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This paper improves image super-resolution by integrating cross-scale non-local attention.

problem Improving image super-resolution by leveraging long-range and cross-scale feature correlations.
method Proposes a Cross-Scale Non-Local (CS-NL) attention module integrated into a recurrent neural network.
result Significantly improved performance on SISR benchmarks.

We introduce a notion of non-local almost minimal boundaries similar to that introduced by Almgren in geometric measure theory. Extending methods developed recently for non-local minimal surfaces we prove that flat non-local almost minimal boundaries are smooth. This can be viewed as a non-local version of the Almgren-…

2010-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

It is argued that the enlargement of the gauge group found in non-commutative gauge theory is more fundamentally thought of as a consequence of the non-locality of the construction and that it was already encountered in an earlier discussion of a non-local gauge theory.

2009-02-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Fractional porous media equations yield q-Gaussian solutions for stock price returns.

problem Modeling stock price returns using fractional porous media equations.
method Analyzed three types of fractional extensions of the porous media equation.
result Local and non-local fractional extensions fit S&P 500 data better than classical models.

In this paper, we study global existence and blow up properties to LpL^p norm preserving non-local heat flows. We first study two kinds of LpL^p norm preserving non-local flows and prove that these flows have the global solutions. Finally, we give a example to show that one kind of this heat flow may blow up in $L^{\in…

2009-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

NL-LinkNet improves road extraction from satellite images with fewer parameters and faster training.

problem Efficiently extracting roads from high-resolution satellite images.
method Integrates non-local blocks into LinkNet for better feature context.
result NL-LinkNet outperformed state-of-the-art models in the DeepGlobe Challenge.

MFNs parameterize non-local interactions through matrix equivariant functions, improving graph neural network performance.

problem Challenges in modeling non-local interactions in graphs, such as oversmoothing and oversquashing.
method Matrix Function Neural Networks (MFNs) using resolvent expansions for non-local interactions.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in graph benchmarks and captures intricate non-local interactions.

Weather2vec learns representations to adjust for non-local confounding in air pollution studies.

problem Non-local confounding in evaluating environmental policies and climate events on health outcomes.
method weather2vec framework using balancing scores to learn representations of non-local information.
result The framework effectively adjusts for confounding in air pollution studies.

Study non-local isoperimetric energies on spheres using a Riemannian autocorrelation function.

problem Analyse non-local isoperimetric energies on spheres.
method Introduce Riemannian autocorrelation function and use it to reformulate and compute the energies.
result Show that the non-local isoperimetric energies can be reformulated and computed using the Riemannian autocorrelation function.

Scientific discovery is limited by hypothesis redundancy, and hybrid methods can exploit non-local exploration.

problem Limitation of scientific discovery due to hypothesis redundancy.
method Hybrid discovery systems combining structured local search with LLM-generated non-local proposals.
result Hybrid methods can exploit non-local exploration when three geometric conditions co-occur.

In this paper, we consider a kind of area preserving non-local flow for convex curves in the plane. We show that the flow exists globally, the length of evolving curve is non-increasing, and the curve converges to a circle in C^{\infty} sense as time goes into infinity.

2009-07-09abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for multi-agent planning on graphs outperforms existing approaches.

problem Planning coordination among multiple interacting agents on a graph.
method Variational perturbation theory applied to inference in large networks.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in non-local cost function scenarios.

Study MAP estimation for PnP priors with SGD, proving convergence and demonstrating practical applications.

problem Theoretical analysis and practical implementation of PnP priors for Bayesian imaging problems.
method Maximum-a-posteriori estimation with Plug & Play priors and stochastic gradient descent.
result Convergence proof for MAP computation by PnP-SGD under realistic assumptions on the denoiser.

Recently, it was demonstrated in [CS2012,CS2013] that the robustness of the classical Non-Local Means (NLM) algorithm [BCM2005] can be improved by incorporating p(0<p2)\ell^p (0 < p \leq 2) regression into the NLM framework. This general optimization framework, called Non-Local Patch Regression (NLPR), contains NLM as a spe…

2013-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

New boundary conditions solve Cauchy problem for Dirac operators on spacetimes.

problem Understanding non-local boundary conditions for Dirac operators on spacetimes.
method Define and analyze a class of Lorentzian boundary conditions that are local in time and non-local in spatial directions.
result Well-posed Cauchy problem for the Dirac operator is established under these conditions.

Study finds non-uniqueness in sphere metrics with constant fractional curvature.

problem Non-uniqueness of metrics with constant positive fractional curvature on spheres.
method Bifurcation techniques applied to non-local equations with critical non-linearity.
result Non-uniqueness results for complete metrics on SnSkS^n \setminus S^k.

Study of Dirac equation with non-local nonlinearity on spheres.

problem Conformally invariant Dirac equation with non-local nonlinearity.
method Investigation of compactness, bubbling, and energy quantization of energy functional; characterization of ground state solutions; proof of Aubin-type inequality and Brezis-Nirenberg type result.
result Existence of solutions to the conformal Einstein-Dirac problem in dimension 4.

We study conformal metrics on R3R^3, i.e., metrics of the form gu=e2udx2g_u=e^{2u}|dx|^2, which have constant QQ-curvature and finite volume. This is equivalent to studying the non-local equation (Δ)32u=2e3u (-Δ)^\frac32 u = 2 e^{3u} in R3R^3 V:=R3e3udx<,V:=\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}e^{3u}dx<\infty, where VV is the volume of gug_u. Adapting a te…

2013-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We discuss a class of (local and non-local) theories of gravity that share same properties: i) they admit the Einstein spacetime with arbitrary cosmological constant as a solution; ii) the on-shell action of such a theory vanishes and iii) any (cosmological or black hole) horizon in the Einstein spacetime with a positi…

2012-03-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The study examines hypersurfaces close to constant mean curvature and their proximity to spheres.

problem Understanding hypersurfaces close to constant mean curvature and their proximity to spheres.
method Quantitative stability results for hypersurfaces with mean curvature close to a constant.
result Hypersurfaces close to constant mean curvature are closely related to spheres, with quantitative descriptions of proximity.

New examples show non-locally-flat PL-disk bounds in rational homology balls but not in integer homology balls.

problem Characterizing knots that bound PL-disks in integer homology balls.
method Involutive Heegaard Floer homology formal properties.
result Found infinitely many manifold-knot pairs (Y, J) where J does not bound a PL-disk in an integer homology ball but does in a rational homology ball.

Many inference problems in structured prediction are naturally solved by augmenting a tractable dependency structure with complex, non-local auxiliary objectives. This includes the mean field family of variational inference algorithms, soft- or hard-constrained inference using Lagrangian relaxation or linear programmin…

2015-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper includes a proof of well-posedness of an initial-boundary value problem involving a system of degenerate non-local parabolic PDE which naturally arises in the study of derivative pricing in a generalized market model. In a semi-Markov modulated GBM model the locally risk minimizing price function satisfies a…

2015-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

PointGMM learns hGMMs from point clouds for 3D shape representation.

problem Lack of shape priors and non-local information in point cloud representations.
method Neural network that learns hierarchical Gaussian mixture models (hGMMs) for 3D shapes.
result Generative model learns meaningful latent space for interpolations and novel shape synthesis.

Two local learning rules are investigated to avoid weight transport in neural networks.

problem Local learning rules that avoid weight transport are unstable and require tuning.
method Investigated two non-local learning rules and a more robust local rule.
result Non-local learning rules match state-of-the-art performance and operate effectively in noisy updates.

Study on birational rigidity and stability of hypersurfaces and complete intersections, proving non-locally closed property.

problem Birational rigidity and stability of hypersurfaces and complete intersections.
method Optimal results on birational rigidity and K-stability, proving non-locally closed property.
result Birational superrigidity is not a locally closed property.