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48 results for metric formulation

Defines a metric and form for a bundle moduli space, leading to a zero-curvature formulation.

problem Formulating a metric and form for a bundle moduli space.
method Defines an algebraic metric and closed 3-form on a subspace of the moduli of GG-bundles.
result Shows a zero-curvature formulation for a σσ-model with target the moduli space.

Introduces new metric for Riemannian metrics, extending unbalanced optimal transport.

problem Extending unbalanced optimal transport to Riemannian metrics.
method Dynamic and static formulations of unbalanced optimal transport on Riemannian metrics.
result Wasserstein--Ebin metric provides a new Riemannian structure on the space of Riemannian metrics.

New formulations for comparing metric measure spaces with arbitrary positive measures.

problem Comparing metric measure spaces with arbitrary positive measures.
method Two novel formulations: a divergence and a conic lifting approach.
result Efficiently solvable formulations for comparing metric spaces with arbitrary positive measures.

This paper introduces a new formulation of the Conic Gromov-Wasserstein distance for comparing complex network structures.

problem Comparing measures of unequal mass and complex network structures.
method Novel semi-coupling formulation and extension to hypernetworks.
result Establishes fundamental properties and robustness of CGW metric.

Study improves confidence measures in medical imaging pipelines by addressing bias.

problem Bias in metric-based imaging pipelines compromises the efficiency of prediction intervals.
method Formalized symmetric and asymmetric CP formulations, analyzed bias effects, and validated empirically.
result Symmetric intervals are inflated by bias, while asymmetric intervals remain unaffected.

New framework for efficient optimal transport distances between Markov chains.

problem Efficient computation of optimal transport distances between Markov chains.
method Developed a new perspective on optimal transport distances using discounted occupancy couplings and linear programming.
result Introduced Sinkhorn Value Iteration (SVI) for efficient calculation of optimal transport distances.

On a convex body in a Euclidean space, we introduce a new variational formulation for its Funk metric, a Finsler metric compatible with the tautological Finsler structure of the convex body. We generalize the metric on Teichmuller spaces with the Weil-Petersson distance function. A set of similarities the resulting met…

2011-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

We revisit the task of learning a Euclidean metric from data. We approach this problem from first principles and formulate it as a surprisingly simple optimization problem. Indeed, our formulation even admits a closed form solution. This solution possesses several very attractive properties: (i) an innate geometric app…

2016-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We formulate an approach to the geometry of Riemann-Cartan spaces provided with nonholonomic distributions defined by generic off-diagonal and nonsymmetric metrics inducing effective nonlinear and affine connections. Such geometries can be modelled by moving nonholonomic frames on (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds and desc…

2008-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Fairness-aware classification is receiving increasing attention in the machine learning fields. Recently research proposes to formulate the fairness-aware classification as constrained optimization problems. However, several limitations exist in previous works due to the lack of a theoretical framework for guiding the …

2018-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper provides details of the construction, properties and some applications of the ambient metric associated to a conformal class of metrics on a smooth manifold. Existence and uniqueness of formal expansions defining such metrics are considered. Equivalence with the expansions of associated Poincare metrics is e…

2007-10-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the tractor formalism from conformal geometry to the study of smooth metric measure spaces. In particular, this gives rise to a correspondence between quasi-Einstein metrics and parallel sections of certain tractor bundles. We use this formulation to give a sharp upper bound on the dimension of the vector …

2011-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved robustness in multivariate regression and classification with DRO under Wasserstein metric.

problem Outliers in covariates and responses.
method Distributionally Robust Optimization (DRO) with Wasserstein metric ambiguity set and regularization.
result Significant improvement in predictive error and robustness.

Intrinsic formulation of noncommutative geometry for quantum gravity.

problem Formalizing noncommutative differential geometry for quantum gravity.
method Geometric definitions and proofs of noncommutative Ricci curvatures and Bianchi identities.
result Quantum fluctuations and curvatures of (pseudo-) Riemannian metrics are renormalizable.

This paper improves QoS metric prediction in DTNs using diffusion models.

problem Improving QoS metric prediction in Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) to enhance network performance.
method Formulates QoS metric prediction as a probabilistic forecasting problem on multivariate time series, incorporating latent temporal dynamics.
result The proposed approach outperforms traditional methods in QoS metric prediction for DTNs.

We investigate connections between pairs of (pseudo-)Riemannian metrics whose sum is a (tensor) product of a covector field with itself. A bijective mapping between the classes of Euclidean and Lorentzian metrics is constructed as a special result. The existence of such maps on a differentiable manifold is discussed. S…

1998-02-22abs ↗pdf ↗

This dissertation uses ILP to learn Bayesian network structures efficiently.

problem Learning the structure of Bayesian networks from data.
method Integer Linear Programming formulation with cluster constraints and cutting planes.
result The approach finds feasible solutions for Bayesian network structures efficiently.

A local deformation property for uniform embeddings in metric manifolds (LD) is formulated and its behaviour is studied in a formal view point. It is shown that any metric manifold with a geometric group action, typical metric spaces (Euclidean space, hyperbolic space and cylinders) and for κ\leq 0 the κ-cone ends over…

2013-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

New examples found of complex manifolds with special metrics.

problem Existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics on certain complex manifolds.
method Using Hultgren's polytope formulation, constructing explicit examples of toric Fano manifolds.
result Found examples of projective bundles that admit coupled Kähler-Einstein metrics but no ordinary Kähler-Einstein metrics.

New stability theorem for hyperbolic metrics without volume bounds.

problem Stability of finite volume hyperbolic metrics without upper volume bounds.
method Abstract axiomatic framework and bootstrap argument to extend stability result.
result Weaker exponential control of the metric allows for a broader application of the stability theorem.

We reformulate the compatibility condition between a generalized metric and a small (non-maximal rank) Dirac structure in an exact Courant algebroid found in the context of the gauging of strings and formulated by means of two connections in purely Dirac-geometric terms. The resulting notion, a transverse generalized m…

2019-01-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Building on author's previous results in singular semi-Riemannian geometry and singular general relativity, the behavior of gauge theory at singularities is analyzed. The usual formulations of the field equations at singularities are accompanied by infinities which block the evolution equations, mainly because the metr…

2014-08-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes sigmoidF1 loss for multilabel classification, improving performance metrics.

problem Lack of smooth, tractable loss functions for multilabel classification.
method Introduces sigmoidF1, a smooth F1 score surrogate loss function.
result sigmoidF1 outperforms other loss functions on various datasets and metrics.

Differential calculus on metric spaces is contained in the algebraic study of normed groupoids with δδ-structures. Algebraic study of normed groups endowed with dilatation structures is contained in the differential calculus on metric spaces. Thus all algebraic properties of the small world of normed groups with dilat…

2009-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We formulate and discuss two conjectures concerning recursive formulae for Branson's QQ-curvatures. The proposed formulae describe all QQ-curvatures on manifolds of all even dimensions in terms of respective lower order QQ-curvatures and lower order GJMS-operators. They are universal in the dimension of the underlyi…

2008-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The study connects manifold topology to metrics with positive intermediate curvature.

problem Understanding the relationship between manifold topology and metrics with positive intermediate curvature.
method Formulated a conjecture and proved it for specific dimensions and conditions.
result Closed, aspherical 6-manifolds cannot admit metrics with positive 4-intermediate curvature.

Paper uses Sinkhorn distances to improve imitation learning effectiveness.

problem Improving imitation learning algorithms by comparing occupancy measures.
method Formulates imitation learning as Sinkhorn distance minimization, combining optimal transport and cosine distances.
result Proposes a new critic network and transport plan that guide imitation learning.

Generative Adversarial Networks have been shown to be powerful in generating content. To this end, they have been studied intensively in the last few years. Nonetheless, training these networks requires solving a saddle point problem that is difficult to solve and slowly converging. Motivated from techniques in the reg…

2019-10-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Researchers find counterexamples to inverse problems for wave equations.

problem Inverse problems for wave equations on domains and Lorentzian manifolds.
method Constructing non-isometric Lorentzian metrics leading to same partial data measurements.
result Non-isometric Lorentzian metrics can produce identical partial data measurements.

In this paper, we shall use the Kähler geometry formulation to study the global behavior of the Ricci flow on R2R^2. The geometric feature of our Ricci flow is that it has finite width. Our aim is to determine the limiting metric (which corresponds an eternal Ricci flow) obtained by L.F.Wu. We can use the classificatio…

2011-12-28abs ↗pdf ↗