It has been observed that residual networks can be viewed as the explicit Euler discretization of an Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE). This observation motivated the introduction of so-called Neural ODEs, which allow more general discretization schemes with adaptive time stepping. Here, we propose ANODEV2, which is…
Graph-Coupled Oscillator Networks (GraphCON) tackles graph-based learning problems.
problem The oversmoothing problem in Graph Neural Networks (GNNs).
method GraphCON is a novel framework based on discretizations of ODEs modeling oscillators coupled via graph adjacency.
result GraphCON mitigates the oversmoothing problem and exploding/vanishing gradients issues.
PINNs struggle with increasingly complex ODEs, especially when parameters control their complexity.
problem Evaluating physics-informed neural networks on complex coupled ODEs.
method Tuned benchmarks of partial differential equations and harmonic oscillators; varying network architecture and training method.
result PINNs fail to solve complex ODEs, revealing issues like insufficient capacity, poor conditioning, and high local curvature.
Neural ODEs control graph dynamics with low energy feedback.
problem Controlling complex dynamical systems on graphs.
method Neural Ordinary Differential Equation Control (NODEC) framework.
result NODEC learns low-energy control signals for graph dynamical systems.
Hierarchical pretraining with slow-fast ODEs
problem Causal self-attention vs. slow-fast ODEs
method Instantiating fast-slow ODE formalism as a concrete neural network
result Equilibrium manifold x=φ(y) is exactly the master-equation (ME) stationary distribution Paper analyzes convergence of ODE samplers in Wasserstein distances.
problem Limited theoretical understanding of convergence properties of probability flow ODEs.
method Convergence analysis for general probability flow ODEs in 2-Wasserstein distance.
result First non-asymptotic convergence analysis for probability flow ODE samplers.
Existence of incomplete Radner equilibrium with endogenous noise tracker.
problem Existence of incomplete Radner equilibrium in a model with endogenous noise tracker.
method Proved existence through a coupled system of ODEs, reduced to two coupled ODEs.
result Endogenous noise tracker leads to higher aggregate welfare for large stock supply.
A new method for optimal transport using neural ODEs that preserves marginal constraints.
problem Optimal transport between two continuous distributions with specific cost functions.
method Iterative construction of neural ODEs to minimize transport cost while preserving marginal constraints.
result Monotonic interior approach that decreases transport cost efficiently.
We consider an integro-differential equation derived from a system of coupled parabolic PDE and an ODE which describes an European option pricing with liquidity shocks. We study the well-posedness and prove comparison principle for the corresponding initial value problem.
SONODEs and ANODEs improve learning of second order dynamics.
problem Learning dynamics governed by second order laws.
method Extended adjoint sensitivity method and theoretical analysis of ANODEs.
result SONODEs and ANODEs can learn higher order dynamics efficiently.
In this paper we derive a scaling limit for an infinite dimensional limit order book model driven by Hawkes random measures. The dynamics of the incoming order flow is allowed to depend on the current market price as well as on a volume indicator. With our choice of scaling the dynamics converges to a coupled SDE-ODE s…
Investigates optimal portfolio selection with regime-switching-induced stock price shocks.
problem Mean-variance portfolio selection with regime-switching and stock price jumps.
method Modeling regime-switching and stock price jumps, deriving optimal portfolio strategy and efficient frontier using ODEs.
result Added complexity due to regime-switching-induced stock price shocks, leading to nonlinear ODEs.
Solves steering problem with continuous time, Hilbert-Schmidt cost, and matrix ODEs.
problem Fixed horizon linear quadratic covariance steering in continuous time with a specific terminal cost.
method Formulates necessary conditions as a coupled matrix ODE two-point boundary value problem, designs a matricial recursive algorithm, and proves convergence.
result Proposes and proves the convergence of a matricial recursive algorithm for solving the steering problem.
Study proves fluid limits of fragmented limit-order markets.
problem Modeling fragmented limit-order markets with small and frequent orders.
method Proved convergence of discrete system to fluid limit characterized by coupled nonlinear ODEs.
result Fluid system converges to stationary equilibrium state over time.
Steerable neural ODEs on homogeneous spaces for equivariant feature dynamics.
problem Learning continuous-time equivariant dynamics of vector-valued features on homogeneous spaces.
method Introduces steerable neural ordinary differential equations on homogeneous spaces, interpreting features as sections of associated vector bundles over M. result Steerable NODEs are G-equivariant when the flow and connection are G-invariant, and they incorporate existing models. Actor-critic algorithms converge to an ODE as data samples change dynamically.
problem Challenging to mathematically analyze due to non-i.i.d. data samples.
method Proved convergence to an ODE using time rescaling and geometric ergodicity.
result Convergence to the ODE limit and its properties proven.
Uniform scaling limits in AdamW-trained transformers converge to ODEs.
problem Understanding the dynamics of large-depth transformers trained with AdamW.
method Modeling transformer dynamics as an interacting particle system coupled through attention, proving convergence to ODEs.
result The joint dynamics of hidden states and backpropagated variables converge uniformly to an ODE system.
The coupled system, where one is a degenerate parabolic equation and the other has not a diffusion term arises in the modeling of European options with liquidity shocks. Two implicit-explicit (IMEX) schemes that preserve the positivity of the differential problem solution are constructed and analyzed. Numerical experim…
Nonlocal Bayesian modeling for continuous spatio-temporal dynamics
problem Handling irregular time points, sparse observations, and nonlocal interactions in spatio-temporal forecasting
method Hierarchical Bayesian framework with coordinate-based spatial basis expansion and continuous-time ODE
result Strong forecasting and uncertainty calibration
We study (backward) stochastic differential equations with noise coming from a finite state Markov chain. We show that, for the solutions of these equations to be `Markovian', in the sense that they are deterministic functions of the state of the underlying chain, the integrand must be of a specific form. This allows u…
We study the mean field games equations, consisting of the coupled Kolmogorov-Fokker-Planck and Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. The equations are complemented by initial and terminal conditions. It is shown that with some specific choice of data, this problem can be reduced to solving a quadratically nonlinear syste…
Portable, Wearable and Wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) Systems have the potential to be used as point-of-care for cardiovascular disease diagnostic systems. Such wearable and wireless ECG systems require automatic detection of cardiovascular disease. Even in the primary care, automation of ECG diagnostic systems will …
This is a preliminary note on a family of minimal surfaces in the 3-sphere defined by a compatible fourth order equation. The minimal surfaces are geometrically characterized either by having a surface of revolution like induced metric, or by having a flat structure 3-web. We observe that the structure equation un-coup…
Paper solves MV portfolio selection in jump-diffusion models with no-shorting constraint.
problem Mean-variance portfolio selection in jump-diffusion model with no-shorting constraint.
method Reduces problem to LQ control and finding a maximal point of a function, constructs viscosity solution.
result Explicit viscosity solution to Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, optimal controls derived.
Stability of Schwarzschild singularity in near-Schwarzschild black holes under perturbations.
problem Stability of the Schwarzschild singularity in near-Schwarzschild black holes.
method Energy methods and new approach to Einstein vacuum equations in axial symmetry.
result The solution displays asymptocially-velocity-term-dominated dynamics and approaches a different Kasner solution at each point of the singularity.
GrADE uses graph neural networks and Neural ODE for solving time-dependent nonlinear PDEs efficiently.
problem Solving time-dependent nonlinear PDEs is computationally challenging and time-consuming.
method GrADE combines graph neural networks for spatial modeling and Neural ODE for temporal modeling, using attention mechanisms.
result GrADE efficiently solves PDEs, demonstrating scalability and better accuracy compared to existing methods.
This study shows why training Neural ODEs is hard and proposes a new method.
problem Training Neural ODEs is challenging, especially in practice.
method Proposed a new stabilization method and provided an analytical convergence analysis.
result Insights and techniques for researchers starting work on Neural ODEs.
Time series with non-uniform intervals occur in many applications, and are difficult to model using standard recurrent neural networks (RNNs). We generalize RNNs to have continuous-time hidden dynamics defined by ordinary differential equations (ODEs), a model we call ODE-RNNs. Furthermore, we use ODE-RNNs to replace t…
New families of Ricci solitons found with collapsing volume.
problem Finding new Ricci solitons with specific volume behavior.
method Reduced soliton equation to Monge-Ampère equation coupled with ODEs.
result Explicit complete expanding solitons and existence results for other types.
Mathematical methods characterize RNNs' asymptotics as hidden units and data grow.
problem Characterize recurrent neural networks' behavior as hidden units and data grow.
method Developed mathematical methods to analyze RNNs' convergence to an infinite-dimensional ODE coupled with a fixed point of a random algebraic equation.
result RNNs converge to an infinite-dimensional ODE coupled with a fixed point of a random algebraic equation.
Physics-constrained deep learning predicts geophysical dynamics with boundedness.
problem Forecasting geophysical systems with hidden variables and incomplete observations.
method Physics-constrained neural ordinary differential equation (NODE) representations with boundedness constraints.
result The approach generalizes learned dynamics to arbitrary initial conditions.
FHRN uses continuous-time dynamics to stabilize reentrant neural computation.
problem Stabilizing reentrant neural computation.
method Formulated as a continuous-time neural-ODE system, revealing norm-regulated reentry.
result Achieves stable oscillatory trajectories through population-level gain modulation.
Minimal surfaces in third-order ODEs identified for linear second-order ODEs.
problem Characterizing minimal surfaces in third-order ODEs.
method Analyzing submanifolds of third-order ODEs as Riemannian manifolds.
result Linear second-order ODEs with y′′=±y+β(x) are the only minimal surfaces and totally geodesic. DALTON improves ODE parameter estimation by learning from noisy data.
problem High sensitivity to parameters in ODEs produces unreliable parameter estimates.
method Data-adaptive probabilistic likelihood approximation for ODEs.
result DALTON produces more accurate parameter estimates than existing methods.
Improved neural-ODE for faster convergence and stability.
problem Stability, consistency, and convergence issues in neural-ODE solvers.
method Proposed a first-order Nesterov's accelerated gradient (NAG) based ODE-solver.
result Efficacy demonstrated in three tasks: supervised classification, density estimation, and time-series modelling.
Faster training of neural ODEs using Gauß-Legendre quadrature.
problem Training neural ODEs is slow due to solving ODEs numerically.
method Use Gauß-Legendre quadrature to solve integrals faster than ODE-based methods.
result Faster training of neural ODEs, especially for large models.
We show that Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) learn representations that preserve the topology of the input space and prove that this implies the existence of functions Neural ODEs cannot represent. To address these limitations, we introduce Augmented Neural ODEs which, in addition to being more expressive…
First-order ODEs linked to flat surfaces, leading to integrability.
problem Integrating first-order ODEs.
method Defined Riemannian metrics on variable spaces, studied surface properties, and established connections between Jacobi fields and Lie point symmetries.
result Flat associated surfaces lead to integrable first-order ODEs.
New ODE solvers improve training efficiency and accuracy.
problem Training Neural ODEs requires efficient and accurate gradient calculation.
method Presented algebraically reversible ODE solvers that are time and memory efficient, calculate exact gradients, and are numerically stable.
result Reversible solvers strictly improve upon previous architectures in efficiency and accuracy.
A new Fourier model improves ODE prediction.
problem Improving the accuracy of ODE solutions, especially for periodic functions.
method Constructing a Fourier state space model and a hybrid model combining Taylor and Fourier methods.
result The hybrid model can predict ODE solutions more accurately, especially for periodic functions.
This paper uses ODE to improve RNN models for time series data.
problem Improving RNN models for irregularly sampled time series data.
method Extending RNNs with Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs).
result New ODE-based RNN models reduce training and evaluation time.
We present Ordinary Differential Equation Variational Auto-Encoder (ODE2VAE), a latent second order ODE model for high-dimensional sequential data. Leveraging the advances in deep generative models, ODE2VAE can simultaneously learn the embedding of high dimensional trajectories and infer arbitrarily complex conti…
The study identifies exceptions to fiber-preserving symmetry in ODEs and systems.
problem Identifying exceptions to fiber-preserving symmetry in ODEs and systems.
method Lie's classification of Lie algebras of vector fields, absolute and relative scalar differential invariants, conditional and vector-valued relative invariants, prolongations of actions.
result Examples of scalar ODEs and systems with symmetry groups not fiber-preserving.
New symmetry dimensions for higher order ODEs are identified.
problem Determining the maximal and submaximal symmetry dimensions for higher order ODEs.
method Cartan-geometric approach to classify symmetry dimensions.
result Next largest realizable symmetry dimensions for scalar ODEs of order ≥ 4 and vector ODEs of order ≥ 3 are determined.
The aim of this paper is to construct a Riemann-Lagrange geometry on 1-jet spaces, in the sense of d-connections, d-torsions, d-curvatures, electromagnetic d-field and geometric electromagnetic Yang-Mills energy, starting from a given linear ODEs system or a given superior order ODE. The case of a non-homogenous linear…
New method combines ODE filters and numerical quadrature to propagate model uncertainty.
problem Propagation of model uncertainty in ODE solutions with uncertain parameters.
method Combining ODE filters with numerical quadrature.
result Effective propagation of both numerical and parametric uncertainty.
Enhanced Neural ODEs outperform traditional models in image classification and video prediction.
problem Efficiently modeling time-varying dynamics in neural networks.
method Proposed a novel family of non-autonomous Neural ODEs with time-varying weights.
result Outperformed previous Neural ODE variants in speed and representational capacity.
Paper improves neural ODEs for forecasting non-Markovian processes.
problem Forecasting irregularly observed time series with incomplete data.
method Path-dependent Neural Jump ODEs with signature transform.
result Path-dependent NJ-ODE outperforms original framework in non-Markovian data.