Maximum likelihood training improves the performance of score-based diffusion models.
problem Training score-based diffusion models with maximum likelihood.
method Trained by minimizing a weighted combination of score matching losses, with a specific weighting scheme that bounds negative log-likelihood.
result Maximum likelihood training improves the log-likelihood of score-based diffusion models across multiple datasets.
Automated denoising score matching handles nonlinear diffusion processes.
problem Nonlinear diffusion processes limit generative modeling and property estimation.
method Local-DSM using local increments and Taylor expansions.
result Tractable training and score estimation for nonlinear diffusion processes.
New method for generating images with conditional probability models.
problem Generating images with specific conditions.
method Score-based diffusion models with theoretical analysis and new estimator.
result New estimator for conditional score performs similarly to state-of-the-art.
This work interprets diffusion score matching using normalizing flows for better model training and evaluations.
problem Limitations of diffusion score matching when dealing with certain types of distributions.
method The approach involves interpreting the diffusion matrix using normalizing flows to provide better interpretation and usage of diffusion score matching.
result Diffusion score matching is equivalent to the original score matching evaluated in the transformed space defined by the normalizing flow.
WS diffusion models handle anisotropic Gaussian noise better than conventional methods.
problem Handling anisotropic Gaussian noise in imaging inverse problems.
method Whitened Score (WS) diffusion models based on stochastic differential equations.
result WS DMs outperform conventional DMs on anisotropic Gaussian noise.
This paper improves diffusion models for low-dimensional data.
problem Theoretical foundations of diffusion models are lacking for low-dimensional data.
method Score approximation, estimation, and distribution recovery of diffusion models on low-dimensional data.
result Sample complexity bounds for distribution estimation using diffusion models are provided.
High-quality image synthesis with diffusion models, achieving state-of-the-art FID score.
problem Generating high-quality images from latent variables.
method Training diffusion probabilistic models with a weighted variational bound, inspired by denoising score matching and Langevin dynamics.
result State-of-the-art FID score of 3.17 on CIFAR10 dataset.
This work improves likelihood of score-based diffusion ODEs using high-order denoising score matching.
problem The gap between maximum likelihood and score matching objectives for score-based diffusion ODEs.
method High-order denoising score matching to maximize likelihood.
result Score-based diffusion ODEs achieve better likelihood on synthetic and CIFAR-10 data.
Soft Truncation improves diffusion model performance by balancing loss scales across diffusion times.
problem Inverse correlation between density estimation and sample generation in diffusion models.
method Introduces Soft Truncation, a training technique that softens the truncation hyperparameter.
result Soft Truncation achieves state-of-the-art performance on various datasets.
Novel estimator reduces diffusion model variance.
problem High variance in score function estimation for diffusion models.
method Uses nearest neighbour samples to estimate the score function.
result Significant decrease in variance, leading to improved model performance.
New approach to score function in diffusion models using Malliavin calculus.
problem Estimating score function for complex data distributions.
method Combines Malliavin calculus with Bismut-type formula to derive exact score function expression.
result Derives exact, closed-form expression for score function in diffusion models.
Improved generative models using critically-damped Langevin diffusion.
problem Current score-based generative models (SGMs) use overly simplistic diffusion processes, leading to complex denoising tasks and suboptimal performance.
method Proposed a novel critically-damped Langevin diffusion (CLD) and derived a score matching objective and sampling scheme.
result CLD-based SGMs achieve superior performance in synthesis quality compared to previous methods.
New optimal rates for score estimation improve diffusion model performance.
problem Improving statistical rates for score estimation in diffusion models.
method Sharp minimax rates for score estimation of diffused distributions.
result Achieves sharp minimax rate without extraneous logarithmic terms.
Paper proposes a method to reduce hallucinations in diffusion models using Laplacian score sharpening.
problem Hallucinations in diffusion models create incoherent or unrealistic samples.
method Post-hoc adjustment to the score function during inference using Laplacian approximation.
result Significantly reduces the rate of hallucinated samples across various data types.
Paper establishes a density formula for diffusion models, linking target density to score function.
problem Lack of theoretical foundation for optimizing DDPMs using ELBO.
method Developed a density formula for continuous-time diffusion processes, revealing the connection between target density and score function.
result The minimizer of the ELBO objective for DDPMs nearly coincides with the true objective, providing a theoretical foundation.
Paper proposes a new method for training diffusion models using Markov operators.
problem Training efficiency and accuracy in diffusion models.
method Operator-informed score matching using spectral decomposition of Markov operators.
result Improved score matching for both low and high-dimensional distributions.
Deep networks can approximate score functions in high-dimensional graphical models efficiently.
problem Approximation efficiency of score functions by deep neural networks in high-dimensional graphical models like Markov random fields.
method Variational inference denoising algorithms and efficient neural network representation.
result Efficient sample complexity bound for diffusion-based generative modeling when score functions are learned by deep neural networks.
Study shows how diffusion models learn on low-dimensional manifolds.
problem Learning efficiency of diffusion models on manifolds.
method Analyzes denoising score matching with random feature neural networks.
result Sample complexity scales linearly with intrinsic dimension, not ambient dimension.
Improved hypothesis testing and change-point detection using diffusion-based methods.
problem Limited power of score-based hypothesis tests and change-point detection.
method Extending score-based Fisher divergence to diffusion-divergence by multiplying score functions with a matrix-valued function or weight matrix.
result Theoretical quantification and demonstration of optimal performance of diffusion-based algorithms.
A new method for Bayesian inference using diffusion models.
problem Bayesian inference in simulator-based models.
method Score-based diffusion models trained with a sequential training procedure.
result Comparable or superior performance compared to existing methods.
This work sets lower bounds on the number of score queries needed for diffusion sampling.
problem Establishing information-theoretic limits on the number of score evaluations required for diffusion sampling.
method Proving lower bounds on the number of adaptive score queries needed for sampling.
result Any sampling algorithm requires at least \(\widetilde{\Omega}(\sqrt{d})\) adaptive score queries for \(d\)-dimensional distributions.
New method boosts performance of diffusion models on discrete data like natural language.
problem Performance of diffusion models on discrete data like natural language is poor.
method Proposes score entropy, a novel loss that extends score matching to discrete spaces.
result Significantly boosts performance on language modeling tasks.
Develops diffusion samplers for target distributions with efficient score and density estimates.
problem Estimating scores and densities for time-varying distributions.
method Sequential Monte Carlo with diffusion paths and control variates.
result Effective samplers for time-varying distributions with theoretical guarantees and practical applications.
SSDMs generate quantum states directly, outperforming classical methods.
problem Generating pure-state quantum representations efficiently.
method Score-based generative model on complex projective manifold.
result SSDMs match target pure-state ensembles by orders of magnitude.
This work extends diffusion models to handle heavy-tailed targets, improving score estimation and sampling guarantees.
problem Score estimation and sampling guarantees for heavy-tailed targets in diffusion models.
method Kernel density estimation and minimax rates analysis for score estimation and sampling guarantees.
result Sharp minimax rates for score estimation and sampling guarantees for heavy-tailed targets, revealing qualitative differences between exponential and polynomial tails.
A new method approximates the exact posterior score for diffusion models.
problem Training-free guidance of diffusion models for image restoration and inverse problems.
method Presented a novel expression for the exact posterior score, leveraging it to compute step sizes on the fly.
result Demonstrated competitive performance with fewer time steps compared to state-of-the-art techniques.
Improved diffusion models using energy distillation and sequential Monte Carlo.
problem Training instability and inferior performance in energy parameterized diffusion models.
method Introduced a novel training regime for energy functions through distillation of pre-trained diffusion models, and cast the sampling procedure as a Feynman Kac model.
result Demonstrated improved performance and new sampling techniques.
This study examines ensembling of diffusion models for improved generative quality.
problem Improving generative quality with ensembling of score-based diffusion models.
method Investigated ensembling of scores from multiple diffusion models on image and tabular data.
result Ensembling scores generally improves model likelihood and score-matching loss but not perceptual quality metrics.
Adaptive learning of SPDE solutions using score-based diffusion models.
problem Model errors and reduced accuracy in SPDE solutions due to incomplete physical knowledge and environmental variability.
method Score-based diffusion models with recursive Bayesian inference, incorporating simulation data and observational information.
result Accuracy and robustness of the proposed method demonstrated on benchmark SPDEs.
Improved image compression with diffusion models outperforming state-of-the-art methods.
problem Difficulties in replicating text-to-image success in image compression.
method Two-stage approach combining autoencoder targeting MSE followed by score-based decoder.
result Significantly improved perceptual quality at a given bit-rate, measured by FID score.
PDDS samples from unnormalized densities using iterative particle scheme.
problem Sampling from unnormalized probability densities.
method Iterative particle scheme with novel score matching loss.
result Asymptotically consistent estimates for multimodal and high-dimensional tasks.
New bounds close the score matching gap for diffusion models.
problem The difference between sample quality and score matching loss in diffusion models.
method Theoretical analysis of score matching gap, developing tighter bounds for KL divergence, reverse KL divergence, and Wasserstein distance.
result The quality of score approximation impacts closing the score matching gap for low noise scales.
A new method for generating samples without training, using smoothed score matching.
problem Generating samples efficiently and without training.
method Moment-matched score-smoothed overdamped Langevin dynamics (MM-SOLD).
result The method enables fast, robust, training-free sampling with competitive sample fidelity and diversity.
Improves sampling quality in model composition using MH-like acceptance rule for score-based diffusion models.
problem Inability to apply MH corrections in score-based diffusion models for model composition.
method Introduces a novel MH-like acceptance rule based on line integration of the score function.
result Relative improvements similar to energy-based models without explicit energy parameterization.
This paper analyzes discrete diffusion models, deriving convergence bounds for their generated samples.
problem Theoretical guarantees for discrete-state diffusion models remain under-explored.
method Continuous Time Markov Chain (CTMC) framework and discrete-time sampling algorithm.
result Convergence bounds for KL divergence and TV distance are derived, showing linear dependence on dimension.
CSDI improves time series imputation by 40-65% over existing methods.
problem Imputing missing values in time series data.
method Conditional Score-based Diffusion models conditioned on observed data.
result CSDI improves by 40-65% over existing probabilistic imputation methods on popular metrics.
Kernel-smoothed scores improve diffusion models by reducing memorization.
problem Diffusion models can memorize training data, leading to biased samples.
method Interpret empirical score as noisy version of true score, kernel-smoothed.
result Kernel-smoothing reduces variance and improves generalization.
Method differentiates diffusion model training to predict sample sensitivity.
problem Predict how diffusion model samples change with small perturbations.
method Closed-form procedure for computing directional derivatives of the map.
result Estimates sensitivity of diffusion model samples to additive perturbations.
Localized diffusion models reduce training complexity by exploiting low-dimensional structure.
problem Training diffusion models is computationally expensive due to the curse of dimensionality.
method Localized neural networks and localized score matching loss to estimate low-dimensional score functions.
result Localized diffusion models can circumvent the curse of dimensionality with reduced sample complexity.
This work extends Tweedie's formulae to non-Gaussian processes for better diffusion model generation.
problem Limited exploration of non-Gaussian diffusion models and corresponding Tweedie's formulae.
method Extended Tweedie's formulae to geometric Brownian motion, squared Bessel, and Cox-Ingersoll-Ross processes.
result Demonstrated potential of non-Gaussian models in image and financial time series generation.
The paper addresses score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
problem Theoretical guarantees for score-mismatched diffusion models in zero-shot conditional sampling.
method Theoretical analysis of score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
result Theoretical performance guarantees with explicit dimensional dependencies for score-mismatched diffusion samplers.
Reflected Diffusion Models improve on score-based models by incorporating data constraints.
problem Numerical error in score-based models leads to unnatural samples.
method Reverses a reflected stochastic differential equation on data support, learning perturbed score function through generalized score matching loss.
result Improves sample quality and fidelity without architectural modifications.
Introduces VSMD to improve generative diffusion processes without high costs.
problem High training costs and scalability issues in generative diffusion processes.
method Introduces variational Schrödinger momentum diffusion (VSMD) with adaptively transport-optimized variational scores and critical-damping transform.
result Efficiently generates anisotropic shapes while maintaining transport efficacy, outperforming alternatives.
Proximal Diffusion Models improve generative model efficiency.
problem Improving generative model efficiency and accuracy.
method Developed Proximal Diffusion Models using proximal maps instead of scores.
result Proximal Diffusion Models achieve faster convergence and higher accuracy.
Score-based diffusion models achieve optimal error bounds under non-parametric assumptions.
problem Improving the minimax optimality of score-based diffusion models.
method Kernel-based score estimation and early stopping strategy.
result Achieves minimax optimal error bounds under sub-Gaussian and Sobolev space assumptions.
Theory explains creativity in diffusion models generating novel images.
problem Diffusion models generate highly original images far from training data.
method Identified locality and equivariance as inductive biases to prevent optimal score-matching.
result Analytic models predict diffusion model outputs with high accuracy.
New method speeds up diffusion models without requiring complex assumptions.
problem Slow sampling in diffusion models due to high computational cost.
method Training-free acceleration scheme under minimal assumptions.
result Provable acceleration within O ~ ( d 5 / 4 / ε ) \widetilde{O}(d^{5/4}/\sqrt{\varepsilon}) O ( d 5/4 / ε ) iterations. DDS samples from noisy data by reversing diffusion, providing theoretical guarantees.
problem Sampling from unnormalized densities.
method Denoising diffusion process, score matching, optimal control, Schrödinger bridges.
result DDS provides theoretical guarantees for sampling.