Markov approximation of fractional Brownian motion, variational inference, neural networks.
result Efficient variational inference of posterior path measures for neural-SDEs.

Neural networks can approximate complex stochastic equations well.

problem Approximating general stochastic differential equations.
method Identified neural network classes approximating continuous functions.
result Neural stochastic differential equations can approximate general stochastic differential equations arbitrarily well.

Elvet solves differential equations and variational problems with neural networks.

problem Solving complex differential and variational equations with arbitrary conditions.
method Machine learning, specifically neural networks, to represent and solve equations.
result Elvet can solve a wide range of differential and variational problems.

CLPF models continuous time-series data with improved representational power and variational approximations.

problem Fitting continuous time-series data with existing models faces challenges in representational power and variational quality.
method CLPF uses a time-dependent normalizing flow driven by a stochastic differential equation to decode continuous latent processes into continuous observables. Maximum likelihood optimization is achieved through a novel variational posterior process.
result CLPF outperforms state-of-the-art baselines on synthetic and real-world time-series data.

Paper introduces a new method to solve complex PDEs efficiently.

problem Solving high-dimensional semilinear PDEs and BSDEs.
method Decomposes PDEs into linear and nonlinear parts, uses Deep BSDE solver with control variate method.
result Errors of the new method are much smaller than those of the original Deep BSDE solver.

This paper presents a novel approach to numerically solve stochastic differential games for nonlinear systems. The proposed approach relies on the nonlinear Feynman-Kac theorem that establishes a connection between parabolic deterministic partial differential equations and forward-backward stochastic differential equat…

2019-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

MAntRA combines machine learning and Bayesian methods for time-dependent reliability analysis of unknown systems.

problem Time-dependent reliability analysis of systems with unknown governing physics.
method Combines machine learning, Bayesian statistics, and stochastic integration to discover and analyze SDEs from data.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of MAntRA on three numerical examples, indicating its potential for in-situ and heritage structure analysis.

New MKABSDEs help calculate initial margins in financial contracts.

problem Calculating initial margins in financial contracts with dependencies.
method Introduced MKABSDEs, provided existence and uniqueness, applied to CVaR, used deterministic and Monte-Carlo methods for numerical approximations.
result MKABSDEs provide a new way to solve for initial margins in financial contracts.

Moving boundary problems allow to model systems with phase transition at an inner boundary. Driven by problems in economics and finance, in particular modeling of limit order books, we consider a stochastic and non-linear extension of the classical Stefan-problem in one space dimension, where the paths of the moving in…

2016-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes variational Gaussian approximations for solving the Kushner equation.

problem Solving the Kushner equation for state estimation with observations.
method Tractable variational Gaussian approximations of proximal losses based on Wasserstein and Fisher metrics.
result The proposed method leads to a Gaussian flow consistent with Kalman-Bucy and Riccati flows.

WNVI solves inverse problems without forward models using neural networks.

problem Solving high-dimensional Bayesian inverse problems based on PDEs.
method WNVI uses weighted residuals and SVI with neural networks to infer state variables and unknowns.
result WNVI is more accurate and efficient than traditional methods and handles ill-posed problems.

We present new stochastic differential equations, that are more general and simpler than the existing Ito-based stochastic differential equations. As an example, we apply our approach to the investment (portfolio) model.

2012-11-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural networks model financial data with Lévy processes.

problem Forecasting chaotic financial time series with big jumps.
method Lévy-induced stochastic differential equation network approximated by neural networks.
result The method improves prediction accuracy using non-Gaussian Lévy processes.

Neural networks solve SPDEs using Wiener chaos expansion.

problem Solving stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) numerically.
method Using neural networks in the truncated Wiener chaos expansion.
result Approximation rates for learning SPDE solutions with noise.