Paper adds Fisher Information to mean field optimization for faster convergence.
problem Mean field optimization in neural networks training.
method Developed energy-dissipation method and gradient flow on probability space.
result Marginal distributions converge exponentially to minimizer.
New algorithm solves complex mean-field Schrödinger bridge problem.
problem Designing a controller for diffusion processes with nonlocal interaction.
method Generalized Hopf-Cole transform and Sinkhorn-type algorithm.
result Convergence guarantees for the proposed algorithm under mild assumptions.
New method infers population dynamics from snapshots using path space optimization.
problem Recover dynamics of a population from its temporal marginals.
method Grid-free algorithm using Schrödinger bridges coupled via noisy gradient descent in mean-field limit.
result Global convergence to min-entropy estimator with end-to-end theoretical guarantees.
Continuous-time Sinkhorn flow generalizes and unifies existing dynamics.
problem Entropy-regularized optimal transport problems.
method Continuous-time mirror descent framework.
result Unified perspective on various dynamics in ML and math.
A new method for steering large agent populations efficiently.
problem Controlling the configuration of a swarm of identical, interacting cooperative agents.
method Mean-Field Schrodinger Bridges with Gaussian Mixture Models.
result A highly efficient parameterization to approximate optimal solutions of the MFSB problem in closed form.
Mean-field neural nets approximate functions using a free energy functional and controlled dynamics.
problem Function approximation by two-layer neural nets in the mean-field regime.
method Phrasing function approximation as global minimization of a free energy functional, examining dynamics in the space of probability measures over weights.
result Characterization of the unique global minimizer and dynamics achieving it, including the Föllmer drift.
Study Schrödinger evolution on surfaces in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
problem Analyzing the Schrödinger evolution on surfaces embedded in 3D contact sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Relating self-adjointness of the Schrödinger operator to geometric invariants of the foliation.
result Classification of self-adjoint extensions yielding disjoint dynamics.
Optimizes electric field to control molecule states in Hartree-Fock theory.
problem Optimizing electric field to drive molecule from initial to target state.
method Trust region optimization with gradients from adjoint state method.
result Achieves desired target states with minimal control effort.
DeepGSB solves MFGs with non-differentiable preferences.
problem Solving MFGs with non-differentiable preferences and exact population convergence.
method Generalized Schrödinger Bridge via Forward-Backward SDEs and Temporal Difference learning.
result DeepGSB provides necessary and sufficient conditions for mean-field problems.
Kernel-based mean-field games use MMD penalties for interaction and target costs.
problem Optimizing mean-field games with specific cost functions.
method Kernel structure, random Fourier U-statistics, neural network training.
result Sample-level convergence theorem and rate of convergence proved.
In this contribution we review results on the kinematics of a quantum system localized on a connected configuration manifold and compatible dynamics for the quantum system including external fields and leading to non-linear Schrödinger equations for pure states.
SnapMMD forecasts cell differentiation outcomes from snapshot data.
problem Forecasting cell differentiation outcomes from limited snapshot data.
method SnapMMD learns dynamics by directly fitting the joint distribution of state measurements and observation time with MMD loss, allowing for unknown and state-dependent volatilities.
result SnapMMD delivers accurate forecasts and an R2-style statistic for diagnosing fit.
Paper develops a new method for solving complex problems in generative modeling and mean-field games.
problem Solving complex problems in generative modeling and mean-field games.
method Reinterpreting Generalized Schrödinger Bridges (GSBs) as probabilistic models and using the nonlinear Feynman-Kac lemma.
result Demonstrates the efficacy of the new method in generative modeling and mean-field games.
The Skew Mean Curvature Flow(SMCF) is a Schrödinger-type geometric flow canonically defined on a co-dimension two submanifold, which generalizes the famous vortex filament equation in fluid dynamics. In this paper, we prove the local existence and uniqueness of general dimensional SMCF in Euclidean spaces.
MSBM extends SB for multi-marginal trajectory inference.
problem Trajectory inference from multiple discrete snapshots.
method Multi-Marginal Schrödinger Bridge Matching (MSBM) using iterative Markovian fitting (IMF).
result MSBM effectively captures complex trajectories and respects intermediate distributions.
BM2 learns Schrödinger bridges using neural networks.
problem Learning dynamic transport maps between two distributions.
method Coupled Bridge Matching (BM2) with neural networks. result Preliminary theoretical analysis and numerical experiments show BM2's effectiveness. Study shows uniform-time chaos propagation in mean field Langevin dynamics.
problem Understanding the convergence of marginal distributions in mean field dynamics.
method Assumed functional convexity of energy, used Lp-convergence and Wasserstein metrics. result Uniform-in-time propagation of chaos proved in both L2-Wasserstein and relative entropy. This paper bridges Kahler geometry and quantum mechanics in lognormal statistical models.
problem Evolution of spectral curves in Siegel Jacobi space through Schrodinger equation.
method Kahler geometry induced on lognormal statistical manifold, Dombrowski's construction.
result Time-dependent Schrodinger equation with varying energy.
We consider a magnetic Schrödinger operator Hh, depending on a semiclassical parameter h>0, on a compact Riemannian manifold. We assume that there is no electric field. We suppose that the minimal value b0 of the intensity of the magnetic field b is strictly positive. We give a survey of the results on asympt…
A new method uses Schrödinger bridges for deep conditional generative learning.
problem Learning conditional distributions with additional information.
method Schrödinger bridge approach with discretized SDE and deep neural network.
result Generated samples have higher quality and can estimate conditional density.
We propose a twistor construction of surfaces in Lie sphere geometry based on the linear system which copies equations of Wilczynski's projective frame. In the particular case of Lie-applicable surfaces this linear system describes joint eigenfunctions of a pair of commuting Schrödinger operators with magnetic fields.
The paper constructs TQFTs and Schrödinger representations for Heisenberg group.
problem Constructing TQFTs and Schrödinger representations for Heisenberg group.
method Using Lagrangian correspondences and q-deformation of U(1).
result Normalization of Schrödinger bimodule action reproduces abelian TQFT.
This article propounds, in the wake of influential work of Fefferman and Graham about Poincaré extensions of conformal structures, a definition of a (Poincaré-)Schrödinger manifold whose boundary is endowed with a conformal Bargmann structure above a non-relativistic Newton-Cartan spacetime. Examples of such manifolds …
New algorithm computes Schrödinger Bridge for unpaired data translation.
problem Computing optimal transport maps for unpaired data translation.
method Schrödinger Bridge Flow, a discretization of a flow of path measures.
result Eliminates the need to train multiple DDM-like models.
CLSB models system dynamics from cross-sectional data with population-level regularization.
problem Challenges in modeling system dynamics from limited cross-sectional samples and heterogeneous individual behaviors.
method Introduces CLSB framework for learning dynamics, regularized for population-level temporal variations.
result Empirically superior in single-cell sequencing data analyses, e.g., simulating cell development and drug response.
New framework for Bayesian inference using neural Schrödinger-Föllmer flows.
problem Approximate Bayesian inference in large datasets.
method Stochastic control, Schrödinger bridges, SDE-based models.
result Advocates stochastic control as a finite time and low variance alternative to SGLD.
New method trains reflected Schrödinger bridges without complex derivatives.
problem Training reflected Schrödinger bridges efficiently in high dimensions.
method Partially simulation-free framework with new sampling method.
result Generative performance maintained or slightly improved with reflected dynamics.
We solve a Schrödinger bridge with a quadratic state cost, finding a closed-form solution.
problem Optimizing diffusion processes between given distributions.
method Regularized Schrödinger bridge with a quadratic state cost.
result Closed-form solution for the Markov kernel of the regularized Schrödinger bridge.
Kernel method approximates dynamical operators from data.
problem Estimating eigenfunctions of dynamical operators from data.
method Kernel-based approach in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces.
result Eigenfunctions estimated via matrix eigenvalue problems.
Paper studies convergence of Mean-Field GDA dynamics for MNE of continuous games.
problem Finding mixed Nash equilibria in continuous games.
method Two-scale Mean-Field Gradient Descent Ascent dynamics.
result Two-scale Mean-Field GDA converges exponentially to MNE without convexity assumptions.
A new portfolio method using quantum mechanics improves risk diversification.
problem Improving risk-based portfolio construction methods for multi-asset portfolios.
method Schrödinger principal component analysis applied to extract common factors from asset fluctuations.
result The proposed method outperforms conventional risk parity and other risk diversification methods.
Exponential localization of eigensections for Bochner-Schrödinger operator.
problem Understanding spectral properties of Bochner-Schrödinger operator on high tensor powers of Hermitian line bundles.
method Approximation of operator by model Schrödinger operator with constant magnetic field, analysis of spectrum.
result Spectrum of Bochner-Schrödinger operator in gaps is discrete and eigensections decay exponentially.
New method reconstructs non-equilibrium stochastic systems from data.
problem Reconstructing non-equilibrium stochastic systems from ensemble measurements.
method Schrödinger bridge problem with multivariate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.
result Simulation-free algorithm achieves higher accuracy than competing methods.
The paper analyzes the mean field Langevin dynamics and its convergence rate.
problem The convergence property of the mean field Langevin dynamics in the context of neural networks.
method The analysis uses a proximal Gibbs distribution and techniques from convex optimization.
result A concise convergence rate analysis of the mean field Langevin dynamics in both continuous and discrete time settings.
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.
Clarifies relation for solving control-affine Schrödinger bridge problems.
problem Solving control-affine Schrödinger bridge problems via Hopf-Cole transform.
method Applies Hopf-Cole transform to conditions of optimality, resulting in nonlinear PDEs.
result Generic control-affine Schrödinger bridge requires further algorithmic development.
Generative model uses Schrödinger bridges for stable sampling.
problem Sampling from unknown distributions with limited training samples.
method Combines Schrödinger bridges and Langevin dynamics.
result Effective stability and generation of samples within convex hull.
Study optimal semistatic portfolios using martingale Schrödinger bridges.
problem Optimizing semistatic portfolios in a dynamic stock market.
method Minimizing entropy among calibrated martingale measures.
result Explicit solution for optimal semistatic portfolios exists.
IDBM solves Schrödinger bridge problems with iterative sampling.
problem Optimizing transport between probability measures.
method Iterated diffusion bridge mixture (IDBM) procedure.
result IDBM realizes valid transport between target measures at each iteration.
This work studies the contraction coefficients of Schrödinger bridge problems in linear systems.
problem Optimally controlling the evolution of a system's state density over time.
method Analyzes and improves the convergence rates of dynamic Schrödinger systems via geometric and control-theoretic interpretations.
result New insights into improving computation of worst-case contraction coefficients by preconditioning.
Extends Langevin dynamics for constrained domains.
problem Optimization of constrained probability measures.
method Mirror mean-field Langevin dynamics (MMFLD).
result Linear convergence guarantees and propagation of chaos results.
Paper proposes a mean-field gradient descent for zero-sum games, proving convergence to Nash equilibrium.
problem Finding mixed Nash equilibria in zero-sum games with multiple players.
method Mean-field gradient descent dynamics with time-averaging, incorporating exponentially discounted gradients.
result Exponential convergence rate to mixed Nash equilibrium with respect to total variation metric.
Geometrically proves WKB solutions of Schrödinger equations are resurgent.
problem Understanding resurgent behavior of WKB solutions on Riemann surfaces.
method Purely geometric approach using holomorphic Lie groupoids and spectral curves.
result Formal WKB solutions are Borel summable in almost all directions.
Develops a dynamic mean field theory for reinforcement learning.
problem Finite state and action Bayesian reinforcement learning in large state spaces.
method Analogies with statistical physics, interpreting probabilities as couplings and values as spins, solving mean field equations.
result State-action values are statistically independent in the asymptotic state space limit, with exact or approximate equations for computation.
New algorithm infers trajectories from partial observations using optimal transport.
problem Inferring trajectories from partial observations of coupled systems.
method Extends MFL algorithm to latent SDEs using observable state space models and partial observations.
result Experiments show significant outperformance over latent-free baseline.
Study connects bank default models using dynamic contagion.
problem Understanding default contagion in heterogeneous interbank systems.
method Proposes a dynamic default contagion model with endogenous early defaults for a finite set of banks, reformulating as a stochastic particle system.
result Existence of clearing systems and continuity of the system response for the mean-field problem.
Elman-type RNNs converge to globally optimal solutions in the mean-field regime.
problem Optimizing feature learning in wide RNNs.
method Analysis of gradient descent dynamics and mean-field limits.
result Fixed points of infinite-width dynamics are globally optimal.
In this work it is studied the Schrödinger equation for a non-relativistic particle restricted to move on a surface S in a three-dimensional Minkowskian medium R13, i.e., the space R3 equipped with the metric diag(−1,1,1). After establishing the consistency of the interpretative post…