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48 results for diffusion-based posterior estimators

JADAI optimizes design and inference for parameter estimation.

problem Parameter estimation with active optimization of design variables.
method Jointly trains a policy, history network, and inference network to minimize posterior error.
result Achieves superior or competitive performance across benchmarks.

A new algorithm improves posterior sampling for linear inverse problems.

problem Efficiently sampling from posterior distributions in noisy linear inverse problems.
method Proposes \pddim, a DDIM-type sampler that separately samples along singular directions of the measurement operator.
result The method converges to the Bayesian posterior conditioned on the measurements.

Bayesian nonparametric models get better posterior estimates via SPDE methods.

problem Estimating posterior distributions in nonparametric Bayesian models.
method Extending diffusion methods to SPDEs on Hilbert spaces for posterior contraction and Laplace approximation.
result Derivation of posterior contraction rates and finite-sample Bernstein von Mises results.

Review of diffusion models for SBI in non-ideal data scenarios.

problem Inference of parameters from complex simulation outputs with intractable likelihoods.
method Diffusion models for likelihood-free inference, addressing model misspecification, unstructured observations, and missing data.
result Improved robustness and efficiency in SBI methods for non-ideal data scenarios.

A novel diffusion method for Bayesian posterior sampling with theoretical guarantees.

problem Efficiently sampling from complex posterior distributions in Bayesian inversion.
method Diffusion-based posterior sampling using Langevin dynamics and PnP framework.
result The method converges even for multi-modal posterior distributions with theoretical error bounds.

DAPS++ improves diffusion-based image restoration by decoupling prior and likelihood.

problem Decoupling prior and likelihood in diffusion-based inverse problems.
method Introducing DAPS++, which fully decouples diffusion-based initialization from likelihood-driven refinement.
result Achieves high computational efficiency and robust reconstruction performance.

Diffusion models enhance speech without supervision.

problem Challenges in generalizing supervised speech enhancement methods to unseen conditions.
method Unsupervised speech enhancement using diffusion-based generative models.
result Demonstrates promising results compared to supervised and unsupervised baselines.

DAPS++ improves diffusion-based image restoration by decoupling prior and likelihood.

problem Decoupling prior and likelihood in diffusion-based inverse problems for better performance.
method Introducing DAPS++, which separates diffusion initialization from likelihood refinement.
result DAPS++ achieves high computational efficiency and robust reconstruction performance.

DDSME outperforms SME in estimating multimodal distributions.

problem Efficiency of score matching in multimodal distributions.
method Diffusion-based denoising score matching (DDSME) compared to vanilla score matching (SME).
result DDSME avoids the error bound deterioration of SME with increasing mode separation.

Flow Annealing Posterior Sampling unifies stochastic-process regression and PDE inverse problems.

problem Function-space posterior sampling for stochastic processes and inverse problems.
method Flow Annealing Posterior Sampling (FAPS) using pretrained function-space flow-matching priors.
result Coherent posterior samples with accurate uncertainty quantification.

Improved diffusion sampling for inverse problems with faster and more robust inference.

problem High computational cost and lack of robustness in diffusion posterior sampling.
method Amortized variational inference with explicit likelihood guidance.
result Improved trade-off between inference speed and robustness to unseen degradations.

This paper examines the convergence of adaptive sampling methods for Bayesian neural networks.

problem Uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks, especially for medical applications.
method Locally adaptive and scalable diffusion-based sampling methods.
result These methods can have a substantial bias in the distribution they sample, even in the limit of vanishing step sizes.

Generative sampler learns velocity fields for efficient posterior inference.

problem Sampling from complex posterior distributions in high dimensions.
method Generative multivariate posterior sampler via flow matching, learning a velocity field for a deterministic transport map.
result Conditional Brenier map enables fast generation of credible sets with theoretical consistency guarantees.

Enhances diffusion-based sampling for molecular systems.

problem Inefficiency and thermodynamic mode miss in diffusion-based samplers for molecular systems.
method Introduces a sequential bias along collective variables (CVs) to encourage exploration and increase temperature in the projected space.
result Improves efficiency, mode discovery, and free energy estimation; first to demonstrate reactive sampling.

This work introduces a method for visualizing high-dimensional posteriors using hierarchical tree-valued predictions.

problem Visualizing high-dimensional posterior distributions for complex problems like image restoration.
method A neural network predicts a tree-valued hierarchical summarization of the posterior distribution in a single forward pass.
result The method efficiently summarizes and visualizes posteriors, achieving comparable results to hierarchical clustering but at a much faster speed.

DDVI uses diffusion models for variational inference, improving latent variable model performance.

problem Improving variational inference in latent variable models.
method Introduces diffusion-based variational posteriors trained with a regularized ELBO.
result Outperforms alternative variational posteriors on various benchmarks and a biology task.

Efficiently samples posterior distributions using Langevin dynamics.

problem Challenges in generating diverse posterior samples in high-dimensional spaces.
method Simulates Langevin dynamics in the noise space of a pre-trained generative model.
result Noise-space Langevin dynamics approximates the posterior without restarting the full sampling chain.

Method generates joint posterior samples of source and foreground mass distributions for gravitational lensing.

problem Challenging inference problem for high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio gravitational lensing.
method Combines diffusion-based generative modeling and recurrent inference machines.
result Can model realistic gravitational lensing simulations down to the noise level.

The study provides guarantees for diffusion-based models under log-concave data, offering best-known convergence rates.

problem Theoretical guarantees for convergence of diffusion-based generative models under log-concave data distributions.
method Assumption of strongly log-concave data distributions, Lipschitz continuous functions for score estimation, and novel auxiliary process.
result Best known upper bounds for Wasserstein-2 distance between Gaussian distribution and sampling algorithm.

SGLDiff approximates Bayesian posterior distributions with subsampling error.

problem Approximating Bayesian posterior distributions in large-scale data settings.
method Stochastic Gradient Langevin Diffusion (SGLDiff) with subsampling.
result The Wasserstein distance between the posterior and SGLDiff's limiting distribution is bounded by a fractional power of the mean waiting time.

This paper tackles sampling issues in latent space EBMs by introducing diffusion-based amortization.

problem Degenerate MCMC sampling quality hinders latent space EBM learning and generation quality.
method Introduces diffusion-based amortization for long-run MCMC sampling.
result The learned amortization of MCMC is a valid long-run MCMC sampler.

New algorithm learns nonlinear phenomena from noisy local measurements without data exchange.

problem Learning nonlinear phenomena from noisy local measurements in a decentralized network.
method Non-parametric learning algorithm that spreads information only between neighboring nodes.
result Non-asymptotic estimation error bounds for the proposed method.

Improved diffusion models achieve state-of-the-art likelihoods in image density estimation.

problem Improving likelihood-based performance of diffusion models.
method Joint optimization of noise schedule and model parameters, using signal-to-noise ratio simplification.
result State-of-the-art likelihoods on image density estimation benchmarks, faster optimization.

Improved hypothesis testing and change-point detection using diffusion-based methods.

problem Limited power of score-based hypothesis tests and change-point detection.
method Extending score-based Fisher divergence to diffusion-divergence by multiplying score functions with a matrix-valued function or weight matrix.
result Theoretical quantification and demonstration of optimal performance of diffusion-based algorithms.

New method uses diffusion models to optimize experimental design efficiently.

problem Optimizing experimental design for high-dimensional and complex settings.
method Introduces a pooled posterior distribution and uses diffusion-based samplers for efficient sampling and optimization.
result Extends Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design to practical scenarios.

Improved image restoration using frequency-guided sampling.

problem Restoring high-quality images from degraded observations with known degradation processes.
method Proposed a frequency-guided sampling approach for diffusion-based image restoration, incorporating a time-varying low-pass filter.
result Significantly improved performance on challenging image restoration tasks, including motion deblurring and image dehazing.

PriorGuide adapts diffusion models to new priors at test time.

problem Limited applicability of prior distributions in diffusion-based inference.
method PriorGuide uses a guidance approximation to adapt diffusion models to new priors at test time.
result Enhances the versatility of pre-trained inference models by allowing flexible adaptation to new priors.

New method uses diffusion models for inverse problems without approximations.

problem Solving complex inverse problems in high dimensions.
method Ensemble-based algorithm using diffusion models without approximations.
result Empirically validated method gives more accurate reconstructions.

New model tackles complex spatio-temporal causal inference with dynamic confounders and functional data.

problem Complex spatio-temporal dynamics and unmeasured confounders hinder causal inference.
method PFD-BDCM, a unified generative framework for spatio-temporal dependencies, functional data, and dynamic confounding.
result PFD-BDCM outperforms existing methods across observational, interventional, and counterfactual queries.

Researchers develop a method to generate diffusion-based samples from a tilted distribution.

problem Generating samples from a distribution that has been tilted by a parameter.
method Developed a plug-in estimator and proved Wasserstein bounds and TV-accuracy under certain conditions.
result The method is minimax-optimal and can be applied in various domains like finance and climate modeling.

Theoretical justification for image inpainting using diffusion models.

problem Improving sample recovery in image inpainting without retraining.
method Analysis of RePaint algorithm and proposing RePaint+^+ to correct misalignment.
result RePaint+^+ algorithm provably recovers the true sample with linear convergence.

New analysis improves convergence guarantees for diffusion-based samplers in Wasserstein distance.

problem Improving convergence guarantees for diffusion-based generative models.
method Simple framework to analyze discretization, initialization, and score estimation errors.
result First Wasserstein convergence bound for the Heun sampler and improved results for Euler sampler.

Recently, Mahoney and Orecchia demonstrated that popular diffusion-based procedures to compute a quick \emph{approximation} to the first nontrivial eigenvector of a data graph Laplacian \emph{exactly} solve certain regularized Semi-Definite Programs (SDPs). In this paper, we extend that result by providing a statistica…

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Improved speech enhancement using diffusion models with MSE loss.

problem Efficient incorporation of noisy speech in generative speech enhancement.
method Augmented diffusion-based generative model with a MSE loss for enhanced speech.
result Proposed method improves speech enhancement performance compared to original diffusion model.

Optimal control theory connects diffusion models to generative modeling.

problem Sampling from unnormalized densities in statistics and computational sciences.
method Deriving a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and applying control theory to minimize Kullback-Leibler divergence.
result Time-reversed diffusion sampler (DIS) outperforms other diffusion-based sampling methods.

GADD accelerates uniform-rate discrete diffusion models by 2 orders of magnitude.

problem Slow sampling in uniform-rate discrete diffusion models.
method Gibbs-based corrector (GADD) that constructs Gibbs posterior likelihoods directly from the concrete score function.
result Achieves an overall sampling complexity of O(polylog(ε1))\mathcal{O}(\mathrm{polylog} (\varepsilon^{-1})).

SDIFT generates full-field dynamics from sparse, irregular data.

problem Modeling and reconstructing physical dynamics from sparse, off-grid observations.
method SDIFT uses a functional Tucker model and sequential diffusion for generating full-field evolution from irregular sparse observations.
result Significant improvements in reconstruction accuracy and computational efficiency compared to state-of-the-art approaches.

New method improves sample-efficiency in neural posterior estimation using simulator gradients.

problem High-fidelity posterior estimation with complex physical simulations is time-consuming.
method Neural Posterior Estimation (NPE) with differentiable simulators and gradient information.
result Improves sample-efficiency in posterior density estimation.