Discrete diffusion samplers improve sampling from unnormalised densities.
problem Sampling from discrete unnormalised densities efficiently.
method Introduce off-policy training techniques and data-to-energy Schrödinger bridge training for discrete diffusion samplers.
result Improved performance on synthetic and new benchmarks.
Corrected samplers reduce discretization error in discrete flow models without additional computational cost.
problem Discretization error in samplers for discrete flow models.
method Established non-asymptotic error bounds for samplers, proposed time-corrected and location-corrected samplers.
result Location-corrected sampler has lower complexity and better generation quality.
LSD distills high-quality samplers for DDMs with fewer steps.
problem Inefficient sampling in DDMs leads to low quality and high computational cost.
method LSD employs a distillation approach to train fast samplers with learnable coefficients and time schedules.
result LSD+ achieves higher sampling quality with fewer steps compared to existing samplers.
Discrete diffusion models improve text and image inference.
problem Challenges in posterior sampling with discrete diffusion models.
method Anchored Posterior Sampling (APS) with quantized expectation and anchored remasking.
result APS achieves state-of-the-art performance on various tasks.
New methods improve memory efficiency for sampling from complex distributions.
problem Sampling from complex unnormalized distributions over discrete domains.
method Two novel training methods for discrete diffusion samplers.
result Achieve state-of-the-art results in unsupervised combinatorial optimization.
This note clarifies connections between Föllmer process and DDPM sampler.
problem Understanding the relationship between Föllmer process and DDPM sampler.
method Direct discretization of the Föllmer process and DDPM sampler analysis.
result Discretized Föllmer processes provide optimal hyper-parameters for DDPM samplers.
The paper analyzes sampling efficiency of discrete diffusion models, providing sharp and adaptive guarantees.
problem Theoretical foundations of discrete diffusion models, especially sampling efficiency.
method Continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) formulation, τ τ τ -leaping-based samplers, effective total correlation. result The τ τ τ -leaping algorithm achieves an iteration complexity of order i l d e O ( d / ε ) ilde O(d/\varepsilon) i l d e O ( d / ε ) for uniform discrete diffusion, improving existing bounds by a factor of d d d . A new first-order sampler improves diffusion probabilistic model sampling quality.
problem The belief that first-order methods are inherently slower for diffusion probabilistic model sampling.
method A novel training-free, first-order sampler that approximates the forward-value evaluation via a one-step lookahead predictor.
result The proposed sampler provably approximates the ideal forward-value trajectory while retaining first-order convergence and can improve sample quality under the same NFE budget.
Paper adapts diffusion sampler training for faster convergence and better sampling.
problem Training limitations in diffusion samplers.
method Decouples generation and destruction variances, learns both as unconstrained Gaussians.
result Training both processes leads to faster convergence and improved sampling quality.
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.
A new sampling method called Restart improves both speed and quality of generative processes.
problem Balancing speed and quality in generative processes involving differential equations.
method Alternates between adding noise and following ODE, improving both speed and quality.
result Surpasses previous SDE and ODE samplers in both speed and accuracy.
One-step diffusion samplers reduce sampling time and computational costs.
problem Efficient sampling from complex distributions.
method One-step diffusion, self-distillation, deterministic flow.
result Achieves competitive sample quality with fewer evaluations.
This work improves the Euler method for masked diffusion models, providing tighter convergence guarantees.
problem Improving the convergence rates of masked diffusion models.
method Developed a direct total-variation (TV) based analysis for the Euler method, relaxing assumptions and improving parameter dependencies.
result Established convergence guarantees for the Euler sampler without requiring surrogate initialization, and provided a tight lower bound.
Remasking improves the quality of discrete diffusion models for natural language and image generation.
problem Limited iterative refinement in masked discrete diffusion models.
method Introducing ReMDM sampler that allows remasking during inference.
result Remasking enables better quality outputs with increased sampling steps.
New theory improves diffusion model convergence for generating data.
problem Improving convergence of diffusion models for data generation.
method Developed a non-asymptotic convergence theory for probability flow ODEs.
result Proves d / ε d/\varepsilon d / ε iterations suffice for approximating target distributions. MDNS generates samples from complex discrete distributions efficiently.
problem Learning neural samplers for discrete state spaces with multi-modal distributions.
method A novel framework using stochastic optimal control of continuous-time Markov chains.
result MDNS outperforms other methods in generating accurate samples from high-dimensional, multi-modal distributions.
Study improves sampling efficiency of diffusion models using RL and PDEs.
problem Training neural stochastic differential equations without access to target samples.
method Proves equivalences between RL methods and PDEs, uses coarse time discretization.
result Improves sample efficiency and reduces computational cost.
A new method de-randomizes MCMC dynamics using the Stein operator.
problem Estimating complex target distributions in Bayesian inference.
method De-randomized kernel-based particle samplers that discretize the fiber-gradient Hamiltonian flow.
result GSVGD de-randomizes complex MCMC dynamics, maintaining high sample quality.
This research analyzes and accelerates score-based diffusion models using discretization and Hessian information.
problem Theoretical foundations and convergence analysis of score-based diffusion models.
method Investigation of various discretization schemes, including Euler, exponential integrators, and midpoint randomization. Proposal of an accelerated sampler based on local linearization method.
result Hessian-based approach achieves faster convergence rates of order $\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}\left(\frac{1}{\varepsilon}
ight)$ , significantly improving upon vanilla diffusion models.
New theory improves diffusion models' convergence rates.
problem Understanding and optimizing diffusion models for faster data generation.
method Developed non-asymptotic theory for diffusion models with minimal assumptions.
result Established convergence rates for two diffusion models.
PTSD improves neural samplers by combining diffusion models and PT, enhancing efficiency.
problem Efficiency and correlation issues in neural samplers compared to PT.
method Sequential training of diffusion models across temperatures, combining high-temperature models for approximate lower-temperature samples.
result Significantly improved target evaluation efficiency, outperforming diffusion-based samplers.
Single-step samplers generate high-quality samples efficiently.
problem Sampling from unnormalized distributions is computationally expensive.
method Developed consistent diffusion samplers that generate samples in a single step.
result Single-step samplers produce high-fidelity samples with less than 1% of traditional samplers' evaluations.
PDNS tackles multimodal sampling challenges using proximal point method.
problem Multimodal distributions with significant barriers between modes.
method Proximal point method on path measures, decomposing into simpler subproblems.
result PDNS effectively promotes thorough exploration across modes.
Sharp Lipschitz bounds for flow-matching and diffusion models with optimal sampling rates.
problem Establishing optimal Lipschitz regularity for flow-matching and diffusion models.
method Sharp Lipschitz regularity theory for flow-matching vector fields and diffusion-model scores.
result Achieves optimal sampling rate of d / N \sqrt{d}/N d / N for Euler-type samplers in dimension d d d . Paper explores how Rectified Flow adapts to low-dimensional data.
problem Improving sampling efficiency in low-dimensional data.
method Investigates Rectified Flow's adaptation to low-dimensional support and introduces a stochastic version.
result Shows improved sampling efficiency with O ( k / ε ) O(k/\varepsilon) O ( k / ε ) complexity. 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 ( p o l y l o g ( ε − 1 ) ) \mathcal{O}(\mathrm{polylog} (\varepsilon^{-1})) O ( polylog ( ε − 1 )) . This paper analyzes MaskGIT sampler and introduces a moment sampler for faster masked diffusion sampling.
problem Efficiently sampling from masked diffusion models.
method Theoretical analysis of MaskGIT sampler, introduction of moment sampler, and two innovations for improving choose-then-sample efficiency.
result The moment sampler is an asymptotically equivalent, more interpretable alternative to MaskGIT.
New MCMC method improves sampling from multimodal distributions.
problem Sampling from multimodal distributions is challenging for classical MCMC methods.
method Interpolating along the diffusion path, preserving mode weights and mixing properties.
result MAD-Path sampler improves global exploration and mode-weight estimation.
Unified analysis for deterministic samplers in diffusion models.
problem Challenges in analyzing deterministic samplers for diffusion models.
method Unified convergence analysis framework.
result Achieved polynomial iteration complexity for DDIM-type samplers.
Develops new bounds for deterministic samplers in diffusion models.
problem Analyzing deterministic samplers in diffusion generative models.
method Operational interpretation of deterministic sampling; restoration and degradation steps.
result First polynomial convergence bounds for DDIM-type samplers.
New SMC sampler improves diffusion model sampling efficiency.
problem Sampling generative diffusion models efficiently.
method Constructs correlated observation paths and designs a sampler.
result Improved statistical efficiency, especially under outlier conditions.
A new method speeds up sampling in diffusion models.
problem Slow sample generation in diffusion models.
method Proposed Splitting Integrators for fast stochastic sampling.
result Achieved FID score of 2.36 in 100 NFE, significantly faster than baselines.
Two parallel samplers enhance image quality in limited denoising steps.
problem Limited denoising steps in diffusion models reduce image quality.
method Two parallel samplers denoise at successive times, integrating their information.
result Two parallel samplers improve image quality compared to a single sampler.
The paper interprets diffusion models as gradient descent and proposes a new sampler.
problem Improving the efficiency and quality of diffusion models.
method Interprets diffusion models as gradient descent and proposes a new sampler.
result The new sampler achieves state-of-the-art FID scores and generates high quality samples.
The paper addresses score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
problem Theoretical guarantees for score-mismatched diffusion models in zero-shot conditional sampling.
method Theoretical analysis of score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
result Theoretical performance guarantees with explicit dimensional dependencies for score-mismatched diffusion samplers.
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.
This paper analyzes error bounds for biased SMC samplers in conditional sampling.
problem Analyzing error bounds for biased SMC samplers in conditional sampling.
method Develops a non-asymptotic error analysis for SMC samplers with biased mutation kernels.
result Derives the first non-asymptotic error bound for conditional sampling with score-based diffusion models.
New samplers improve compositional generation with diffusion models.
problem Improving compositional generation with diffusion models.
method Score-based interpretation, energy-based parameterization, Metropolis-corrected samplers.
result New samplers enable successful compositional generation across various tasks.
Develops diffusion samplers for target distributions with efficient score and density estimates.
problem Estimating scores and densities for time-varying distributions.
method Sequential Monte Carlo with diffusion paths and control variates.
result Effective samplers for time-varying distributions with theoretical guarantees and practical applications.
Paper proposes a new method to speed up diffusion models.
problem High computational cost of sampling from diffusion models.
method Stochastic Runge-Kutta method for acceleration.
result Provable acceleration with reduced score function evaluations.
Unified framework extends adjoint Schrödinger bridge sampler to discrete spaces.
problem Challenges in learning discrete neural samplers due to gradients and combinatorial complexity.
method Introduces discrete ASBS, a unified framework that extends adjoint Schrödinger bridge sampler to discrete spaces.
result Empirically, discrete ASBS achieves competitive sample quality with significant advantages in training efficiency and scalability.
ASBS improves sampling from Boltzmann distributions without importance weighting.
problem Sampling from Boltzmann distributions with known energies but unknown samples.
method Adjoint Schrödinger Bridge Sampler using kinetic-optimal transportation.
result ASBS achieves scalable and efficient sampling without importance weighting.
AdaPID optimizes diffusion-based samplers by dynamically adjusting schedules.
problem Optimizing the intermediate-time dynamics in diffusion-based samplers.
method Develops a time-varying stiffness schedule using Piece-Wise-Constant (PWC) parametrizations and a hierarchical refinement approach.
result QoS-driven PWC schedules consistently improve sampling fidelity and accuracy.
Paper accelerates diffusion models, improving sampling speed.
problem Low sampling speed in score-based diffusion models.
method Design of novel training-free algorithms for deterministic and stochastic samplers.
result Accelerated samplers converge faster with improved rates.
Paper reviews methods for conditional sampling in generative diffusion models.
problem Extending generative diffusion models to sample from conditional distributions.
method Review of existing computational approaches to conditional sampling.
result Highlight key methodologies for constructing conditional generative samplers.
New method speeds up diffusion models without requiring complex assumptions.
problem Slow sampling in diffusion models due to high computational cost.
method Training-free acceleration scheme under minimal assumptions.
result Provable acceleration within O ~ ( d 5 / 4 / ε ) \widetilde{O}(d^{5/4}/\sqrt{\varepsilon}) O ( d 5/4 / ε ) iterations. New sampler tackles complex discrete energy landscapes efficiently.
problem Stagnation in gradient-based discrete samplers for non-convex settings.
method DREXEL sampler with Replica Exchange and Adjusted Metropolis.
result Proves samplers satisfy detailed balance and converge to target distribution.
Improves generative models by optimizing rewards and sample editing.
problem Efficiently generating high-reward samples with structural constraints.
method Introduces MDM-VGB, a discrete diffusion sampler that augments unmasking generation with reward-guided remasking.
result MDM-VGB achieves quadratic complexity and robustness to noise, outperforming heuristics like best-of- N N N .