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48 results for conditional flow matching

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.

Flow Matching enables robust training of CNFs with various probability paths.

problem Training Continuous Normalizing Flows (CNFs) at large scales.
method Flow Matching (FM) is a simulation-free approach for training CNFs by regressing vector fields of conditional probability paths.
result Flow Matching with diffusion paths yields more robust and stable training compared to diffusion-based methods.

HTFM improves mode coverage and tail-statistic recovery for heavy-tailed data.

problem Tackles heavy-tailed data in various domains with rare events.
method Proposes a framework using clock-conditioned Gaussian sources and truncated logsignature features.
result Improves mode coverage, sample quality, and tail-statistic recovery over Gaussian flow matching and baselines.

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.

A new method reformulates Optimal Transport Conditional Flow Matching using proximal operators.

problem Optimal Transport Conditional Flow Matching (OT-CFM) for generating models.
method Reformulate OT-CFM using proximal operators and extended Brenier potential.
result OT-CFM dynamics are terminally normally hyperbolic for manifold-supported targets.

New error bounds for flow matching methods using deterministic sampling.

problem Improving the accuracy of flow matching methods for generating probability distributions.
method Derived error bounds for flow matching methods under deterministic sampling conditions.
result Presented error bounds for flow matching methods using L2L^2 loss and regularity conditions.

New method learns PDE solutions from low-fidelity data.

problem Challenges in learning PDE surrogates with scarce data.
method Flow matching in infinite-dimensional space with conditional neural operators.
result Accurately learns PDE solutions across different resolutions and fidelities.

We introduce a new curvature flow which matches with the Ricci flow on metrics and preserves the almost Hermitian condition. This enables us to use Ricci flow to study almost Hermitian manifolds.

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Improved KL bounds and Wasserstein guarantees for diffusion flow matching under minimal conditions.

problem Theoretical convergence properties of Brownian motion based diffusion flow matching.
method Refined analysis under Kullback-Leibler and 2-Wasserstein distances.
result State-of-the-art scaling in KL convergence bounds under minimal conditions.

FMCIT accelerates CI tests for causal discovery, maintaining power and efficiency.

problem High computational complexity in CI tests limits practical applicability of causal discovery methods.
method Flow Matching-based Conditional Independence Test (FMCIT) that leverages flow matching for fast CI tests.
result FMCIT effectively controls type-I error and maintains high testing power under the alternative hypothesis.

TSFlow uses Gaussian processes to match priors for better time series forecasting.

problem Difficulties in aligning generative models' priors with time series data.
method Conditional flow matching (CFM) with Gaussian processes, optimal transport, and data-dependent priors.
result TSFlow produces high-quality unconditional samples and competitive forecasting results.

Guided Flows enhance sample quality in conditional image generation and text-to-speech.

problem Improving sample quality in conditional generative models.
method Integrating classifier-free guidance into Flow Matching (FM) models for Continuous Normalizing Flows (CNFs).
result Guided Flows significantly improve sample quality in conditional image generation and text-to-speech synthesis.

Efficiently solves inverse problems with diffusion and flow models in just a few steps.

problem Solving inverse problems like super-resolution, inpainting, or deblurring using diffusion or flow models.
method Conditional Conjugate Integrators framework that projects inverse problem dynamics into a more amenable space for sampling.
result Generates high-quality samples in as few as 5 conditional sampling steps, outperforming competing methods.

FlowHFT learns adaptive trading strategies from multiple models for diverse market conditions.

problem Traditional HFT models are limited by specific market conditions and cannot adapt to dynamic markets.
method FlowHFT uses flow matching policy to learn from multiple expert models and adapt to various market scenarios.
result FlowHFT consistently outperforms individual expert models in multiple market conditions.

Novel alignment framework for text-to-image generation using diffusion models and flow matching.

problem Improving text-to-image generation with minimal computational resources.
method Proposes a novel alignment framework that decomposes the score function into pre-trained score plus a conditional expectation of the reward.
result Achieves comparable performance to finetuning-based models with reduced computational cost.

CW-Gen models improve probabilistic time series forecasting by incorporating prior information.

problem Challenges in probabilistic forecasting of multivariate time series due to non-stationarity, inter-variable dependencies, and distribution shifts.
method CW-Gen framework that incorporates prior information through conditional whitening. JMCE learns conditional mean and covariance, improving sample quality.
result CW-Gen consistently enhances predictive performance, capturing non-stationary dynamics and inter-variable correlations more effectively than prior-free approaches.

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.

This study examines biases in flow matching samplers using finite-sample estimation.

problem Biases in flow matching samplers when using finite-sample surrogates.
method Finite-sample plug-in estimation and hierarchy of empirical FM models.
result Exact empirical minimizer and smoothed plug-in regime identified for affine conditional flows.

Flow Matching for count data improves sample quality and efficiency.

problem Mapping between count distributions across batches or time points in high-dimensional count data.
method count-FM, a flow-matching framework based on a continuous-time birth-death process with local unit jumps.
result count-FM achieves better sample quality than representative baselines while using fewer parameters.

RFM uses tangent vector fields to match data on manifolds, analyzing TV convergence for Euler discretization.

problem Matching data on curved manifolds using flow-based models.
method Developed a nonasymptotic TV convergence analysis for RFM samplers using Euler discretization.
result Explicit bounds on TV convergence separating numerical discretization and learning errors.

Improved scaffold generation for protein motifs using SE(3) flow matching.

problem Lack of structural diversity in generated scaffolds for protein motifs.
method Extended FrameFlow for motif-scaffolding with motif amortization and motif guidance.
result 2.5 times more designable and unique motif-scaffolds compared to state-of-the-art.

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.

Diverging Flows detects extrapolations in flow models, ensuring reliable predictions.

problem Flow models extrapolate into invalid data, leading to silent failures.
method Structurally enforce inefficient transport for off-manifold inputs.
result Effective detection of extrapolations without compromising predictive fidelity or inference latency.

Energy Matching unifies flow matching and energy-based models for generative modeling.

problem Inability of flow-based models to integrate partial observations and priors.
method Energy Matching framework that integrates flow matching and energy-based models.
result Substantially outperforms existing EBMs on CIFAR-10 and ImageNet generation.

Unified framework for training diffusion and flow models to sample from target distributions.

problem Training diffusion and flow models to sample from target distributions defined by exponential tilting.
method Unified framework combining stochastic optimal control and non-equilibrium thermodynamics perspectives.
result Unified bias-variance decompositions and theoretical support for adjoint-based methods.

Flow Matching improves statistical guarantees through kernel density estimation.

problem Improving statistical guarantees for generative models.
method Connecting Flow Matching to kernel density estimation and verifying optimal rates of convergence.
result Flow Matching achieves optimal rates up to logarithmic factors for large networks and on lower-dimensional manifolds.

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.

EWFM trains continuous flows with only energy evaluations, improving sample quality with fewer computations.

problem Efficiently sampling from complex, high-dimensional Boltzmann distributions using only energy evaluations.
method Energy-Weighted Flow Matching (EWFM) using importance sampling and iterative/annealed training.
result Improved sample quality with up to 3 orders of magnitude fewer energy evaluations compared to existing methods.

This work introduces a new model for complex stochastic processes.

problem Difficulties in representing non-stationary distributions with conventional models.
method Recurrent Autoregressive Flows using normalizing flows with recurrent neural connections.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed model through experiments.