Paper proposes a new model for multivariate risk measures using Wasserstein barycenters.
problem Estimating robust multivariate risk measures in financial markets.
method Wasserstein barycenters of probability measures, copulas, Value at Risk models.
result The new model provides realistic VaR forecasts in both common and volatile periods.
We solve the remaining cases of the Riemann mapping problem of Escobar. Indeed, performing a suitable scheme of the barycenter technique of Bahri-Coron via the Chen's bubbles, we solve the cases left open after the work of Chen. Thus, combining our work with the ones of Almaraz, Chen, Escobar and Marques we have that e…
New barycenters defined for hyperbolic balls, differing from spheres.
problem Defining barycenters in hyperbolic geometry.
method Introducing conformal and holomorphic barycenters.
result Holomorphic and conformal barycenters differ in hyperbolic balls.
New algorithm for computing Wasserstein barycenters with guarantees.
problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters with varying regularization strengths.
method Damped Sinkhorn iterations followed by exact maximization/minimization steps.
result First non-asymptotic convergence guarantees for approximating Wasserstein barycenters.
Method shows existence of conformal metrics with constant Q-curvature on manifolds.
problem Existence of conformal metrics with constant Q-curvature on manifolds. method Bahri-Coron barycenter method applied to GJMS operator.
result Existence of positive solutions for the 2k-th order Q-curvature equation. Algorithm samples from Wasserstein barycenter of measures.
problem Sampling from Wasserstein barycenter of measures.
method Gradient flow of multimarginal formulation with penalization.
result Algorithm samples close to Wasserstein barycenter.
New algorithm approximates continuous Wasserstein barycenters efficiently.
problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters for continuous distributions.
method Stochastic algorithm using dual potentials and stochastic gradient descent.
result Efficient online approximation of continuous Wasserstein barycenters.
Bonahon conjectured that compact convex cores with totally geodesic boundary uniquely minimize volume over all hyperbolic 3-manifolds in the same homotopy class. This paper proves Bonahon's conjecture. The proofs extend the techniques of Besson-Courtois-Gallot.
First DP algorithm for Wasserstein barycenters on private data.
problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters on private datasets.
method Differentially private algorithms for Wasserstein barycenters.
result High-quality private barycenters with strong accuracy-privacy tradeoffs.
A new method combines Gaussian Processes to optimize under uncertainty.
problem Bayesian Optimization's weakness in fitting Gaussian Processes.
method Wasserstein Barycenter Gaussian Process (WBGP) approach.
result WBGP-BO converges to the optimum, improving on vanilla BO.
Develops a method to efficiently compute Wasserstein barycenters with variational distributions.
problem High computational burden in computing Wasserstein barycenters for high-dimensional and continuous settings.
method Introduces a variational distribution to approximate the continuous Wasserstein barycenter, reformulating the problem as an optimization with c-cyclical monotonicity.
result The method provides a tractable dual formulation for efficient computation of Wasserstein barycenters, demonstrated on real applications.
A new method for barycenter of probability measures using entropic optimal transport.
problem Finding a weighted average of probability distributions.
method Doubly regularized Wasserstein barycenters with entropic optimal transport.
result The new formulation is debiased and has a smooth density, leading to efficient estimation and optimization.
Estimates barycenter in geodesic spaces with finite sample bounds.
problem Estimating the barycenter of a distribution in geodesic spaces.
method Finite sample error bounds, Hoeffding- and Bernstein-type concentration inequalities, efficient algorithms.
result Statistical guarantees for efficient barycenter computation.
A neural network speeds up computation of Wasserstein barycenters by 60x.
problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters is computationally demanding.
method Trained a deep convolutional neural network to compute Wasserstein barycenters.
result Computational times reduced from milliseconds to seconds.
Enhances fairness in multi-output models using optimal transport.
problem Improving fairness in multi-output models like multi-task/multi-class classification and representation learning.
method Post-processing method using optimal transport mappings to move model outputs towards empirical Wasserstein barycenter.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of the proposed approach on multi-task/multi-class classification and representation learning tasks.
Method approximates Riemannian barycenter on manifolds.
problem Computing the exact Riemannian barycenter is computationally expensive.
method Uses under- and over-approximations of Riemannian distance to compute an approximate barycenter.
result Approximation method is more efficient than exact methods and steepest descent.
New algorithm computes optimal transport barycenter efficiently.
problem Computing optimal transport barycenter for high-dimensional probability distributions.
method Wasserstein-Descent H˙1-Ascent (WDHA) algorithm. result Exact barycenter computation in nearly linear time and linear space complexity.
The paper develops techniques to study entropy and rigidity in RCD-spaces.
problem Entropy and rigidity in RCD-spaces.
method Develops the barycenter technique for RCD-spaces and applies it to show entropy-volume inequalities.
result RCD-spaces with equality in entropy-volume inequality are locally symmetric.
Proposes variational Wasserstein barycenters for geometric clustering.
problem Geometric clustering problems, especially K-means and co-clustering.
method Solves for Monge maps using variational principle, explores connections to K-means and co-clustering.
result Demonstrates feasibility and use of variational Wasserstein barycenters in clustering.
Paper introduces SGA for barycenter optimization in optimal transport.
problem Optimizing Wasserstein barycenter for discrete distributions.
method Sobolev gradient ascent algorithm tailored to Wasserstein geometry.
result SGA achieves convergence rate similar to subgradient descent.
Paper presents a new algorithm to approximate Wasserstein-2 barycenters without bias.
problem Approximating Wasserstein-2 barycenters of continuous measures.
method Generative model approach using arbitrary neural networks.
result The method does not introduce bias and is applicable to large-scale tasks.
New clustering method for uncertain data using Wasserstein barycenters.
problem Clustering uncertain and structured data with observational/experimental error.
method Wasserstein barycenters and geodesic criterion for optimal clustering.
result Effective clustering of complex data in astronomy, biology, and remote sensing.
New dynamical approach defines symmedian as hyperbolic barycenter.
problem Understanding symmedian properties in hyperbolic geometry.
method Developed a new dynamical coordinatization.
result Symmedian point acts as hyperbolic barycenter.
We present a stochastic algorithm to compute the barycenter of a set of probability distributions under the Wasserstein metric from optimal transport. Unlike previous approaches, our method extends to continuous input distributions and allows the support of the barycenter to be adjusted in each iteration. We tackle the…
New scalable algorithm estimates barycenters of measures in high dimensions.
problem Estimating barycenters of measures in high-dimensional settings.
method Optimizes generative models to estimate barycenters, scaling by introducing inductive biases.
result First scalable method to estimate barycenters in thousands of dimensions.
Study when idempotent barycenter map results in trivial bundle.
problem When does idempotent barycenter map yield a trivial bundle?
method Investigates idempotent barycenter map restricted to points with no-trivial fibers.
result Reveals conditions for the map to result in a trivial bundle.
A new method for averaging probability distributions based on optimal weak mass transport.
problem Averaging probability distributions in a geometric way.
method Weak barycenters based on optimal weak mass transport.
result Extracts common geometric information shared by all input distributions.
Paper solves barycenter of probability distributions using Sinkhorn divergence.
problem Computing the barycenter of a set of probability distributions under the Sinkhorn divergence.
method Recast as unconstrained functional optimization and develop Sinkhorn Descent (SD) method.
result SD converges to a stationary point at a sublinear rate and asymptotically finds a global minimizer.
Proves uniqueness of barycenters on manifolds without restrictions.
problem Finding unique barycenters on complex geometric spaces.
method Introduces new disintegrated Monge-Kantorovich metrics for barycenter problems.
result Uniqueness of barycenters on connected, complete Riemannian manifolds.
New method proves absolute continuity of Wasserstein barycenters on manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bound.
problem Proving absolute continuity of Wasserstein barycenters on manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bound.
method Introducing new displacement functionals exploiting Hessian equality and revisiting Souslin space theory, Dunford-Pettis theorem, and de la Vallée Poussin criterion for uniform integrability.
result Absolute continuity of Wasserstein barycenters is established for a general class of manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bound.
A scalable algorithm approximates Wasserstein Barycenters using neural networks.
problem Representing the weighted mean of probability distributions in high dimensions.
method Input Convex Neural Networks (ICNNs) for Kantorovich dual formulation of Wasserstein-2 distance.
result Generative model representation of the Barycenter with infinite samples.
Efficient federated algorithm for calculating transportation barycenter.
problem Efficiently calculating the free-support transportation barycenter in a federated setting.
method Single-loop dual decomposition algorithm that uses only aggregated information.
result Significantly scalable and low-complexity algorithm for federated computation.
New method for robustly estimating barycenters in data aggregation.
problem Outliers and noise in data measures hinder traditional OT barycenter estimation.
method Proposes a novel scalable approach using semi-unbalanced neural optimal transport.
result Demonstrates robustness to outliers and class imbalance.
A new method for averaging data on manifolds is proposed, offering simplicity and efficiency.
problem The difficulty of computing Fréchet means on manifolds, especially Stiefel and Grassmann.
method Proposed RL-barycenters, simpler arithmetic means projected onto the manifold.
result RL-barycenters yield simple yet effective means on Stiefel and Grassmann manifolds.
We study in this paper a variant of Wasserstein barycenter problem, which we refer to as tree-Wasserstein barycenter, by leveraging a specific class of ground metrics, namely tree metrics, for Wasserstein distance. Drawing on the tree structure, we propose an efficient algorithmic approach to solve the tree-Wasserstein…
The paper explores geometry of probability measures and barycenter maps.
problem Understanding the space of probability measures and their barycenter.
method Information geometry, Fisher metric, dualistic structures, divergences, geodesics.
result Recent developments in the geometry of probability measures and barycenter.
A new algorithm computes Wasserstein barycenters without entropic regularization.
problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters efficiently and accurately.
method Free-support algorithm based on particle flow and Riemannian geometry.
result The algorithm avoids entropic regularization and is computationally tractable.
Efficiently aggregating data from different sources is a challenging problem, particularly when samples from each source are distributed differently. These differences can be inherent to the inference task or present for other reasons: sensors in a sensor network may be placed far apart, affecting their individual meas…
New method for scalable barycenter computation using Wasserstein gradient flows.
problem Scalability and integration of label information in barycenter computation.
method Gradient flows in Wasserstein space, time discretization, mini-batch optimal transport, modular regularization, task-aware functions, supervised information integration.
result Empirically validated new state-of-the-art barycenter solver with labeled barycenters outperforming unlabeled ones.
Paper proposes PRWB and RPRWB for Wasserstein barycenters.
problem Numerical challenges in computing Wasserstein barycenters.
method Projection robust Wasserstein barycenter (PRWB) and relaxed PRWB (RPRWB).
result RPRWB improves clustering performance on real text datasets.
Debiased Wasserstein barycenters improve on entropy regularization in OT.
problem Entropy regularization in OT introduces bias, leading to blurred barycenters.
method Propose debiased Wasserstein barycenters using Sinkhorn iterations.
result Debiased barycenters preserve fast Sinkhorn-like iterations without entropy smoothing bias.
Scalable algorithm for computing Wasserstein-2 barycenters without bias.
problem Computing Wasserstein-2 barycenters efficiently and accurately.
method Input convex neural networks and cycle-consistency regularization.
result Our approach avoids introducing bias and does not require minimax optimization.
Efficiently computes optimal transport maps and Wasserstein barycenters using conditional normalizing flows.
problem Computing optimal transport maps and Wasserstein barycenters in high-dimensional spaces.
method Uses conditional normalizing flows to approximate distributions and solve the primal problem.
result Shows computational feasibility for hundreds of input distributions and yields accurate results.
We study barycenters in the space of probability measures on a Riemannian manifold, equipped with the Wasserstein metric. Under reasonable assumptions, we establish absolute continuity of the barycenter of general measures Ω∈P(P(M)) on Wasserstein space, extending on one hand, results in the Euclidean case (for ba…
Paper tackles robust optimal transport with improved computational complexity and barycenter approximation.
problem Computing robust optimal transport and its barycenter efficiently.
method Sinkhorn-based algorithms for robust optimal transport and iterative Bregman projections for barycenter approximation.
result Improved computational complexity for robust optimal transport and barycenter approximation.
FPI methods compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for various dissimilarity measures.
problem Efficiently compute barycenters of Gaussian sets for multiple dissimilarity measures.
method Fixed-Point Iterations (FPI) for several dissimilarity measures.
result FPI provides a useful toolbox for fusion/reduction of Gaussian sets.
The paper develops a method to compute the conformal barycenter in hyperbolic space.
problem Computing the conformal barycenter in hyperbolic space.
method Analysis of Riemannian Newton's method and regularized Newton's method with line search.
result Newton's method and regularized Newton's method with line search converge to the conformal barycenter.
Method learns graphons from graphs via Gromov-Wasserstein barycenters.
problem Learning nonparametric graph models from finite graphs.
method Approximate graphons with step functions, use Gromov-Wasserstein distance, learn barycenters.
result Proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art on synthetic and real-world data.