Proposes LDIDPs for efficient sequential data generation from latent dynamical models.
problem Challenges in generating high-fidelity sequential samples from latent dynamical models.
method Utilizes implicit diffusion processes to sample from latent dynamical processes.
result Demonstrates accurate learning of dynamics and efficient generation of high-quality sequential data.
Paper models non-linear dynamics from time series data.
problem Modeling non-linear dynamical systems from time series data.
method Introduces latent state modeling and a novel alternating minimization algorithm.
result LaNoLem achieves competitive performance in dynamics estimation and prediction.
Improved robust latent variable estimation for neural dynamics.
problem Inconsistent results due to noise and nonlinearity in existing models.
method Probabilistic approach to latent variable estimation in decomposed models.
result More accurate latent variable inference in nonlinear systems with diverse noise conditions.
This work extends identifiability analysis to sequential latent variable models, focusing on Switching Dynamical Systems.
problem Identifying latent variables in sequential data models.
method Proved identifiability of Markov Switching Models and established conditions for Switching Dynamical Systems.
result Identifiability of latent variables and non-linear mappings in Switching Dynamical Systems up to affine transformations.
A method for learning a context latent vector to improve generalization in model-based RL.
problem Learning a global dynamics model that can generalize across different dynamics.
method Decomposes learning a global dynamics model into two stages: learning a context latent vector and predicting next states.
result Achieves superior generalization across various simulated robotics and control tasks.
Most real world phenomena such as sunlight distribution under a forest canopy, minerals concentration, stock valuation, exhibit nonstationary dynamics i.e. phenomenon variation changes depending on the locality. Nonstationary dynamics pose both theoretical and practical challenges to statistical machine learning algori…
Study identifies latent variables and models from spacecraft data.
problem Learning reliable models from spacecraft data with complex relationships.
method Inductive bias inspired by controllable canonical forms for sparse, input-dependent latent variables.
result Identifies latent variables up to scaling and determines dynamic models up to transformations for linear and affine systems.
Paper tackles reinforcement learning with complex observations and simple latent dynamics.
problem Understanding reinforcement learning with complex observations and simple latent dynamics.
method Statistical and algorithmic analysis of reinforcement learning under general latent dynamics.
result Identifies latent pushforward coverability as a condition for statistical tractability.
Proposes iVDFM for identifying latent factors in multivariate time series.
problem Identifying latent factors in multivariate time series with structural dynamics.
method Identifiable Variational Dynamic Factor Model (iVDFM) with iVAE-style conditioning.
result Identifiable latent factors up to permutation and component-wise affine transformations.
Paper introduces TSSDMN for modeling dynamic multilayer networks.
problem Capturing temporal and cross-layer dynamics in multilayer networks.
method Tensor State Space Model (TSSDMN) using symmetric Tucker decomposition.
result TSSDMN uniquely captures temporal dynamics within and across layers.
Latent MoS learns multiple symmetries for efficient dynamic learning.
problem Efficiently learning dynamics from limited system measurements.
method Latent Mixture of Symmetries (Latent MoS) with hierarchical architecture.
result Latent MoS outperforms baselines in interpolation and extrapolation tasks.
New metric improves latent dynamics inference from neural data.
problem Limitations of co-smoothing in predicting latent dynamics.
method Few-shot co-smoothing to assess latent dynamics.
result High co-smoothing models often have extraneous dynamics, which few-shot co-smoothing detects.
This research improves dynamical systems understanding by identifying latent states and their nonlinear transitions.
problem Previous work on dynamical systems could not identify nonlinear transition dynamics, leading to unreliable predictions.
method Proposes a state-space modeling framework using variational auto-encoders to identify latent states and their nonlinear transition functions.
result Demonstrates high accuracy in recovering latent state dynamics and future prediction accuracy.
Model captures system input variations in latent space for actionable dynamics.
problem Learning dynamical systems from data without prescribing a mathematical model.
method Structured latent ODE model with stochastic factors of variation for each input.
result Improves generation of time-series data and inference of system inputs over baselines.
Novel method learns time series dynamics without reconstruction.
problem Learning nonlinear stochastic dynamics from video data.
method Recognition-parametrized Gaussian state space model (RP-GSSM) using maximum likelihood.
result Outperforms alternatives on nonlinear stochastic dynamics learning.
Paper develops a framework to identify latent dynamics from high-dimensional data.
problem Identifying latent dynamics from high-dimensional time-series data.
method Combines physics inductive bias and learn-to-identify strategy.
result Meta-HyLaD framework effectively identifies hybrid latent dynamics.
Framework learns image dynamics between time steps using latent variables.
problem Challenges in capturing evolving image patterns and temporal information.
method Estimates intermediary image stages using a physical latent variable model.
result Demonstrates robustness and effectiveness in geoscientific imagery.
Recurrent-DBN models dynamic relational data with interpretable latent structures.
problem Interpreting dynamic relational data with hidden structures.
method Recurrent Dirichlet Belief Network framework with hierarchical latent structures and efficient inference strategy.
result Recurrent-DBN discovers interpretable latent structures and improves link prediction.
Improved latent dynamics identification framework reduces training time and improves accuracy.
problem Accurate numerical solutions of partial differential equations require computationally expensive solvers.
method Sequential decoder training (mLaSDI) to correct residual errors from previous stages.
result mLaSDI consistently outperforms standard LaSDI, achieving lower prediction errors and reduced training time.
Framework simplifies vision-based control and goal discovery.
problem Learning proportional control from visual data.
method Introduces NewtonianVAE for proportional control and goal discovery.
result Dramatic simplification and acceleration of vision-based controllers.
Proposes LAE-EnKF for improved nonlinear data assimilation.
problem Performance of EnKF deteriorates for strongly nonlinear dynamics.
method Reformulates assimilation in a learned latent space with linear dynamics.
result LAE-EnKF yields more accurate and stable assimilation.
Framework LiLY recovers latent causal variables from time-series data under distribution shifts.
problem Learning and correcting models under unknown distribution shifts in time-series data.
method LiLY framework that recovers latent causal variables and identifies their relations from temporal data under different distribution shifts.
result The framework reliably identifies time-delayed latent causal influences from observed variables under different distribution changes.
Many dynamical systems exhibit similar structure, as often captured by hand-designed simplified models that can be used for analysis and control. We develop a method for learning to correspond pairs of dynamical systems via a learned latent dynamical system. Given trajectory data from two dynamical systems, we learn a …
Proposes DLGPD model to learn dynamics from images for planning.
problem Planning in unknown, indirectly observable environments.
method Deep latent Gaussian process dynamics model trained jointly with neural networks.
result Demonstrates improved data efficiency and transfer learning.
New method uses Diffusion Maps for latent space modeling of dynamical systems.
problem Building reduced dynamical models from time series data.
method Two rounds of Diffusion Maps on latent coordinates, with lifting back to ambient space.
result Approximation of full state functions in reduced coordinates.
Combines deep state space models with diffusion models for better forecasting and capturing latent dynamics
problem Forecasting and capturing latent dynamics in time series
method DDSSM: Diffusion-driven state space model
result Empirically outperforms state-of-the-art deep SSM
Improved noise estimation in latent neural SDEs enhances model accuracy.
problem Latent neural SDEs underestimate noise, limiting their stochastic dynamics modeling.
method Explicit additional noise regularization in the loss function.
result Model accurately captures diffusion component of stochastic time series data.
New methods improve sampling from complex dynamical models.
problem Sampling from high-dimensional, non-linear latent dynamical models is computationally challenging.
method Introduce auxiliary MCMC and Particle Gibbs samplers with improved performance and parallelisation.
result Enhanced samplers maintain performance in high-dimensional latent spaces and support parallelisation.
Planning has been very successful for control tasks with known environment dynamics. To leverage planning in unknown environments, the agent needs to learn the dynamics from interactions with the world. However, learning dynamics models that are accurate enough for planning has been a long-standing challenge, especiall…
New model captures state-dependent variability in partially observed systems.
problem Structured stochasticity not captured by constant-variance models.
method State-coupled stochastic volatility framework with particle expectation-maximization.
result Model consistently reduces recovery bias under partial observation.
Develops a method to model neural dynamics with flexible yet interpretable latent states.
problem Capturing complex nonlinear dynamics in neural time series while maintaining interpretability.
method Gaussian Process Switching Linear Dynamical System (gpSLDS) that balances expressiveness and interpretability.
result Favorable performance in comparison to rSLDS on synthetic and real neuroscience data.
Model infers latent variables in sparse coding models using Langevin dynamics.
problem Sampling posterior distribution in sparse coding models.
method Langevin dynamics for inference and simultaneous learning of parameters.
result Langevin dynamics efficiently sample from 'L0 sparse' posterior distribution.
Framework infers Langevin dynamics from stochastic observations of latent systems.
problem Inferring non-stationary Langevin dynamics from indirect stochastic observations.
method Non-parametric framework explicitly modeling stochastic observation process and non-stationary latent dynamics.
result Correct inference of non-stationary dynamics requires accounting for non-equilibrium states and observation duration.
Method learns latent dynamics of complex systems from noisy data.
problem Challenging to construct ROMs from noisy high-dimensional data.
method Recurrent stochastic variational deep kernel learning (SVDKL).
result Framework accurately predicts system evolution in low-dimensional latent spaces.
Proposes PredVAR model for reduced-dimensional dynamics from noisy data.
problem Extracting low-dimensional dynamics from high-dimensional noisy data.
method Probabilistic reduced-dimensional vector autoregressive model with oblique projection.
result Iterative algorithm yields dynamic latent variables with rank-ordered predictability.
LatentTrack generates model parameters online for nonstationary data.
problem Online probabilistic prediction under nonstationary dynamics.
method Sequential neural architecture with latent filtering and amortized inference.
result Consistently lower negative log-likelihood and mean squared error than baselines.
SyMetric evaluates learned Hamiltonian dynamics from images, improving model stability and interpretability.
problem Lack of reliable metrics to assess learned Hamiltonian dynamics from images.
method Developed SyMetric, a binary indicator based on Hamiltonian dynamics properties.
result SyMetric identifies architectural improvements for better dynamics learning.
Modeling interacting objects with latent Gaussian process ODEs.
problem Time uncertainty-aware modeling of continuous-time dynamics of interacting objects.
method A new model using latent Gaussian process ordinary differential equations to infer independent dynamics and interactions.
result Our model improves long-term predictions and successfully encapsulates independent dynamics and interactions.
Representation learning over graph structured data has been mostly studied in static graph settings while efforts for modeling dynamic graphs are still scant. In this paper, we develop a novel hierarchical variational model that introduces additional latent random variables to jointly model the hidden states of a graph…
Improves latent variable learning for complex data.
problem Expressive latent variables for model prediction on multi-component data.
method Dynamic Latent Separation method that distances data samples in the latent space.
result Enhances output diversity and provides interpretable representations.
We develop an approach to learn an interpretable semi-parametric model of a latent continuous-time stochastic dynamical system, assuming noisy high-dimensional outputs sampled at uneven times. The dynamics are described by a nonlinear stochastic differential equation (SDE) driven by a Wiener process, with a drift evolu…
A new growth model for dynamic networks using Markovian latent points.
problem Modeling temporal dynamic networks with latent points and distances.
method Markovian latent space dynamic with Euclidean Sphere sampling and connection probabilities based on geodesic distances.
result Theoretical guarantees for non-parametric estimation of the latitude and envelope functions.
This paper introduces a new neural ODE model for continuous-time sequence generation.
problem Representing and predicting continuous-time sequences with high accuracy.
method A neural emission model and neural ODE define the latent state evolution, with an Energy-based model for prior distribution.
result The model outperforms existing methods in various tasks, including long-horizon predictions.
Neuroscience is experiencing a data revolution in which many hundreds or thousands of neurons are recorded simultaneously. Currently, there is little consensus on how such data should be analyzed. Here we introduce LFADS (Latent Factor Analysis via Dynamical Systems), a method to infer latent dynamics from simultaneous…
We introduce Embed to Control (E2C), a method for model learning and control of non-linear dynamical systems from raw pixel images. E2C consists of a deep generative model, belonging to the family of variational autoencoders, that learns to generate image trajectories from a latent space in which the dynamics is constr…
Model predicts trading strategies based on latent demand and price impact.
problem Predicting strategic trading behavior of investors with private targets.
method Equilibrium model of dynamic trading, learning, and pricing by strategic investors.
result Trading strategies are a combination of target following, liquidity provision, and front-running based on latent demand and price pressure.
Variational autoencoder models dynamic latent graphs for neural point processes.
problem Modeling event dynamics with changing trends over time.
method Sequential latent variable model with dynamic latent graphs.
result Higher accuracy in predicting inter-event times and event types.
Unified Latent Dynamics unifies model-free and model-based reinforcement learning.
problem Combining the efficiency of model-free methods with the representational strengths of model-based approaches.
method Embedding state-action pairs into a latent space where the true value function is approximately linear, using synchronized updates of encoder, value, and policy networks.
result ULD achieves cross-domain competence with minimal tuning and a fraction of the parameter footprint.