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48 results for recursive generative models

The paper explores generalizations of Mirzakhani's recursion and computes volumes for physical gravity models.

problem Computing volumes for physical gravity models.
method Topological recursion and physical two-dimensional gravity models.
result Derivation of Virasoro constraints and cut-and-join equations for generalized Mirzakhani's recursions.

Theoretical study on AI models' resilience to data contamination during recursive training.

problem Data contamination in recursive training of generative AI models.
method General framework with minimal assumptions on real data distribution and flexible generative models.
result Contaminated recursive training converges with a rate equal to the minimum of baseline model's rate and contamination fraction.

Recursive training of generative models can lead to model collapse, and the recursion converges to a unique limiting distribution.

problem Model collapse in recursive training of generative models
method Recursive training on their own outputs
result Recursive training converges to a unique limiting distribution

This paper studies recursive ensembles driven by Fibonacci updates, improving learning dynamics.

problem Improving learning dynamics in recursive ensemble learning.
method Develops second-order recursive architectures with Fibonacci-type update flows.
result Establishes global convergence conditions and generalization bounds for recursive ensembles.

A new method optimizes diffusion models with recursive likelihood ratios.

problem Efficiently aligning pre-trained diffusion models for specific applications.
method Recursive Likelihood Ratio (RLR) optimizer for Half-Order (HO) fine-tuning.
result The RLR method achieves unbiased and lower-variance gradients, improving model performance.

Study risk-sensitive reinforcement learning with entropic risk measures and generative models.

problem Risk-sensitive reinforcement learning in discounted MDPs with recursive entropic risk measures.
method Introduced Model-Based ERM QQ-Value Iteration (MB-RS-QVI) and derived PAC bounds on sample complexity for value and policy learning.
result PAC bounds show exponential dependence on β/(1γ)|β|/(1-γ), with tight bounds in SS and AA.

Model collapse occurs quickly for synthetic data generated by previous models.

problem Model quality degrades over recursive training on synthetic data.
method Theoretical and experimental evaluations of discrete and Gaussian distributions under near ML estimation.
result Model collapse for discrete distributions is approximately linearly dependent on the number of times a word occurs in the original corpus, and for Gaussian models, the standard deviation reduces to zero roughly at n iterations.

This work generalizes a formula linking Seiberg-Witten prepotential and topological recursion.

problem Analyzing the relationship between Seiberg-Witten curves and topological recursion.
method Analytical approach using Seiberg-Witten family of curves.
result A generalized formula relating Seiberg-Witten prepotential to the genus zero part of topological recursion on a Seiberg-Witten curve.

Study uses reinforcement learning to optimize portfolios under recursive utility.

problem Improving portfolio allocation using risk-sensitive objectives.
method Approximated certainty equivalent via Monte Carlo, trained actor-critic algorithms (PPO, A2C).
result Recursive-utility agent outperforms discounted baseline in Sharpe ratio, max drawdown, and cumulative return.

We derive the Do and Norbury recursion formula for the one-loop mean of an irregular spectral curve from a variant of replica method by Brezín and Hikami. We express this recursion in special times in which all terms W1(g)W_1^{(g)} of the genus expansion of the one-loop mean are polynomials. We find a generalization of th…

2015-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

R2-B2 optimizes game interactions with recursive reasoning.

problem Optimizing interactions between boundedly rational agents with unknown payoff functions.
method Recursive Reasoning-Based Bayesian Optimization (R2-B2) for repeated games.
result R2-B2 achieves faster asymptotic convergence to no regret than non-recursive methods.

Study adds investment gains and losses to recursive utility model, proving existence and uniqueness of utility process.

problem Existence and uniqueness of utility process in a recursive utility model with investment gains and losses.
method Generalized recursive utility model with constant elasticity of intertemporal substitution and relative risk aversion degree. Proved existence and uniqueness in a specific, finite-state Markovian setting.
result Utility process exists and is unique when agent derives nonnegative gain-loss utility, and non-existent or non-unique otherwise.

This paper concerns the recursive utility maximization problem under partial information. We first transform our problem under partial information into the one under full information. When the generator of the recursive utility is concave, we adopt the variational formulation of the recursive utility which leads to a s…

2016-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Topological recursion recovers a specific partition function for colored knots.

problem Recovering the extended Ooguri-Vafa partition function for colored HOMFLY-PT polynomials of torus knots.
method Applying topological recursion to the spectral curve of colored HOMFLY-PT polynomials of torus knots.
result Topological recursion reproduces the n-point functions of the extended Ooguri-Vafa partition function.

CEFOL uses deep learning for dynamic programming with recursive utility.

problem Challenges in solving dynamic programming problems with recursive utility.
method Introduces a separate neural network for certainty equivalent, uses first-order optimality conditions to learn value and policy functions.
result CEFOL achieves high accuracy in learning value and policy functions, matching VFI benchmarks.

LASER compresses recursive model activations by exploiting their low-dimensional structure.

problem Understanding and optimizing the geometric structure of recursive reasoning trajectories.
method Dynamic low-rank basis tracking via matrix-free subspace tracking with a fidelity-triggered reset mechanism.
result Recursive activations occupy a linear, low-dimensional subspace that can be compressed efficiently.

Paper tackles model collapse in recursive generative models using a weighted training scheme.

problem Model collapse in recursive generative models trained on synthetic data.
method Iteratively trains models on real and synthetic data, evaluates weighted training schemes.
result Optimal weighting scheme for synthetic data follows a unified expression, revealing a trade-off with model performance.

We propose a general theory for constructing functorial assignments ΣΩΣE(Σ)Σ\longmapsto Ω_Σ \in E(Σ) for a large class of functors EE from a certain category of bordered surfaces to a suitable target category of topological vector spaces. The construction proceeds by successive excisions of homotopy classes of embedded pai…

2017-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies risk-sensitive MDPs with recursive risk measures.

problem Risk-sensitive decision-making in MDPs with unbounded costs.
method Recursive application of static risk measures, Bellman equation derivation, existence of optimal policies.
result Existence of Markovian optimal policies for infinite planning horizons, contractive model for stationary optimal policy.

Using the duality between Wilson loop expectation values of SU(N) Chern-Simons theory on S3S^3 and topological open-string amplitudes on the local mirror of the resolved conifold, we study knots on S3S^3 and their invariants encoded in colored HOMFLY polynomials by means of topological recursion. In the context of the …

2014-01-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This research extends topological recursion to hyperbolic surfaces with tight boundaries and conical defects.

problem Calculating volumes of hyperbolic surfaces with special boundaries.
method Generalized topological recursion to handle tight boundaries and conical defects.
result Weil-Petersson volumes are polynomial in boundary lengths for hyperbolic surfaces with tight boundaries and conical defects.

Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) process input text sequentially and model the conditional transition between word tokens. In contrast, the advantages of recursive networks include that they explicitly model the compositionality and the recursive structure of natural language. However, the current recursive architectur…

2016-07-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantization techniques have been applied in many challenging finance applications, including pricing claims with path dependence and early exercise features, stochastic optimal control, filtering problems and efficient calibration of large derivative books. Recursive Marginal Quantization of the Euler scheme has recen…

2017-01-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Cardinality potentials are a generally useful class of high order potential that affect probabilities based on how many of D binary variables are active. Maximum a posteriori (MAP) inference for cardinality potential models is well-understood, with efficient computations taking O(DlogD) time. Yet efficient marginalizat…

2012-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops efficient recursive learning for multi-channel systems with heterogeneous dynamics.

problem Accurately learning system dynamics in complex, multi-channel systems with nonlinear and noisy data.
method Formulates system as Gaussian process state-space models (GPSSMs), introduces heterogeneous multi-output kernel, and develops recursive inference framework.
result Matches SOTA offline GPSSMs in accuracy with 1/100 runtime, and outperforms SOTA online GPSSMs by 70% in accuracy under noise with 1/20 runtime.

The paper uses LSM to solve complex monetary utility functions.

problem Computing dynamic monetary utility functions with high dimensions.
method Least Squares Monte Carlo (LSM) algorithm.
result LSM algorithm successfully applied to recursive Cost-of-Capital valuation.

We use the explicit relation between genus filtrated ss-loop means of the Gaussian matrix model and terms of the genus expansion of the Kontsevich--Penner matrix model (KPMM), which is the generating function for volumes of discretized (open) moduli spaces Mg,sdiscM_{g,s}^{disc} (discrete volumes), to express Gaussian means…

2015-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we study and analyze the mini-batch version of StochAstic Recursive grAdient algoritHm (SARAH), a method employing the stochastic recursive gradient, for solving empirical loss minimization for the case of nonconvex losses. We provide a sublinear convergence rate (to stationary points) for general noncon…

2017-05-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper investigates model collapse in language models from a probabilistic perspective.

problem Understanding and preventing model collapse in language model training.
method Investigates recursive parametric model training from a probabilistic standpoint, characterizing conditions for model collapse and proposing mitigation strategies.
result Progressively increasing sample size is necessary to prevent model collapse, with a superlinear growth rate required in the asymptotic regime.

Recursion formula derived for moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces with cone points.

problem Computing volumes of moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces with specific boundary and cone points.
method Using generalized McShane's identities, derived a recursion formula for volumes.
result Obtained a recursion formula for volumes of moduli spaces of hyperbolic surfaces.

Solves optimal stopping problem with Poisson constraints using jumps.

problem Optimal stopping with Poisson constraints and jumps.
method Penalized backward stochastic differential equation (PBSDE) with jumps, decomposition method based on Jacod-Pham, comparison theorem of BSDEs with jumps.
result Solves American option pricing in nonlinear markets with Poisson constraints.

Harer and Zagier proved a recursion to enumerate gluings of a 2d2d-gon that result in an orientable genus gg surface, in their work on Euler characteristics of moduli spaces of curves. Analogous results have been discovered for other enumerative problems, so it is natural to pose the following question: how large is t…

2018-12-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian method for multivariate autoregressive models with exogenous inputs.

problem Estimating uncertainties in autoregressive models with exogenous inputs.
method Recursive Bayesian estimation via message passing in a factor graph.
result Produces full posterior distributions for autoregressive coefficients and noise precision.