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48 results for conservative approach

New conservation laws found for polyharmonic maps in critical dimension.

problem Existence of conservation laws for polyharmonic maps in critical dimension.
method Small perturbation of Uhlenbeck's gauge fixing matrix.
result Existence of conservation laws for elliptic systems of even order in critical dimension.

Following an approach of the second author for conformally invariant variational problems in two dimensions, we show in four dimensions the existence of a conservation law for fourth order systems, which includes both intrinsic and extrinsic biharmonic maps. With the help of this conservation law we prove the continuit…

2006-07-20abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a connection between the Killing fields that arise in the loop-group approach to integrable systems and conservation laws viewed as elements of the characteristic cohomology. We use the connection to generate the complete set of conservation laws (as elements of the characteristic cohomology) for the Tzitzei…

2012-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper tackles safe exploration in RL by a conservative safety critic.

problem Safe exploration in reinforcement learning (RL) when partially trained policies are deployed.
method Learning a conservative safety estimate through a critic, provably bounding catastrophic failures.
result The approach provably converges to competitive task performance with significantly lower catastrophic failure rates.

Proposes a conservative LR estimator for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.

problem Overestimation of likelihood ratios for infrequent data near a frequency threshold.
method Conservative likelihood ratio estimator for frequencies slightly above a threshold.
result Improves prediction accuracy in named entity context prediction.

New approach relaxes inductive biases of physics-inspired NNs for better performance.

problem Challenges in applying physics-inspired NNs to real-world systems.
method Examined and relaxed inductive biases of Hamiltonian NNs, improving performance on non-conservative systems.
result Improved performance on practical, non-conservative systems by relaxing inductive biases.

New definitions of conserved quantities at null infinity resolve ambiguities in general relativity.

problem Ambiguities in defining conserved quantities like angular momentum at null infinity.
method New definitions based on Chen-Wang-Yau quasilocal conserved quantities and optimal isometric embedding theory.
result These new definitions are free of supertranslation ambiguity and limit to classical Bondi mass.

Paper proposes an RL algorithm to ensure policy performance guarantees.

problem Lack of performance guarantees for RL policies compared to baselines.
method Online model-free algorithm that ensures conservative exploration.
result Regret bound of ildeO(T) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{T}) for both discrete and continuous spaces.

Discover conservation laws from trajectories using a neural network.

problem Finding invariants and conservation laws from large-scale data without prior knowledge.
method ConservNet, a neural network trained with noise-variance loss to discover hidden invariants in grouped multi-dimensional observables.
result Successfully discovers underlying invariants from simulated and real-world systems.

In the classical Lagrangian approach to conservation laws of gauge-natural field theories a suitable (vector) density is known to generate the so--called {\em conserved Noether currents}. It turns out that along any section of the relevant gauge--natural bundle this density is the divergence of a skew--symmetric (tenso…

2003-11-19abs ↗pdf ↗

New framework models non-conservative stochastic processes without energy conservation constraints.

problem Existing Schrödinger Bridge methods are limited by energy-conservation assumptions.
method Introduces non-conservative generalized Schrödinger bridge (NCGSB) based on contact Hamiltonian mechanics.
result Contact Wasserstein geodesic (CWG) provides a broader class of real-world stochastic processes.

In this paper we form a general conservation law that unifies a class of physics field theories. For this we first introduce the notion of a general field as a formal sum differential forms on a Minkowski manifold. Thereafter, we employ the action principle to define the conservation law for such general fields. By con…

2019-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

This survey article is about discrete constant mean curvature surfaces defined by an approach related to integrable systems techniques. We introduce the notion of discrete constant mean curvature surfaces by first introducing properties of smooth constant mean curvature surfaces. We describe the mathematical structure …

2010-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Theoretical analysis confirms non-conservative algorithms can converge to optimal policies.

problem Theoretical guarantees for non-conservative reinforcement learning algorithms.
method Theoretical analysis of Peng's Q(λλ) algorithm.
result Peng's Q(λλ) converges to an optimal policy under certain conditions.

Study finds conserved quantities for two types of curves on conformal sphere.

problem Identifying conserved quantities for specific types of curves on a conformal sphere.
method Used parallel tractor and Lagrangian formalism to compute conserved quantities.
result Found relation between conserved quantities of two curve types.

BRAID fine-tunes diffusion models to optimize reward models in offline scenarios.

problem Combining generative modeling and model-based optimization in offline scenarios.
method Conservative fine-tuning of diffusion models using RL to optimize reward models.
result BRAID outperforms existing methods in offline data, avoiding invalid designs.

The paper extends a learning heuristic to high-dimensional contexts, reducing the risk of unusual actions.

problem Sequential learning problems in high dimensions, especially in dynamic pricing and auctions.
method Introducing a conservative εtε_t-greedy rule that limits the adoption of new actions to a focused set of promising actions.
result Reasonable bounds for cumulative regret and improved regret bound for conservative version compared to non-conservative.

Paper presents a reduction-based framework for conservative bandits and RL with improved lower and upper bounds.

problem Conservative bandits and reinforcement learning problems.
method Reduction technique to calculate necessary and sufficient budget from baseline policy.
result Improved lower and upper bounds for various conservative settings.

BNRE improves simulation-based inference by producing more conservative posteriors.

problem Overconfident posteriors from current simulation-based inference algorithms risk false inferences.
method Balanced Neural Ratio Estimation (BNRE) that produces more conservative posterior approximations.
result BNRE produces more conservative posterior surrogates on all tested benchmarks and simulation budgets.

Study compares model-free valuation to actual financial outcomes, finds it slightly conservative.

problem Evaluating the quality of model-free valuation approaches for financial derivatives.
method Empirical analysis using historical option prices from S&P 500 constituents.
result Model-free valuation approaches are only marginally more conservative than industry-standard models.

Given a vector field on a manifold M, we define a globally conserved quantity to be a differential form whose Lie derivative is exact. Integrals of conserved quantities over suitable submanifolds are constant under time evolution, the Kelvin circulation theorem being a well-known special case. More generally, conserved…

2016-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Using the gauge theoretic approach for Lie applicable surfaces, we characterise certain subclasses of surfaces in terms of polynomial conserved quantities. These include isothermic and Guichard surfaces of conformal geometry and LL-isothermic surfaces of Laguerre geometry. In this setting one can see that the well kno…

2017-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to avoid excessive exploration in reinforcement learning.

problem Avoiding excessive exploration in reinforcement learning to deploy it in practice.
method Designs a novel algorithm using UCB reinforcement learning policy with adaptive exploration constraints.
result Proves that the approach remains conservative while minimizing regret in tabular settings and validates on real-world tasks.

We study higher-order conservation laws of the non-linearizable elliptic Poisson equation 2uzzˉ=f(u) \frac{{\partial}^2 u}{\partial z \partial \bar{z}} = -f(u) as elements of the characteristic cohomology of the associated exterior differential system. The theory of characteristic cohomology determines a normal form for diffe…

2009-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

HAMBO estimates policy performance by hallucinating worst-case trajectories, providing valid lower bounds.

problem Conservative off-policy evaluation of policies in real-world applications.
method HAMBO hallucinates worst-case trajectories based on learned model uncertainty.
result Valid lower bounds on policy performance, converging to true expected return under regular conditions.

A challenging problem in complex networks is the network reconstruction problem from data. This work deals with a class of networks denoted as conserved networks, in which a flow associated with every edge and the flows are conserved at all non-source and non-sink nodes. We propose a novel polynomial time algorithm to …

2019-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies symmetries and conservation laws of non-diagonalisable hydrodynamic systems.

problem Integrating non-diagonalisable hydrodynamic systems of partial differential equations.
method Analysis of gl-regular Nijenhuis operators, splitting Theorem for symmetries and conservation laws, relationship between symmetries and conservation laws.
result The system of partial differential equations is integrable in quadratures.

This article considers the quasi-local conserved quantities with respect to a reference spacetime with a cosmological constant. We follow the approach developed by the authors in [25,26,7] and define the quasi-local energy as differences of surface Hamiltonians. The ground state for the gravitational energy is taken to…

2016-03-09abs ↗pdf ↗

New neural network enforces mass conservation for better ice flow predictions.

problem Reliably project future sea level rise by improving ice sheet model inputs.
method Proposes divergence-free neural networks (dfNNs) enforcing local mass conservation.
result dfNNs yield more reliable ice flux estimates compared to other models.