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48 results for large particle systems

Modeling bank defaults through hitting thresholds to study systemic risk.

problem Understanding systemic risk in a network of interconnected banks.
method An interacting particle system to model bank defaults and analyze the resulting losses.
result Characterization of discontinuities in the cumulative loss process as systemic events.

New method learns particle system potentials from unlabeled data.

problem Learning potentials of interacting particle systems from unlabeled data with trajectory information missing.
method Introduces a self-test loss function based on stochastic evolution equation.
result Method outperforms baseline methods in robust estimation of large, high-dimensional systems.

This work finds mixed equilibria in zero-sum games using interacting particle dynamics.

problem Finding mixed equilibrium points in continuous minmax games.
method A method based on entropic regularisation of two-layer zero-sum games with interacting particle dynamics.
result The sequence of empirical measures of the particle system satisfies a large deviation principle as the number of particles grows to infinity, implying convergence of the empirical measure and the Nikaidô-Isoda error.

EPFES uses evolutionary strategies for nonlinear system estimation.

problem Nonlinear system identification with unknown state vector.
method Elitist particle filter based on evolutionary strategies.
result EPFES generalizes Gaussian particle filter and improves nonlinear system estimation.

Method identifies IPS governing equations from particle data efficiently.

problem Identify governing equations of interacting particle systems efficiently.
method Combines mean-field theory and WSINDy for large NN and MM.
result Converges with rate O(N1/2)\mathcal{O}(N^{-1/2}) for N100N \geq 100.

Framework preserves emergent physics in non-equilibrium systems from particle trajectories.

problem Linking short spatiotemporal scales to emergent bulk physics in multiscale systems.
method Metriplectic bracket formalism for structure-preserving coarse-graining.
result Preservation of thermodynamic laws and conservation in machine-learned dynamics.

RNN operators solve Newton's equations with large timesteps for molecular dynamics.

problem Solving Newton's equations of motion with large timesteps for molecular dynamics simulations.
method Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) operators to solve Newton's equations using past trajectory data.
result Significant speedup in molecular dynamics simulations with timesteps up to 4000 times larger.

Estimates log-likelihood of interacting particle systems using virtual particles.

problem Inconsistent estimation of finite-particle log-likelihood in large particle systems.
method Stochastic gradient estimate using continuous trajectory and virtual particle systems.
result Convergence to stationary points of limiting mean-field system's log-likelihood.

New insights into neural network training and accuracy using particle system approach.

problem Understanding the approximation error of neural networks after training.
method Interpreting SGD as an interacting particle system with a potential related to the loss function.
result The approximation error scales as O(n1)O(n^{-1}) for large networks, independent of network size.

This paper studies when particle filtering is efficient for planning in partially observed systems.

problem The efficiency of particle filtering for planning in partially observed linear dynamical systems.
method Coupling of ideal and approximate sequences to bound particle complexity.
result Polynomially many particles suffice for stable systems to approximate optimal planning.

New approach reduces particle simulation complexity to linear time and space.

problem Challenges in learning dynamics from particle interactions, especially N-body problems.
method Transforms fully-connected interaction graphs into hierarchical ones, reducing complexity.
result Linear time and space complexity for large-scale simulations, retaining high accuracy.

Paper explores SVGD for Bayesian inference, linking deterministic and stochastic dynamics.

problem Bayesian inference and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods.
method Stein variational gradient descent (SVGD) with deterministic and stochastic dynamics.
result Identifies Stein-Fisher information as the leading order contribution in the long-time and many-particle regime.

We review recent quantitative results on the approximation of mean field diffusion equations by large systems of interacting particles, obtained by optimal coupling methods. These results concern a larger range of models, more precise senses of convergence and links with the long time behaviour of the systems to be con…

2010-09-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study infers interaction kernels from multiple particle trajectories.

problem Inferring interaction kernels from multiple particle trajectories in stochastic systems.
method Nonparametric inference approach based on regularized maximum likelihood estimator.
result Consistent estimator with near-optimal learning rate independent of state space dimension.

New method for online learning in interacting particle systems.

problem Parameter estimation in stochastic interacting particle systems.
method Stochastic approximation of gradient of asymptotic log likelihood using continuous observations.
result Convergence to stationary points of asymptotic log-likelihood under suitable assumptions.

Coercivity condition ensures learning of interacting particle systems.

problem Ensuring identifiability of interaction functions in learning systems of interacting particles.
method Equivalence of coercivity condition to strictly positive definiteness of an integral kernel.
result For ergodic systems, the integral kernel is strictly positive definite, satisfying the coercivity condition.

We investigate unification of two systems of identical elements having different dimensions which may be of interest for both physics and economics. Characteristic parameters as well as explicit formulae for the temperature (in economics - capital turnover) and dimension of the united system are obtained as functions o…

2015-10-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Adaptive ML learns complex time-varying systems without new data.

problem Applying ML to time-varying systems with shifting distributions.
method Mapping high-dimensional inputs to low-dimensional latent space, actively tuning latent space based on feedback.
result Learning correlations and tracking system evolution in real-time without new data.

Estimates network structure and interaction rules from multiple agent trajectories.

problem Modeling multi-agent systems on networks from data.
method Jointly infers network topology and interaction kernels using non-convex optimization.
result ORALS estimator is consistent and asymptotically normal under coercivity conditions.

PSAEM combines EM and particle methods for efficient dynamical system learning.

problem Learning dynamical systems with stochastic approximation and particle methods.
method Particle stochastic approximation EM (PSAEM) algorithm combining stochastic approximation EM and particle Gibbs with ancestor sampling (PGAS).
result PSAEM achieves superior computational performance and convergence compared to existing methods.

A new stochastic algorithm approximates optimal distributions without requiring propagation of chaos.

problem Optimizing functionals over probability distributions using finite particle systems.
method Virtual particle stochastic approximation, viewed as a form of stochastic gradient descent in the Wasserstein space.
result The algorithm's output converges to the optimal distribution and produces i.i.d. samples.

The paper analyzes rates for a modified gradient descent method using Stein variational gradients.

problem Improving the accuracy of gradient descent methods for complex target distributions.
method Derives finite-particle rates for regularized Stein variational gradient descent (R-SVGD).
result Establishes explicit non-asymptotic bounds for time-averaged empirical measures.

Study shows how common noise can trigger or prevent blow-ups in a mean-field system.

problem Exploring blow-ups in a mean-field system with common noise.
method Introduced a model with continuous driving dynamics and common Brownian motion noise.
result Global solutions exist and can be realized through a particle system with common noise, and blow-ups can be triggered or prevented by noise.

We study systems of Brownian particles on the real line, which interact by splitting the local times of collisions among themselves in an asymmetric manner. We prove the strong existence and uniqueness of such processes and identify them with the collections of ordered processes in a Brownian particle system, in which …

2012-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The collective phenomena of a liquid market is characterized in terms of a particle system scenario. This physical analogy enables us to disentangle intrinsic features from purely stochastic ones. The latter are the result of environmental changes due to a `heat bath' acting on the many-asset system, quantitatively des…

2001-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian inference for neural networks improves uncertainty quantification.

problem Improving predictive uncertainty in neural networks.
method Ensemble Kalman filter extensions and interacting particle systems.
result Effective methods for quantifying predictive uncertainty in neural networks.

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is an emerging experimental method to characterize the structure of large biomolecular assemblies. Single particle cryo-EM records 2D images (so-called micrographs) of projections of the three-dimensional particle, which need to be processed to obtain the three-dimensional reconstruct…

2013-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

This work develops a particle system to approximate Fisher-Rao gradient flows in mean-field optimization.

problem Optimizing probability measures in neural network contexts.
method Constructing an interacting particle system approximating Fisher-Rao gradient flows.
result Propagation of chaos for the Fisher-Rao gradient flow in entropic mean-field optimization.

MD-GAN learns long-time molecular behavior from short-time data with multi-particle input.

problem Accurately predicting long-time molecular dynamics from short-time data.
method Machine learning method (MD-GAN) that incorporates dynamics of multiple particles of molecules.
result Predicting diffusion with one-third of the training data length using multi-particle input.

Transformers approximate mean-field dynamics of indistinguishable particles.

problem Approximating the dynamics of indistinguishable particles in complex systems.
method Using transformers to model the mean-field dynamics of interacting particle systems.
result Theoretical bounds on the distance between true and transformer-obtained mean-field dynamics.

Using particle system methodologies we study the propagation of financial distress in a network of firms facing credit risk. We investigate the phenomenon of a credit crisis and quantify the losses that a bank may suffer in a large credit portfolio. Applying a large deviation principle we compute the limiting distribut…

2007-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a new algorithm for estimating model parameters using interacting particle systems.

problem Estimating parameters of latent variable models.
method Interacting Particle Langevin Algorithm (IPLA) based on Langevin diffusion.
result Nonasymptotic optimisation error bounds for the estimator.

We study large deviations and rare default clustering events in a dynamic large heterogeneous portfolio of interconnected components. Defaults come as Poisson events and the default intensities of the different components in the system interact through the empirical default rate and via systematic effects that are comm…

2013-11-03abs ↗pdf ↗

DriftLite improves inference quality of diffusion models without retraining.

problem Adapting pre-trained diffusion models to new target distributions without retraining.
method Lightweight, training-free particle-based approach that steers inference dynamics with optimal stability control.
result Consistently reduces variance and improves sample quality over existing methods.

New methods for Bayesian inference using mean shift particle systems.

problem Approximating expectations with unnormalized densities in Bayesian inference.
method Mean shift interacting particle systems that minimize maximum mean discrepancy (MMD).
result Mean shift interacting particle systems converge quickly and capture complex distributions.

Study of particle systems with singular interaction through hitting times, revealing new phenomena and equilibrium strategies.

problem Understanding and predicting times of fragility in particle systems with strategic connections.
method General driving processes, inhomogeneous connection structures, strategic particle connections, max-plus algebra.
result Characterization of times of fragility and system regularization in equilibrium.