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48 results for discrete Gaussian

Study on discrete Gaussian curvature for polyhedral surfaces.

problem Discretization of Gaussian curvature for polyhedral surfaces.
method Generalization of discrete conformal equivalence to define discrete Gaussian curvature and classify polyhedral surfaces.
result Existence of polyhedral surfaces with constant discrete Gaussian curvature in every discrete conformal class.

Study of Ricci flow on discrete surfaces of revolution with constant Gaussian curvature.

problem Understanding Ricci flow on discrete surfaces of revolution.
method Explicit parametrizations and Ricci flow analysis for discrete surfaces of revolution.
result Discrete surfaces of revolution approach constant Gaussian curvature under Ricci flow.

The paper introduces a new discretization of Gaussian curvature on surfaces.

problem Discretizing Gaussian curvature on surfaces with conic singularities.
method Discrete conformal theory and variational principles with constraints.
result Established a discrete uniformization theorem for surfaces with non-positive Euler number.

Discrete Gaussian noise preserves privacy and accuracy in differential privacy.

problem Finite computers cannot represent continuous Gaussian noise, leading to privacy breaches and loss of interpretability.
method Introduced and analyzed discrete Gaussian noise, providing privacy and accuracy guarantees similar to continuous Gaussian noise.
result Discrete Gaussian noise offers the same privacy and accuracy as continuous Gaussian noise, with efficient sampling algorithms.

A system for federated learning with private data, adding discrete Gaussian noise and secure aggregation.

problem Training models on private data distributed across devices while ensuring privacy.
method Discretizes data, adds discrete Gaussian noise, and uses secure aggregation to protect privacy.
result Matches the accuracy of central differential privacy with less than 16 bits of precision per value.

The paper proves a theorem for discretizing Gaussian curvature on surfaces.

problem Discretizing Gaussian curvature on surfaces with nonpositive Euler number.
method Discrete conformal theory and variational principles with constraints.
result Each decorated piecewise Euclidean metric on surfaces with nonpositive Euler number is discrete conformal to a metric with a specific discrete curvature constant.

This work develops discrete Gaussian models for vector-valued data on triangular meshes.

problem Discrete representation of continuous vector-valued environmental data.
method Develops discrete intrinsic Gaussian processes for vector-valued data on triangular meshes using discrete differential operators.
result Models can capture harmonic flows, incorporate boundary conditions, and model non-stationary data.

A new RG approach connects discrete and continuous time descriptions of Gaussian processes.

problem Discretization of continuous stochastic processes for accurate simulation or model inference.
method Renormalization Group (RG) approach for Gaussian time series generated by auto-regressive models.
result RG fixed points correspond to discretizations of linear SDEs, providing insights into process accuracy.

Study discrete analog of zeta-determinant maximization on triangulated surfaces.

problem Maximizing zeta-determinant for discrete Laplacian on triangulated surfaces.
method Analogous to Osgood, Phillips, and Sarnak's theorem, study stationary points of determinants for discrete cotan-Laplacian.
result Discrete metrics of constant discrete Gaussian curvature are stationary points of the determinant, suggesting minima.

The paper tackles prescribing discrete Gaussian curvature on polyhedral surfaces.

problem Prescribing discrete Gaussian curvature on polyhedral surfaces.
method Discrete conformal theory and variational principles with constraints.
result Proves Kazdan-Warner type theorems for polyhedral surfaces.

New Bäcklund transformations for discrete pseudospherical surfaces of revolution are found.

problem Constructing new non-rotational discrete pseudospherical surfaces.
method Explicit parametrizations and Bäcklund transformations for discrete constant negative Gaussian curvature surfaces of revolution.
result Conditions for Bäcklund transformations to preserve periodicity are provided.

A new method for computing image curvature efficiently and accurately.

problem Low performance, low accuracy, and requirement of second order differentiability in conventional computation schemes.
method Proposes a novel discrete computation scheme for weighted Gaussian curvature.
result More accurate, computationally more efficient, and does not require second order differentiability.

A new model predicts discrete events with flexible, nonparametric baseline and excitation.

problem Limited flexibility in discrete Hawkes models for event prediction.
method Gaussian Process Discrete Hawkes Process (GP-DHP) with collapsed latent representation.
result Improves predictive log-likelihood for diverse event patterns.

The paper establishes a discrete uniformization theorem for surfaces with piecewise hyperbolic metrics.

problem Finding decorated piecewise hyperbolic metrics with prescribed combinatorial curvature.
method Introduced combinatorial α-Ricci flow with surgery to handle potential singularities and prove longtime existence and convergence.
result Existence of decorated piecewise hyperbolic metrics with prescribed combinatorial α-curvature.

The paper finds circle packings with specific curvatures in hyperbolic geometry.

problem Finding circle packings with prescribed total geodesic curvatures and discrete Gaussian curvatures.
method Established existence and rigidity via variational principle, introduced combinatorial p-th Calabi flows.
result Introduced combinatorial p-th Calabi flows to find circle packings with prescribed curvatures.

PDHAMS improves sampling for discrete distributions with quadratic potential functions.

problem Sampling discrete distributions efficiently and accurately.
method Integrates a second-order approximation of the potential function and uses Gaussian integral trick.
result PDHAMS yields superior performance compared to other methods.

New method learns disentangled discrete representations using categorical variational autoencoders.

problem Learning disentangled representations from discrete latent spaces.
method Replaced standard Gaussian VAE with a categorical VAE to mitigate rotational invariance.
result Categorical distributions improve learning of disentangled representations.

Ada-BKB optimizes black-box functions on continuous domains with adaptive discretization.

problem Optimizing functions with continuous domains using Gaussian process optimization.
method Adaptive discretization of the function domain to avoid non-convex optimization costs.
result Ada-BKB algorithm runs in O(T2dexteff2)O(T^2 d_ ext{eff}^2), significantly faster than existing methods.

New geometric SDEs and discretizations on Riemannian manifolds with error bounds.

problem Modeling diffusion processes on Riemannian manifolds with geometric SDEs.
method Introduced a new construction of geometric SDEs and provided non-asymptotic error bounds.
result First non-asymptotic error bound for geometric Euler-Murayama discretization.

Paper develops Bayesian inference for discrete-choice mnp models with Gaussian priors.

problem Estimating parameters of discrete-choice multinomial probit models with Gaussian priors.
method Adapts Fasano and Durante's results to a specific mnp model with zero mean and independent Gaussian priors, simplifying posterior distribution parameters and providing a new variational algorithm.
result Simplified expressions for posterior distribution parameters and a novel variational algorithm.

Kernel methods on discrete domains have shown great promise for many challenging data types, for instance, biological sequence data and molecular structure data. Scalable kernel methods like Support Vector Machines may offer good predictive performances but do not intrinsically provide uncertainty estimates. In contras…

2018-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

PAGP uses physics-assisted Gaussian processes to solve and learn PDEs.

problem Solving and discovering unknown coefficients in PDEs with initial and boundary conditions.
method Physics-assisted Gaussian processes with continuous, discrete, and hybrid models.
result Effective in solving and discovering unknown coefficients in PDEs.

The paper improves privacy accounting for discrete-valued mechanisms and the subsampled Gaussian mechanism.

problem Improving the accuracy and efficiency of differential privacy accounting for discrete outputs.
method Uses fast Fourier transform (FFT) for rigorous error analysis and accounting of privacy loss.
result Provides strict lower and upper bounds for (ε,δ)(\varepsilon,δ)-values, demonstrating up to 75% reduction in noise variance.

A new method scales Gaussian process variational autoencoders to handle high-dimensional time series.

problem Scalability issue in Gaussian process variational autoencoders (GPVAEs).
method Introducing Markovian GPs and using Kalman filtering and smoothing for linear time training.
result MGPVAE outperforms existing approaches in various tasks with high scalability.

Library learns Bayesian networks from mixed data without discretization.

problem Learning Bayesian networks from mixed data (discrete and continuous variables).
method Proposes an algorithm for structural and parameter learning of Bayesian networks from mixed data using a mixed MI score function and Gaussian approximation. Offers two graph structure enumeration algorithms.
result Advantages in solving approximation and gap recovery problems on synthetic and real datasets.

Simplified analysis of diffusion models using discrete random variables.

problem Theoretical analysis of diffusion models is complex and requires rigorous proofs.
method Simplified framework for analyzing Euler--Maruyama discretization of VP-SDEs using Grönwall's inequality.
result Standard Gaussian noise can be replaced by discrete random variables without sacrificing convergence guarantee.

BayesSum improves Bayesian quadrature for discrete domains, requiring fewer samples.

problem Estimating intractable expectations over discrete domains.
method BayesSum is a Bayesian quadrature extension for discrete domains, leveraging prior information through Gaussian processes.
result BayesSum requires fewer samples than Monte Carlo, achieving faster convergence rates.

Paper formulates mutual information optimal control for discrete-time systems.

problem Optimal control of discrete-time linear systems with mutual information.
method Formulates MIOCP as an extension of MEOCP, derives optimal policy and prior, proposes alternating minimization algorithm.
result Proposes an alternating minimization algorithm for MIOCP.

Bayesian optimization tackles mixed discrete-continuous problems with Gaussian processes.

problem Optimizing problems with both discrete and continuous variables using costly simulations.
method Relaxing discrete variables into continuous latent variables, using Bayesian optimization, and incorporating compatibility constraints with Lagrangians.
result Comparative analysis of different mixed Bayesian optimization approaches.

Unified analysis of Gaussian Process Thompson Sampling without discretization.

problem Sequential decision-making over continuous action spaces.
method Frequentist regret analysis based on fractional Gaussian process posteriors.
result Unified discretization-free regret bound for various kernel classes.

D2P-Fed improves privacy and communication in federated learning.

problem Achieving both differential privacy and communication efficiency in federated learning.
method Applying discrete Gaussian noise to private data transmission.
result D2P-Fed outperforms state-of-the-art by 4.7% to 13.0% in model accuracy with one-third less communication cost.

Safety filter for unknown discrete-time systems with learned models and noise covariance.

problem Ensuring safety for unknown discrete-time linear systems with Gaussian noise.
method Develops a learning-based safety filter using empirical model and noise covariance, optimizing control actions to stay within safety constraints.
result Minimally modifies nominal control actions to ensure safety with high probability, tightening constraints as more data is collected.

Random Gaussian fields on 4D Riemannian manifolds with conformal invariance.

problem Characterizing and analyzing Gaussian fields on 4D Riemannian manifolds.
method Constructing and analyzing co-biharmonic Gaussian fields with covariance kernels defined by the Paneitz operator.
result Rigorous derivation of quantum Liouville measure for γ<8|γ|<\sqrt8.

Discond-VAE separates continuous and discrete factors in data.

problem Separating shared and class-specific variations in real-world data.
method Introduces private and public latent variables to represent continuous and discrete factors, respectively.
result Discond-VAE successfully disentangles class-dependent continuous factors from discrete factors.

We study how the round-off (or discretization) error changes the statistical properties of a Gaussian long memory process. We show that the autocovariance and the spectral density of the discretized process are asymptotically rescaled by a factor smaller than one, and we compute exactly this scaling factor. Consequentl…

2011-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We use the explicit relation between genus filtrated ss-loop means of the Gaussian matrix model and terms of the genus expansion of the Kontsevich--Penner matrix model (KPMM), which is the generating function for volumes of discretized (open) moduli spaces Mg,sdiscM_{g,s}^{disc} (discrete volumes), to express Gaussian means…

2015-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel multi-resolution Gaussian process model for efficient time traversal.

problem Inference for long sequences with fast and slow transitions is difficult.
method A novel Gaussian process state-space architecture composed of multiple components, each trained on a different resolution.
result The combined model allows efficient inference for arbitrarily long sequences with complex dynamics.

We explore a new method for discrete-time control problems using randomization and entropy.

problem Discrete-time linear-exponential quadratic Gaussian (LEQG) control problem.
method Introduce exploration through randomization and apply duality between free energy and relative entropy.
result Reduced LEQG problem to equivalent risk-neutral LQG control problem with entropy regularization.