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48 results for time-dependent densities

Proposes a method to estimate time-dependent probability density functions using binary classifiers.

problem Estimating time-dependent probability density functions of stochastic processes.
method Trains a time-dependent binary classifier to discriminate between realizations of a stochastic process at two nearby time instants.
result Explicitly models and accurately reconstructs complex time-dependent, multi-modal, and near-degenerate densities.

Develops methods to learn correlation potentials for time-dependent Kohn-Sham systems.

problem Learning the correlation potential for time-dependent Kohn-Sham systems.
method Optimizing a least-squares objective subject to the TDKS equation using adjoints.
result Learned correlation potential models match ground truth electron densities and can have memory.

A new method for generating time-dependent densities efficiently.

problem Computational difficulties in deep learning for temporal density modeling.
method Projection-based optimal transport and transport splines.
result The method is highly competitive with state-of-the-art normalizing flows.

Analyzing and interpreting time-dependent stochastic data requires accurate and robust density estimation. In this paper we extend the concept of normalizing flows to so-called temporal Normalizing Flows (tNFs) to estimate time dependent distributions, leveraging the full spatio-temporal information present in the data…

2019-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes convergence of Langevin dynamics with time-dependent metrics.

problem Analyzing convergence of Langevin dynamics with time-dependent metrics.
method Formulated a modified gradient flow of the Kullback-Leibler divergence, selected a time-dependent relative Fisher information functional, and developed a time-dependent Hessian matrix condition.
result Proved convergence conditions for various Langevin dynamics.

The paper extends Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics using cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.

problem Extending Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics.
method Introducing geometric kinetic theories within cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.
result Alternative realizations of cosymplectic and cocontact kinetic theories linked via Poisson/momentum maps.

LFIS uses a time-dependent velocity field to sample from complex distributions.

problem Sampling from unnormalized density functions.
method LFIS learns a time-dependent velocity field to transport samples from a simple initial distribution to a complex target distribution.
result LFIS achieves state-of-the-art performance on various benchmark problems.

This paper gives a brief overview on the nonparametric techniques that are useful for financial econometric problems. The problems include estimation and inferences of instantaneous returns and volatility functions of time-homogeneous and time-dependent diffusion processes, and estimation of transition densities and st…

2004-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce two methods for estimating the density matrix for a quantum system: Quantum Maximum Likelihood and Quantum Variational Inference. In these methods, we construct a variational family to model the density matrix of a mixed quantum state. We also introduce quantum flows, the quantum analog of normalizing flow…

2019-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper estimates differences in conditional independence graphs from time-dependent data.

problem Estimating changes in conditional dependencies between two time series with known similar structure.
method Penalized D-trace loss function approach in the frequency domain, using Wirtinger calculus, with convex and non-convex penalties.
result Established sufficient conditions for consistency and graph recovery in high-dimensional settings.

The paper tackles drift identification in Lévy α-stable stochastic systems, proposing a Fourier space approach.

problem Estimating the drift field of a stochastic differential equation driven by Lévy α-stable noise.
method Fourier space approach, parameterizing the drift field using Fourier series, minimizing a loss function with gradients computed via the adjoint method.
result The method is capable of learning drift fields in qualitative and/or quantitative agreement with ground truth fields.

We define the Ricci curvature, as a measure, for certain singular torsion-free connections on the tangent bundle of a manifold. The definition uses an integral formula and vector-valued half-densities. We give relevant examples in which the Ricci measure can be computed. In the time dependent setting, we give a weak no…

2015-03-16abs ↗pdf ↗

LFlows model fluid densities and velocities using invertible maps that satisfy the continuity equation.

problem Modeling fluid densities and velocities continuously in space and time.
method LFlows are based on invertible maps that satisfy the continuity equation, derived from classical theory of Lagrangian flows for smooth vector fields.
result LFlows show higher predictive accuracy in density modeling tasks compared to competing models in 2D and 3D.

Parallel score matching accelerates DPM training and improves density estimation.

problem Extended training periods and limited modeling flexibility in DPMs.
method Partitioning the learning task into independent time sub-intervals and modeling the score at each time point separately.
result Significant acceleration of training process and improved density estimation performance.

The paper proposes a method to sample quantum field configurations using neural operators and flows.

problem Sampling lattice field configurations from Boltzmann distributions in quantum field theories.
method Approximating a time-dependent neural operator to map between free and target theories, discretizing to a normalizing flow, and training to diffeomorphism.
result The method can generalize to larger lattice sizes when pre-trained on smaller ones, improving efficiency.

The paper proposes a method to learn evolving multivariate distributions from sample paths.

problem Learning the temporal evolution of multivariate densities from sample data.
method Normalizing flows to construct time-dependent mappings.
result The method can approximate evolving probability density functions from observed data.

MALA mixes efficiently under smoothness and isoperimetry assumptions.

problem Sampling from target densities efficiently.
method Metropolis-Adjusted Langevin algorithm (MALA) with smoothness and isoperimetry assumptions.
result MALA mixes in $O\left(\frac{(LΥ)^{\frac12}}{ψ_μ^2} \log\left(\frac{1}ε ight) ight)$ iterations.

In this paper we formulate a geometric theory of the mechanics of growing solids. Bulk growth is modeled by a material manifold with an evolving metric. Time dependence of metric represents the evolution of the stress-free (natural) configuration of the body in response to changes in mass density and "shape". We show t…

2009-11-24abs ↗pdf ↗

The ARCH process (R. F. Engle, 1982) constitutes a paradigmatic generator of stochastic time series with time-dependent variance like it appears on a wide broad of systems besides economics in which ARCH was born. Although the ARCH process captures the so-called "volatility clustering" and the asymptotic power-law prob…

2007-05-23abs ↗pdf ↗

A new kernel framework analyzes spatio-temporal data from dynamic equations.

problem Analyzing spatio-temporal data from dynamic equations with noisy measurements.
method Kernel-based framework with representer theorem for minimizing error with given samples.
result Minimizes error in solutions of dynamic equations with noisy spatio-temporal data.

We consider Feller mean-reverting square-root diffusion, which has been applied to model a wide variety of processes with linearly state-dependent diffusion, such as stochastic volatility and interest rates in finance, and neuronal and populations dynamics in natural sciences. We focus on the statistical mixing (or sup…

2009-10-08abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that time-dependent fluctuations {Δx}\{Δx\} in foreign exchange rates are accurately described by a random walk in a complex plane that is demarcated into the gain (+) and loss (-) sectors. {Δx}\{Δx\} is the outcome of NN random steps from the origin and Δx|Δx| is the square of the Euclidean distance of the final …

2003-08-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on relativistic nonholonomic mechanics with time-dependent constraints.

problem Formulating classical time-dependent nonholonomic mechanics.
method Invariant formulation using moving frames and Chaplygin systems.
result Hamiltonization of time-dependent constraints achieved.

The aim of this paper is to geometrize time dependent Lagrangian mechanics in a way that the framework of second order tangent bundles plays an essential role. To this end, we first introduce the concepts of time dependent connections and time dependent semisprays on a manifold MM and their induced vector bundle struc…

2016-07-08abs ↗pdf ↗

In this article we get a time-dependent Sobolev inequality along the Ricci flow which generalizes the earlier results of Zhang, Ye, Hsu. As an application of the time-dependent Sobolev inequality, we also get a growth of the ratio of bob-collapsing along the Ricci flow.

2008-12-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper adapts causal analysis for time-dependent systems, especially energy management.

problem Challenges in root-cause analysis for systems with lagged time-dependencies, particularly in energy management.
method Adapts causal root-cause analysis method to time-dependent systems, discusses two truncation approaches.
result Extension effectively localizes root-causes in feature and time domain with enough lags.

In this manuscript, we analytically and numerically study statistical properties of an heteroskedastic process based on the celebrated ARCH generator of random variables whose variance is defined by a memory of qmq_{m}-exponencial, form (eqm=1x=exe_{q_{m}=1}^{x}=e^{x}). Specifically, we inspect the self-correlation function o…

2008-06-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends Marsden-Weinstein reduction to mechanical presymplectic structures for time-dependent Hamiltonian systems.

problem Limitations of Marsden-Weinstein reduction for cosymplectic structures in time-dependent Hamiltonian systems.
method Developed Marsden-Weinstein reduction for mechanical presymplectic structures.
result Mechanical presymplectic structures provide a more suitable framework for time-dependent Hamiltonian systems than cosymplectic structures.

In a recent work (Chattopadhyay, A. K. et al, Europhys. Lett. {\bf 91}, 58003, 2010) based on food consumption statistics, we showed how a stochastic agent based model could represent the time variation of the income distribution statistics in a developing economy, thereby defining an alternative \enquote{poverty index…

2016-08-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Flexible Cox model for time-dependent covariates with complex sparsity patterns.

problem Lack of flexibility in enforcing specific sparsity patterns in time-dependent Cox models.
method Proposes a flexible framework for variable selection in time-dependent Cox models, accommodating complex selection rules.
result Achieves accurate estimation with low false alarm rates for complex covariate structures.

We propose the time-dependent generalization of an `ordinary' autonomous human biomechanics, in which total mechanical + biochemical energy is not conserved. We introduce a general framework for time-dependent biomechanics in terms of jet manifolds derived from the extended musculo-skeletal configuration manifold. The …

2009-07-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a novel approximate inference method for diffusion processes, based on the Wasserstein gradient flow formulation of the diffusion. In this formulation, the time-dependent density of the diffusion is derived as the limit of implicit Euler steps that follow the gradients of a particular free energy functional.…

2018-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper shows how scattering maps of Schrödinger equations relate to metrics.

problem Relating scattering maps of time-dependent Schrödinger equations to metrics.
method Analyzes scattering maps for specific classes of metrics and diffeomorphisms.
result Scattering maps differ by a compact operator if and only if metrics are related by diffeomorphism.