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48 results for discrete domains

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.

Numerous methods for crafting adversarial examples were proposed recently with high success rate. Since most existing machine learning based classifiers normalize images into some continuous, real vector, domain firstly, attacks often craft adversarial examples in such domain. However, "adversarial" examples may become…

2019-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper tackles convex-submodular minimax problems in mixed continuous-discrete domains.

problem Convex-submodular minimax problems in mixed continuous-discrete domains.
method Introduces new notions of optimality and proposes iterative algorithms combining discrete and continuous optimization.
result Characterizes convergence rates, computational complexity, and quality of solutions for convex and monotone-submodular minimax problems.

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.

This primer explains diffusion models in general state spaces.

problem Diffusion models in general state spaces are not well-introduced.
method Develops discrete-time and continuous-time views of diffusion models, deriving Fokker-Planck and master equations.
result Unified understanding of diffusion models across continuous and discrete domains.

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 work compresses sequences by treating them as continuous-time processes, enabling efficient discretization.

problem Efficient compression of sequences, especially with deep learning models that scale with sequence length.
method Treat sequences as continuous-time processes, learn efficient discretization, and decode at different time intervals.
result Automatic bit rate reductions in video and motion capture sequences using learned discretization.

The success of generative modeling in continuous domains has led to a surge of interest in generating discrete data such as molecules, source code, and graphs. However, construction histories for these discrete objects are typically not unique and so generative models must reason about intractably large spaces in order…

2019-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The optimization of expensive to evaluate, black-box, mixed-variable functions, i.e. functions that have continuous and discrete inputs, is a difficult and yet pervasive problem in science and engineering. In Bayesian optimization (BO), special cases of this problem that consider fully continuous or fully discrete doma…

2019-07-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Generalized meshes for non-regular geometries, including fractures.

problem Discretization of partial differential equations in non-regular geometries.
method Introduces generalized meshes with overlapping elements and flexible adjacency relations.
result Discrete differential forms on virtually inflated meshes characterize the trace space of forms in surrounding volumes.

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 ↗

SOM-VQ tokenizes discrete models with semantic structure and navigable topology.

problem Lack of semantic structure in vector quantized representations limits interpretable human control.
method Combines vector quantization with Self-Organizing Maps to learn discrete codebooks with explicit topology.
result SOM-VQ produces more learnable token sequences and provides an explicit navigable geometry in code space.

Simplicial, piecewise-flat discretizations of manifolds provide a clear path towards curvature analysis on discrete geometries and for solutions of PDE's on manifolds of complex topologies. In this manuscript we review and expand on discrete exterior calculus methods using hybrid domains. We then analyze the geometric …

2012-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper improves neural network robustness certification with tighter radii estimates.

problem Certifying neural networks' robustness against adversarial attacks.
method Advanced algorithms for discrete and continuous domains, optimizing sample size, standard deviation, and temperature.
result Significant improvement in certified test-set accuracy with tighter certified radii bounds.

Deep neural network learns discrete state abstractions for efficient planning.

problem Efficient sequential decision making in large state spaces.
method Information bottleneck method for learning approximate bisimulations using deep neural encoders and action-conditioned HMM.
result Trained method efficiently plans for unseen goals in multi-goal reinforcement learning.

New wavelet frames constructed from reproducing kernels for continuous and discrete domains.

problem Generating wavelet frames on non-Euclidean structures.
method Spectral filtering of integral operators associated with reproducing kernels.
result Discrete frames as Monte Carlo estimates of continuous frames, with finite-sample rates derived.

The paper proves convergence of discrete maps to Riemann mappings for polyhedral surfaces.

problem Discrete conformal geometry of polyhedral surfaces.
method Establishing rigidity for hexagonal triangulations and estimating quasiconformal constants.
result Discrete conformal maps converge to Riemann mappings for Jordan domains.

We begin by showing that commensurators of Zariski dense subgroups of isometry groups of symmetric spaces of non-compact type are discrete provided that the limit set on the Furstenberg boundary is not invariant under the action of a (virtual) simple factor. In particular for rank one or simple Lie groups, Zariski dens…

2010-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we propose and study a family of continuous wavelets on general domains, and a corresponding stochastic discretization that we call Monte Carlo wavelets. First, using tools from the theory of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces and associated integral operators, we define a family of continuous wavelets by …

2019-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Survey and benchmark high-dimensional Bayesian optimization of discrete sequences.

problem Heterogeneous experimental set-ups and technical barriers in high-dimensional Bayesian optimization of discrete sequences.
method Unified framework and software libraries to test and benchmark methods.
result Unified framework and software libraries for testing and benchmarking high-dimensional Bayesian optimization methods.

A fast method for discrete OT with group-sparse regularization for class label preservation.

problem Efficiently measuring the distance between two discrete distributions with class labels.
method Fast discrete OT with group-sparse regularizers using gradient-based algorithms.
result Up to 8.6 times faster than original method without degrading accuracy.

New algorithm learns halfspaces over hypercube with random bit flips.

problem Agnostic learning of Boolean halfspaces over discrete domains is computationally hard.
method Smoothed analysis with random bit flips for discrete inputs.
result First efficient algorithm for smoothed agnostic learning of halfspaces over Boolean hypercube.

Paper proposes a method to speed up discrete diffusion models by distilling many steps into few.

problem Challenges in capturing dependencies between elements in discrete diffusion models.
method Proposes 'mixture' models and loss functions to distill many sampling steps into few.
result Effective in distilling pretrained discrete diffusion models across image and language domains.

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.

DDMI generates high-quality INRs by adapting positional embeddings.

problem Existing INR generative models fail to produce high-quality representations.
method DDMI uses adaptive positional embeddings and a D2C-VAE to enhance expressive power.
result DDMI outperforms existing models across multiple modalities and datasets.

Study identifies and analyzes three types of errors in learning Fourier operators.

problem Statistical, discretization, and truncation errors in learning Fourier operators.
method Analysis of a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) based least squares estimator.
result Established upper and lower bounds on statistical, discretization, and truncation errors.

In this paper, we study the discrete Morse flow for the Ricci flow on football, which is the 2-sphere with removed north and south poles and with the metric g0g_0 of constant scalar curvature, and and for Porous media equation on a bounded regular domain in the plane. We show that with a suitable assumption about $g(0)…

2012-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Transforms game optimization dynamics into frequency domain for precise hyperparameter analysis.

problem Analyzing convergence of hyperparameters in game optimization.
method Frequency-domain framework using High-Resolution Differential Equations (HRDEs) and Laplace transforms.
result Derives precise convergence criteria for the Lookahead algorithm.

Parameters in deep neural networks which are trained on large-scale databases can generalize across multiple domains, which is referred as "transferability". Unfortunately, the transferability is usually defined as discrete states and it differs with domains and network architectures. Existing works usually heuristical…

2018-04-23abs ↗pdf ↗

In the previous paper [GLM2018], we showed that the theory of harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds may be discretized by introducing triangulations with vertex and edge weights on the domain manifold. In the present paper, we study convergence of the discrete theory to the smooth theory when taking finer and fine…

2019-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We construct a sequence of primitive-stable representations of free groups into PSL(2,C) whose ranks go to infinity, but whose images are discrete with quotient manifolds that converge geometrically to a knot complement. In particular this implies that the rank and geometry of the image of a primitive-stable representa…

2010-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Mixed finite element methods solve a PDE using two or more variables. The theory of Discrete Exterior Calculus explains why the degrees of freedom associated to the different variables should be stored on both primal and dual domain meshes with a discrete Hodge star used to transfer information between the meshes. We s…

2010-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗