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48 results for mesh-free solver

A mesh-free method solves continuum-marginal optimal transport problems.

problem Recovering minimum-energy velocity fields from time-continuous probability marginals.
method Embeds weak continuity equation in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space, optimizing with mini-batch stochastic methods.
result Accurately recovers drift and maintains marginal consistency in synthetic experiments.

FlowKac solves high-dimensional Fokker-Planck equations efficiently.

problem Intractability of Fokker-Planck equation solutions in high dimensions.
method Reformulates Fokker-Planck using Feynman-Kac, adaptive stochastic sampling, and normalizing flows.
result Significant computational efficiency and accuracy improvements over existing methods.

A neural atlas simplifies 3D geometry simulation by avoiding meshing.

problem Simulation of complex 3D geometries with thin features or non-trivial topology.
method Learned geometric representation of overlapping volumetric coordinate charts, trained from point-cloud or level-set data.
result The learned atlas enables different solvers without re-meshing or re-parametrization.

New neural network solves Nirenberg problem for curvature on sphere.

problem Prescribing Gaussian curvature on S2S^2 for metrics conformal to the round metric.
method Mesh-free physics-informed neural network (PINN) that directly parametrises the conformal factor.
result Neural network achieves very low losses for realisable curvatures, distinguishing them from non-realisable ones.

This thesis advances algorithms and software for QMC, GP, and sciML.

problem Efficient high-dimensional integration, interpolation, and PDE modeling.
method Developed new algorithms and software for QMC, GP, and sciML.
result Efficient and accurate methods for high-dimensional problems.

Paper introduces FDM for efficient training of Neural SDEs.

problem Training Neural SDEs using existing methods is computationally expensive and unstable.
method Developed a novel scoring rule called Finite Dimensional Matching (FDM) to bypass signature kernels and reduce training complexity.
result FDM achieves superior performance in terms of computational efficiency and generative quality.

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.

Optimizes neural networks with blackbox solvers using Time-cost Regularization.

problem Improving neural network performance by integrating efficient solvers for complex problems.
method Optimizes both the primary loss function and the performance of the blackbox solver using Time-cost Regularization. Introduces a hyper-blackbox concept to learn blackbox parameters.
result Significant improvement in neural network performance through optimization of blackbox solvers.

Study analyzes 3,171 stocks to pick efficient portfolios using quantum and classical solvers.

problem Creating efficient stock portfolios from a large dataset.
method Used classical and quantum solvers to optimize portfolios of 3,171 US stocks.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of quantum and classical solvers in portfolio optimization.

The paper speeds up hyperparameter optimisation in Gaussian processes.

problem Scaling hyperparameter optimisation to large datasets.
method Improvements to linear system solvers (pathwise gradient, warm starting, early stopping).
result Speed-ups of up to 72x and residual norm decreases of up to 7x.

CRA improves UL-based CO solvers by dynamically smoothing and enforcing discreteness.

problem Local optima and artificial rounding issues in UL-based CO solvers.
method Continuous Relaxation Annealing (CRA) strategy that dynamically shifts from continuous to discrete solutions.
result Significantly enhances UL-based CO solver performance and eliminates artificial rounding.

Study compares 5 ODE solvers on 3 case studies, finding varying accuracy.

problem Comparing estimation accuracy of 5 ODE solvers on 3 case studies.
method Used 5 different numerical ODE solvers (Euler's, Heun's, Midpoint, Runge-Kutta 4th order, ODE45) on 3 case studies and compared their results.
result Different solvers have varying accuracy depending on the case study.

A new method combines classical and machine learning PDE solvers efficiently.

problem Combining classical and machine learning PDE solvers to reduce computational cost and improve accuracy.
method Proposes an approximate greedy router to select solvers at each iteration, mimicking a greedy approach.
result Consistently reduces final error and AUC of the error trajectory compared to single-solver baselines and hybrid approaches.

SA-Solver improves stochastic sampling from DPMs.

problem Efficient sampling from Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DPMs) is time-consuming.
method Proposes SA-Solver, an improved stochastic Adams method for solving diffusion SDE.
result SA-Solver achieves improved or comparable performance compared to SOTA methods for few-step sampling.

Although optimization is the longstanding algorithmic backbone of machine learning, new models still require the time-consuming implementation of new solvers. As a result, there are thousands of implementations of optimization algorithms for machine learning problems. A natural question is, if it is always necessary to…

2019-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

New taxonomy and improved solvers for discrete energy minimization.

problem Maximum-a-posteriori inference in discrete graphical models.
method Dual block-coordinate ascent rule, theoretical analysis, new solver variants.
result Improved state-of-the-art solver outperforming existing methods on all test instances.

MIP-GNN uses graph neural networks to predict variable biases for MIP solvers.

problem Improving combinatorial optimization through data-driven insights.
method Encoding MILP interactions as graphs, training a graph neural network to predict variable biases, and guiding the MIP solver with these predictions.
result Significant improvements in solving binary MILPs compared to default settings of state-of-the-art solvers.

The paper improves ODE solvers by integrating diverse information types.

problem Improving accuracy and physical meaningfulness of ODE solutions.
method Leveraging probabilistic solvers to include second-order information and physical conservation laws.
result Solutions become more accurate and physically meaningful with additional information.

DPM-Solver speeds up DPM sampling to 10-20 function evaluations.

problem Slow sampling from Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DPMs).
method Exact formulation of diffusion ODE solutions, using change-of-variable and exponentially weighted integral.
result Generates high-quality samples in 10-20 function evaluations.

Parallel-in-time solver reduces ODE simulation time from linear to logarithmic.

problem Efficiently solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) with reduced computational cost.
method Formulated a parallel-in-time probabilistic numerical ODE solver using time-parallel formulation of iterated extended Kalman smoothers.
result Reduces span cost from linear to logarithmic in the number of time steps.

ML4CO uses machine learning to improve combinatorial optimization solvers.

problem Solving combinatorial problems in practice often involves related data distributions.
method Replacing heuristic components with machine learning approaches.
result Improved state-of-the-art combinatorial optimization solvers.

New ODE solvers improve training efficiency and accuracy.

problem Training Neural ODEs requires efficient and accurate gradient calculation.
method Presented algebraically reversible ODE solvers that are time and memory efficient, calculate exact gradients, and are numerically stable.
result Reversible solvers strictly improve upon previous architectures in efficiency and accuracy.

Partial differential equations (PDEs) are widely used across the physical and computational sciences. Decades of research and engineering went into designing fast iterative solution methods. Existing solvers are general purpose, but may be sub-optimal for specific classes of problems. In contrast to existing hand-craft…

2019-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper presents an acceleration framework for packing linear programming problems where the amount of data available is limited, i.e., where the number of constraints m is small compared to the variable dimension n. The framework can be used as a black box to speed up linear programming solvers dramatically, by two…

2017-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

skscope simplifies sparsity-constrained optimization in Python.

problem Tedious mathematical deduction and programming for sparsity-constrained optimization.
method Introduces skscope, a Python library that allows users to solve sparsity-constrained optimization problems by just programming the objective function.
result skscope enables state-of-the-art solvers to quickly attain sparse solutions in high-dimensional spaces, achieving up to 80x speedup.

This work introduces a new loss function to improve the efficiency of optimization-based PDE solvers.

problem Optimization-based PDE solvers converge slowly and are inefficient compared to classical iterative solvers.
method Proposes a novel Stabilized Gradient Residual (SGR) loss function to modulate the condition number.
result The SGR loss achieves orders-of-magnitude faster convergence than the MSE loss in both ODIL and PINNs frameworks.

New framework for probabilistic linear solvers reduces manual effort.

problem Manual implementation of probabilistic iterative methods is laborious.
method Affine Tracing: Automatically constructs PIMs from standard implementations.
result Any realistic affine PIM is calibrated, motivating their adoption.

A neural network method tackles high-dimensional diffeomorphic mapping problems.

problem High-dimensional diffeomorphic mapping struggles with the curse of dimensionality.
method Combines variational principles with quasi-conformal theory for accurate, bijective mappings.
result Validated accuracy, robustness, and effectiveness in complex registration scenarios.