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48 results for Wasserstein propagation

Study shows uniform-time chaos propagation in mean field Langevin dynamics.

problem Understanding the convergence of marginal distributions in mean field dynamics.
method Assumed functional convexity of energy, used LpL^p-convergence and Wasserstein metrics.
result Uniform-in-time propagation of chaos proved in both L2L^2-Wasserstein and relative entropy.

A new stochastic algorithm approximates optimal distributions without requiring propagation of chaos.

problem Optimizing functionals over probability distributions using finite particle systems.
method Virtual particle stochastic approximation, viewed as a form of stochastic gradient descent in the Wasserstein space.
result The algorithm's output converges to the optimal distribution and produces i.i.d. samples.

QP improves Gaussian process inference by minimizing Wasserstein distance.

problem Approximate inference in Gaussian processes using KL divergence is inadequate.
method Quantile Propagation (QP) minimizes Wasserstein distance instead of KL divergence.
result QP outperforms EP and variational Bayes in classification and Poisson regression.

Uniform-in-time analysis for Stein Variational Gradient Descent across various metrics.

problem Understanding long-term behavior of finite-particle systems in relation to their mean-field limits.
method Developed uniform-in-time propagation-of-chaos results for continuous-time SVGD using cutoff strategies and finite-dimensional theories.
result Uniform-in-time propagation-of-chaos bounds in various metrics, including Langevin kernel Stein discrepancy, Wasserstein-1, and Wasserstein-2 distances.

WAEs offer a statistical understanding of density estimation and error bounds.

problem Concurrent density estimation with neural network-induced transformations.
method Statistical analysis of WAEs focusing on upper bounds and error propagation.
result Established deterministic upper bounds on WAE errors and explored their resilience.

Study shows how SGD in large neural networks behaves as neurons increase.

problem Understanding SGD behavior in overparameterized neural networks.
method Probabilistic approach to continuous-time dynamics of SGD, focusing on particle interactions.
result Particles' interactions asymptotically vanish, leading to a mean-field limit.

This work improves Gaussian process regression for large, non-stationary data.

problem Scalability issues and performance degradation for non-stationary data.
method Combines variational free energy approximations with online expectation propagation and local splitting steps.
result Incremental adaptation to locality, heterogeneity, and non-stationarity in training data.

New method reduces bias in neural networks using Wasserstein-2 regularization.

problem Reduces bias in neural network classifiers, especially in image analysis.
method Introduces a Wasserstein-2 regularization term to neural network loss function.
result Improves accuracy and fairness in predictions across different subgroups.

Existence of calibrated local stochastic volatility models proven for non-regular coefficients.

problem Existence of calibrated local stochastic volatility models in finance.
method Investigation of McKean--Vlasov equations with minimal continuity assumptions on coefficients, providing existence and propagation of chaos results.
result Existence of calibrated local stochastic volatility models for appropriate stochastic volatility parameters.

SGMs are robust to practical errors via uncertainty quantification.

problem Robustness of SGMs to practical implementation errors.
method Wasserstein uncertainty propagation (WUP) theorem and Bernstein estimates.
result SGMs are provably robust to multiple sources of error.

Paper justifies ST estimator using pWGF and proposes an improved variant.

problem Theoretical justification for ST estimator for discrete variables.
method Interpreted ST as pWGF simulation and proposed an improved estimator.
result Established theoretical foundation for ST estimator and improved variant.

New Wasserstein divergence improves generative model robustness and structure preservation.

problem Improving generative model robustness and structure preservation.
method Introduces a novel Wasserstein-1 path-space divergence and a WUP theorem.
result Derives robustness and generalization bounds for flow-based models.

Study controlled contagion with state-dependent killing, proving a comparison principle.

problem Analyzing controlled McKean--Vlasov contagion with state-dependent killing.
method Proof of a comparison principle using Wasserstein smooth-gauge comparison and killing-jump absorption estimates.
result Established a comparison principle for the two-population killed-particle HJB.

Bayesian Gaussian Processes layer detects out-of-distribution data in medical imaging.

problem Detecting out-of-distribution data in medical imaging tasks.
method Parameter-efficient hierarchical convolutional Gaussian Processes in Wasserstein-2 space.
result Uncertainty estimates enable superior out-of-distribution detection compared to previous methods.

Generative model creates detailed 3D shapes from text descriptions.

problem Creating high-resolution 3D models from natural language descriptions.
method Two-step process: first generating low-resolution shapes, then high-resolution shapes using Conditional Wasserstein GAN framework.
result Improved method generates 3D shapes more faithful to natural language.

Bayesian layer improves image segmentation and out-of-distribution detection.

problem Outlier detection in image segmentation.
method Parameter-efficient hierarchical convolutional Gaussian Processes in Wasserstein-2 space.
result Uncertainty estimates improve out-of-distribution detection.

Improved convergence rates for Stein Variational Gradient Descent in finite-particle settings.

problem Improving convergence rates for Stein Variational Gradient Descent in finite-particle settings.
method Analyzing the time derivative of relative entropy and splitting it into dominant and smaller parts.
result Finite-particle convergence rates of order 1/\sqrt{N} for Kernelized Stein Discrepancy and Wasserstein-2 metrics.

Uniform bounds for neural network convergence without strong convexity assumptions.

problem Understanding the convergence of neural networks in the feature-learning regime.
method Establishing uniform-in-time weak propagation-of-chaos via mean-field deterministic Wasserstein-gradient-flow dynamics.
result Uniform bounds on the difference between infinite-width and finite-width neural network outputs, showing that fewer neurons can achieve a desired loss.

DCMA uses generative models to analyze complex treatment effects on outcome distributions.

problem Analyzing complex and nonlinear causal mechanisms through outcome-level summary contrasts.
method Generative learning framework for identifying and estimating treatment effects on entire outcome distributions.
result Reconstructs interventional outcome distributions via Monte Carlo forward simulation, capturing both summary and distributional contrasts.

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.

The paper tackles gradual domain adaptation with manifold-constrained DRO, showing error bounds across distributions.

problem Gradual domain adaptation challenge with manifold-constrained data distributions.
method Distributionally Robust Optimization (DRO) with an adaptive Wasserstein radius.
result Theoretical bounds on classification error across distributions, demonstrating error propagation dynamics.

Improved sampling from complex distributions with reduced bias.

problem Reducing bias in high-dimensional sampling algorithms.
method Hierarchical entropy analysis to weaken assumptions and expand scope.
result Bias reduction in low-dimensional marginals scales with lower dimension, not full dimension.

Differentiable EM for Gaussian Mixture Models improves model integration.

problem Non-differentiability of EM algorithm limits its use in modern learning pipelines.
method Presented and compared several differentiation strategies for EM.
result Differentiable EM enables the use of Mixture Wasserstein distance in machine learning tasks.

Improved particle approximation for mean-field neural networks.

problem Particle approximation error for mean-field neural networks.
method Improved particle approximation error by leveraging the problem structure in risk minimization.
result Established an LSI-constant-free particle approximation error concerning the objective gap.

Paper proposes a probabilistic alignment method for domain adaptation.

problem Latent distribution mismatch and miscalibrated uncertainty in adapting large-scale models.
method Bayesian latent transport framework with PAC-Bayesian regularization.
result Reduction in latent manifold discrepancy and improved uncertainty calibration.

Unified neural network framework for context-aware Gaussian overbounds in uncertainty propagation.

problem Uncertainty quantification in safety-critical settings requires conservative bounds, but existing methods often fail to compose and are overly conservative.
method Proposes a learning framework that trains neural networks to produce context-aware Gaussian overbounds with provable conservatism.
result The method yields tighter bounds while maintaining conservatism on the enforced grid and in experiments.

Wasserstein GANs fail to approximate Wasserstein distance, leading to their success.

problem Approximating Wasserstein distance in deep generative models.
method Analysis of differences between theoretical setup and training reality.
result Wasserstein GANs' success is due to their failure to approximate Wasserstein distance.

Study on conditions for achieving optimal robustness in statistical estimators.

problem Achieving the optimal robustness of estimators in statistical models.
method Developed a Wasserstein analogue of the Cramer-Rao inequality and investigated conditions for achieving the Wasserstein-Cramer-Rao lower bound.
result Conditions for the existence of asymptotically efficient estimators in one-parameter models and location-scale families.

A method for fast estimation of Wasserstein distances using sliced Wasserstein distances.

problem Efficiently computing Wasserstein distances for multiple pairs of distributions.
method Regression on sliced Wasserstein distances to predict true Wasserstein distances.
result The proposed method provides a better approximation of Wasserstein distance than state-of-the-art models, especially in low-data regimes.

The paper introduces a new Wasserstein distance for approximating posteriors in inverse problems.

problem Approximating posterior measures in inverse problems using conditional Wasserstein distances.
method Introduces a conditional Wasserstein distance with restricted couplings and derives its dual.
result Shows that conditional Wasserstein GANs can yield favorable properties for posterior sampling.

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.

The paper studies scaling limits of Wasserstein metrics on Gaussian mixture models.

problem Understanding the scaling limits of Wasserstein metrics on Gaussian mixture models.
method Scaling limit approach on Gaussian mixture models, including inhomogeneous and extended models.
result Existence of the limit of the Wasserstein metric after renormalization for GMMs with zero variance.