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48 results for classical solvers

Study analyzes 3,171 stocks to pick efficient portfolios using quantum and classical solvers.

problem Creating efficient stock portfolios from a large dataset.
method Used classical and quantum solvers to optimize portfolios of 3,171 US stocks.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of quantum and classical solvers in portfolio optimization.

Although optimization is the longstanding algorithmic backbone of machine learning, new models still require the time-consuming implementation of new solvers. As a result, there are thousands of implementations of optimization algorithms for machine learning problems. A natural question is, if it is always necessary to…

2019-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method combines classical and machine learning PDE solvers efficiently.

problem Combining classical and machine learning PDE solvers to reduce computational cost and improve accuracy.
method Proposes an approximate greedy router to select solvers at each iteration, mimicking a greedy approach.
result Consistently reduces final error and AUC of the error trajectory compared to single-solver baselines and hybrid approaches.

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.

This work introduces a new loss function to improve the efficiency of optimization-based PDE solvers.

problem Optimization-based PDE solvers converge slowly and are inefficient compared to classical iterative solvers.
method Proposes a novel Stabilized Gradient Residual (SGR) loss function to modulate the condition number.
result The SGR loss achieves orders-of-magnitude faster convergence than the MSE loss in both ODIL and PINNs frameworks.

AI methods often fail to outperform classical CPU-based solvers on Maximum Independent Set problems.

problem Comparing AI methods with classical CPU-based solvers on Maximum Independent Set problems.
method Comparison of AI methods (e.g., generative models, reinforcement learning) with classical CPU-based solvers (e.g., KaMIS) on Maximum Independent Set problem.
result AI-inspired methods are often outperformed by classical CPU-based solvers, even with post-processing techniques.

We study two fundamental questions in neuro-symbolic computing: can deep learning tackle challenging problems in logics end-to-end, and can neural networks learn the semantics of logics. In this work we focus on linear-time temporal logic (LTL), as it is widely used in verification. We train a Transformer on the proble…

2020-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

There is resurging interest, in statistics and machine learning, in solvers for ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that return probability measures instead of point estimates. Recently, Conrad et al. introduced a sampling-based class of methods that are 'well-calibrated' in a specific sense. But the computational c…

2016-05-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning matches classical feature-based AS models for TSP.

problem Automated selection of algorithms for the TSP.
method Evolved instances, deep neural network, visual representation.
result Deep learning approach matches classical feature-based models.

Parallel-in-time solver reduces ODE simulation time from linear to logarithmic.

problem Efficiently solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with reduced computational cost.
method Formulated a parallel-in-time probabilistic numerical ODE solver using time-parallel formulation of iterated extended Kalman smoothers.
result Reduces span cost from linear to logarithmic in the number of time steps.

Leveraging on the convexity of the Lasso problem , screening rules help in accelerating solvers by discarding irrelevant variables, during the optimization process. However, because they provide better theoretical guarantees in identifying relevant variables, several non-convex regularizers for the Lasso have been prop…

2019-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Calibrated probabilistic solvers improve accuracy of ODE estimates.

problem Uncertainty in probabilistic ODE solutions is not well-calibrated for adaptive step sizes.
method Introduce and assess several calibration methods for probabilistic ODE solvers.
result Calibration methods interact efficiently with adaptive step-size selection, improving posteriors.

New framework for probabilistic linear solvers reduces manual effort.

problem Manual implementation of probabilistic iterative methods is laborious.
method Affine Tracing: Automatically constructs PIMs from standard implementations.
result Any realistic affine PIM is calibrated, motivating their adoption.

Runge-Kutta methods are the classic family of solvers for ordinary differential equations (ODEs), and the basis for the state of the art. Like most numerical methods, they return point estimates. We construct a family of probabilistic numerical methods that instead return a Gauss-Markov process defining a probability d…

2014-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

DC3 uses deep learning to solve hard-constrained optimization problems efficiently.

problem Hard constraints in optimization problems make classical solvers slow and infeasible.
method DC3 employs a differentiable procedure to enforce feasibility and unrolls corrections for inequality constraints.
result DC3 achieves near-optimal solutions while maintaining feasibility in both synthetic and real-world tasks.

Paper develops MMOT framework for financial applications with neural acceleration.

problem Financial optimization and calibration under multi-period martingale constraints.
method Theoretical analysis, incremental updates, adaptive sparse grids, hybrid neural-projection solver.
result Neural solver achieves 1597x speedup for real-time applications.

Prob-GParareal adds uncertainty quantification to PinT solvers for differential equations.

problem Uncertainty in numerical solutions of differential equations.
method Prob-GParareal uses Gaussian processes to model Parareal correction function, providing probabilistic forecasts.
result Prob-GParareal yields accurate and robust probabilistic forecasts on various ODE systems.

Quantum algorithm speeds up MIP solving by a near-quadratic factor.

problem Solving Mixed Integer Programs (MIPs) efficiently.
method Incremental-Quantum-Branch-and-Bound algorithm combining quantum speedup with classical search heuristics.
result Universal near-quadratic speedup over classical Branch-and-Bound algorithms.

Graph neural networks improve AMG convergence for sparse systems.

problem Efficiently constructing algebraic multigrid prolongation operators for sparse linear systems.
method Train a graph neural network to learn prolongation operators from matrix classes, using an unsupervised loss function.
result Improved convergence rates compared to classical AMG methods.

Optimizes neural networks with blackbox solvers using Time-cost Regularization.

problem Improving neural network performance by integrating efficient solvers for complex problems.
method Optimizes both the primary loss function and the performance of the blackbox solver using Time-cost Regularization. Introduces a hyper-blackbox concept to learn blackbox parameters.
result Significant improvement in neural network performance through optimization of blackbox solvers.

Recommender systems play an essential role in the modern business world. They recommend favorable items like books, movies, and search queries to users based on their past preferences. Applying similar ideas and techniques to Monte Carlo simulations of physical systems boosts their efficiency without sacrificing accura…

2016-12-06abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper speeds up hyperparameter optimisation in Gaussian processes.

problem Scaling hyperparameter optimisation to large datasets.
method Improvements to linear system solvers (pathwise gradient, warm starting, early stopping).
result Speed-ups of up to 72x and residual norm decreases of up to 7x.

CRA improves UL-based CO solvers by dynamically smoothing and enforcing discreteness.

problem Local optima and artificial rounding issues in UL-based CO solvers.
method Continuous Relaxation Annealing (CRA) strategy that dynamically shifts from continuous to discrete solutions.
result Significantly enhances UL-based CO solver performance and eliminates artificial rounding.

We analyze the computational complexity of Quantum Sparse Support Vector Machine, a linear classifier that minimizes the hinge loss and the L1L_1 norm of the feature weights vector and relies on a quantum linear programming solver instead of a classical solver. Sparse SVM leads to sparse models that use only a small fr…

2019-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study compares 5 ODE solvers on 3 case studies, finding varying accuracy.

problem Comparing estimation accuracy of 5 ODE solvers on 3 case studies.
method Used 5 different numerical ODE solvers (Euler's, Heun's, Midpoint, Runge-Kutta 4th order, ODE45) on 3 case studies and compared their results.
result Different solvers have varying accuracy depending on the case study.

SA-Solver improves stochastic sampling from DPMs.

problem Efficient sampling from Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DPMs) is time-consuming.
method Proposes SA-Solver, an improved stochastic Adams method for solving diffusion SDE.
result SA-Solver achieves improved or comparable performance compared to SOTA methods for few-step sampling.

New taxonomy and improved solvers for discrete energy minimization.

problem Maximum-a-posteriori inference in discrete graphical models.
method Dual block-coordinate ascent rule, theoretical analysis, new solver variants.
result Improved state-of-the-art solver outperforming existing methods on all test instances.

A mesh-free method solves continuum-marginal optimal transport problems.

problem Recovering minimum-energy velocity fields from time-continuous probability marginals.
method Embeds weak continuity equation in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space, optimizing with mini-batch stochastic methods.
result Accurately recovers drift and maintains marginal consistency in synthetic experiments.

We present a quantum interior-point method (IPM) for second-order cone programming (SOCP) that runs in time O~(nrζκδ2log(1/ε))\widetilde{O} \left( n\sqrt{r} \frac{ζκ}{δ^2} \log \left(1/ε\right) \right) where rr is the rank and nn the dimension of the SOCP, δδ bounds the distance of intermediate solutions from the cone boundary, ζζ

2019-08-19abs ↗pdf ↗

MIP-GNN uses graph neural networks to predict variable biases for MIP solvers.

problem Improving combinatorial optimization through data-driven insights.
method Encoding MILP interactions as graphs, training a graph neural network to predict variable biases, and guiding the MIP solver with these predictions.
result Significant improvements in solving binary MILPs compared to default settings of state-of-the-art solvers.