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48 results for transport estimates

New methods estimate transport-growth pairs in unbalanced optimal transport.

problem Statistical guarantees for Monge-type estimation in unbalanced optimal transport remain limited.
method Developed two estimators for transport-growth pairs under different setups.
result Achieved minimax optimal rate for estimation of transport-growth pairs.

Paper investigates optimal transport map estimation in infinite-dimensional spaces.

problem Estimating optimal transport maps in infinite-dimensional spaces is challenging.
method Characterizes γγ-smoothness for optimal transport maps and develops a polynomial-rate estimator.
result Shows polynomial-order minimax risk for optimal transport map estimation.

Paper introduces a neural network for consistent estimation of optimal transport maps.

problem Statistically consistent estimation of optimal transport maps between probability distributions.
method Lipschitz-constrained GAN penalized by quadratic transportation cost.
result The generator converges uniformly to the optimal transport map as sample size increases.

Estimates discontinuous optimal transport maps between a discrete and continuous distribution.

problem Estimating discontinuous optimal transport maps between a discrete and continuous distribution.
method Entropic optimal transport estimator, computationally efficient.
result The estimator converges at the minimax-optimal rate n1/2n^{-1/2} in the semi-discrete setting.

New framework formalizes estimating valid transport maps, revealing their statistical limits.

problem Estimating valid transport maps in generative modeling.
method Formalized a minimax framework for estimating valid transport maps.
result Estimating any valid transport map is as hard as estimating the optimal transport map under standard stability assumptions.

The paper analyzes rates of convergence for optimal transport map estimators using barycentric projections.

problem Estimating optimal transport maps from data sampled according to two distributions.
method Comprehensive analysis of rates of convergence for plug-in estimators defined via barycentric projections.
result New stability estimate for barycentric projections under minimal smoothness assumptions.

This paper explores how entropic regularization improves Wasserstein estimators' performance.

problem Improving the approximation and estimation properties of Wasserstein estimators.
method Entropic regularization of optimal transport costs to smooth Wasserstein estimators.
result Entropic regularization can achieve comparable statistical performance to un-regularized estimators at lower computational cost.

Novel approach to OT using kernel mean embeddings controls overfitting and achieves dimension-free sample complexity.

problem Consistently estimate optimal transport plan from samples.
method Pose OT as learning kernel mean embedding, employ MMD regularization.
result ε-optimal recovery of transport plan and map with dimension-free sample complexity.

This work broadens optimal transport map estimation theory to stochastic settings.

problem Existing theory for optimal transport map estimation is restricted to deterministic maps under specific conditions.
method Introduces a novel metric for evaluating stochastic maps, develops computationally efficient estimators with robust guarantees.
result First general-purpose theory for map estimation compatible with real-world stochastic applications.

POTD estimates SDR subspace using optimal transport for binary response.

problem Insufficient performance of existing SDR methods for categorical responses.
method Principal optimal transport direction (POTD) using optimal transport coupling.
result POTD exclusively estimates SDR subspace for error-free class labels.

New nonlinear smoothers improve state estimation in chaotic systems.

problem Improving state estimation in chaotic dynamical systems with non-Gaussian behavior.
method Developed nonlinear backward ensemble transport smoothers with parameterization and regularization of transport maps.
result Nonlinear smoothers yield lower estimation error than conventional methods for comparable model evaluations.

Unified methodology for estimating optimal transport maps in various function spaces.

problem Estimating the function TT given samples from PP and TPT_\sharp P.
method Unified methodology based on Poincaré inequality and smooth convex function gradient.
result Nearly sharp results in various settings, including normal distribution and neural networks.

New geometric approach gives apriori estimate for optimal transport maps.

problem Proving regularity of optimal transport maps under Ma--Trudinger--Wang condition.
method Geometric derivation using pseudo-Riemannian geometry.
result New derivation of C1C^1 interior estimate for optimal maps.

Estimates conditional Brenier maps using entropic optimal transport.

problem Non-parametric estimation of conditional Brenier maps.
method Entropic optimal transport for scalable non-parametric estimation.
result Entropic optimal transport maps asymptotically converge to conditional Brenier maps.

New method reduces discrete flow transitions, improving perplexity estimation.

problem Stochasticity in discrete paths makes rectification strategies ineffective.
method Dynamic-optimal-transport-like minimization objective with minibatch strategies.
result 32 times reduction in transitions for same perplexity.

Novel stability bounds for OT maps improve density estimation.

problem Estimating optimal transport maps between probability distributions.
method Developed novel stability bounds for OT maps, reducing the problem to density estimation.
result Stability bounds allow for sharper guarantees without smoothness assumptions.

This paper generalizes neural transport learning for free energy estimation in arbitrary state spaces.

problem Efficient estimation of free energy in various state spaces.
method Generalized neural transport learning approach for arbitrary state spaces.
result Validation of the proposed method's effectiveness and efficiency in diverse settings.

New method uses transport maps for efficient Bayesian inference.

problem Efficiently perform sequential Bayesian inference of static model parameters.
method Estimation of structured transport maps to extract conditional distributions.
result Gradient-based characterization of posterior density for online parameter estimation.

The rectified flow method is analyzed for its statistical properties.

problem Theoretical support for rectified flow methods is lacking.
method Empirical analysis of rectified flow's statistical properties using regression and density estimation.
result Convergence rates for rectified flow estimators are faster than for nonparametric regression and density estimation.

Unbalanced minibatch Optimal Transport improves domain adaptation performance.

problem Optimal transport distances are computationally expensive for large datasets.
method Use unbalanced minibatch Optimal Transport to estimate distances over subsets of data.
result Unbalanced Optimal Transport leads to better domain adaptation results.

Optimal transport for functional data using Hilbert-Schmidt operators.

problem Optimal transport for distributions on function spaces with partially represented stochastic maps.
method Regularization technique to restrict transport maps to Hilbert-Schmidt operators, developing an efficient algorithm.
result Existence, uniqueness, and consistency of the Hilbert-Schmidt operator estimate for the transport map.

A new method computes high-dimensional optimal transport using flow neural networks.

problem Computing optimal transport for high-dimensional data.
method Optimizing a flow model to minimize transport cost between two arbitrary distributions.
result Trained optimal transport flow enables downstream tasks like DRE and domain adaptation.

A new method for generating SPX and VIX risk scenarios using perturbed optimal transport.

problem Generating accurate risk estimates for SPX and VIX without full recalibration.
method A joint optimal transport calibration with perturbation methodology for sensitivities, combined with Skew Stickiness Ratio dynamics.
result The proposed method produces accurate risk estimates relative to full recalibration and is computationally faster.

Optimal transport aggregation combines distributed MoE models efficiently.

problem Combining local MoE models trained on distributed datasets.
method Optimal transport for minimizing divergence between local and global estimators, with MM algorithm for optimization.
result Aggregated estimator achieves performance comparable to centralized training but with reduced computation time.

Proposes a method to correct for covariate shift in meta-analysis of randomized trials.

problem Invalidation of standard IPD meta-analysis due to covariate shift across studies.
method Placebo-anchored transport framework that treats source-trial outcomes as proxy signals and target-trial placebo outcomes as gold labels.
result Yields target-identified effect estimates in connected targets and a principled screen--then--transport procedure in disconnected targets.

Bayesian method identifies causal sets across populations without graph knowledge.

problem Transporting causal information across populations without causal graph knowledge.
method Combines observational and experimental data to identify s-admissible backdoor sets.
result Proves asymptotic convergence and corrects transportability bias in simulations.

Optimal transport aligns source and target distributions for domain adaptation.

problem Unsupervised domain adaptation with joint class-conditional and label shifts.
method Minimizes importance weighted loss and Wasserstein distance for aligned marginals and class-conditional distributions.
result Our method outperforms competitors on various domain adaptation tasks.

New method for optimal transport with missing data, debiased and efficient.

problem Solving optimal transport between two distributions with missing values.
method Debiasing Wasserstein distance for empirical Gaussian distributions, entropic regularized optimal transport using ISVT.
result Efficient and consistent estimation of entropic regularized optimal transport.

This paper proposes a new method for conditional sampling using optimal transport.

problem Sampling conditional distributions in Bayesian inference and density estimation.
method Iterative block-triangular transport maps solving an optimal transport problem with a weighted L2 cost function.
result The proposed method extends the data-driven approach for conditional sampling.