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48 results for weak optimal transport

Study optimal transport on globally hyperbolic spacetimes, focusing on weak Kantorovich potentials' regularity.

problem Investigate regularity of weak Kantorovich potentials on globally hyperbolic spacetimes.
method Apply insights from Riemannian and Lorentzian cases to study ππ-solutions.
result Conclude existence, uniqueness, and structure of optimal transport maps.

A new method for averaging probability distributions based on optimal weak mass transport.

problem Averaging probability distributions in a geometric way.
method Weak barycenters based on optimal weak mass transport.
result Extracts common geometric information shared by all input distributions.

The paper introduces a new method for risk measurement using weak optimal transport.

problem Risk measurement in insurance and financial contexts.
method Convex risk measures with weak optimal transport penalties, explicit representation via nonlinear transform, computational aspects, and approximations using neural networks.
result Explicit representation and computational methods for risk measures.

Study uses weak transport for non-convex costs in fixed-income markets.

problem Characterizing optimal caplet pricing in fixed-income markets.
method Introduced weak optimal transport for non-convex costs, reduced general costs to convex problems.
result Established robust super-replication results for fixed-income markets.

Under mild regularity assumptions, the transport problem is stable in the following sense: if a sequence of optimal transport plans π1,π2,π_1, π_2, \ldots converges weakly to a transport plan ππ, then ππ is also optimal (between its marginals). Alfonsi, Corbetta and Jourdain asked whether the same property is true for th…

2019-04-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends optimal transport to dynamic and martingale settings.

problem Dynamic and martingale relaxation of optimal transport problems.
method Extends Benamou-Brenier formula to weak optimal transport and introduces barycentric optimal transport.
result Relates barycentric optimal transport to martingale Benamou-Brenier formula.

The paper establishes general results in Lorentzian optimal transport theory.

problem Establishing strong duality and optimality conditions in Lorentzian optimal transport.
method Providing non-trivial assumptions on measures, characterizing optimality, and proving regularity results.
result Regularity results for cc-convex functions and (weak) Kantorovich potentials do not extend to the Lorentzian setting, but under suitable assumptions, they are locally semconvex.

DPOT uses deep learning to compute optimal transport efficiently.

problem Computing optimal transport between continuous distributions from unpaired samples.
method DeepParticle methods for min-min optimization without network structure restrictions.
result Established weak convergence and error bounds between learned and optimal maps.

Extends martingale transport for robust finance problems.

problem Addressing specific robust finance problems not covered by standard martingale transport.
method Introduces an additional parameter to the weak martingale optimal transport problem and proves stability.
result Stability of the extended problem with respect to risk-neutral marginal distributions.

In this paper we apply techniques from optimal transport to study the neckpinch examples of Angenent-Knopf which arise through the Ricci flow on Sn+1\mathbb{S}^{n+1}. In particular, we recover their proof of 'single-point pinching' along the flow. Using the methods of optimal transportation, we are able to remove the ass…

2014-04-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A mesh-free method solves continuum-marginal optimal transport problems.

problem Recovering minimum-energy velocity fields from time-continuous probability marginals.
method Embeds weak continuity equation in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space, optimizing with mini-batch stochastic methods.
result Accurately recovers drift and maintains marginal consistency in synthetic experiments.

Study compares synthetic and distributional Ricci curvature bounds.

problem Comparing synthetic and distributional approaches to lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analyzes synthetic via weak displacement convexity and distributional via non-negativity of Ricci-tensor.
result Distributional bounds imply entropy bounds for C1C^1 metrics and vice versa for C1,1C^{1,1} under convergence condition.

A new algorithm for estimating continuous entropic barycenters under arbitrary costs.

problem Estimating the average of probability distributions under arbitrary cost functions.
method Dual reformulation of Entropic Optimal Transport (EOT) problem based on weak OT.
result Established quality bounds for the recovered solution and seamless integration with EBM learning.

A new method for fast optimal transport using sliced Wasserstein generalized geodesics.

problem Computing optimal transport distances efficiently and accurately.
method Proposes a new proxy of squared Wasserstein distance based on one-dimensional projections.
result min-SWGG is an upper bound of Wasserstein distance with similar computational complexity.

Unified Kantorovich duality for multimarginal optimal transport on Polish spaces.

problem Optimal transport of multiple probability distributions.
method Unified Kantorovich duality theory for multimarginal optimal transport on general Polish product spaces.
result Unified duality theory for multimarginal optimal transport, extending classical two-marginal conjugacy.

Develops optimal transport in Lorentzian spaces with synthetic curvature bounds.

problem Synthetic curvature bounds for Lorentzian spaces.
method Optimal transport, convexity analysis of entropy functionals.
result Synthetic notion of timelike Ricci curvature lower bounds.

Extends martingale Schrödinger bridge to arbitrary dimensions and characterizes it.

problem Tackles the martingale Schrödinger bridge in arbitrary dimensions.
method Identifies continuous-time counterpart and relates to variational problems.
result Continuous martingale Schrödinger bridge coincides with Föllmer martingale in irreducible case.

A new method selects a representative subsample for efficient kernel density estimation.

problem Selecting a representative subsample without model assumptions.
method Optimal transport techniques for model-free subsampling with an efficient algorithm.
result The selected subsample can be used for efficient density estimation with derived convergence rates and optimal bandwidth.

Stein variational gradient descent (SVGD) is a deterministic sampling algorithm that iteratively transports a set of particles to approximate given distributions, based on an efficient gradient-based update that guarantees to optimally decrease the KL divergence within a function space. This paper develops the first th…

2017-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

It is shown that curvature-dimension bounds CD(N, k) for a metric measure space (X,d,m) in the sense of Sturm imply a weak L^1- Poincare-inequality under some symmetry assumption on the choice of transport rays in the cut locus of (X,d). This condition is satisfied if (X,d) has m-almost surely no branching points.

2005-05-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces MSA for weakly supervised covariance alignment in MEG signals.

problem Limited labeled signals in target datasets for MEG applications.
method Mixing model Stiefel Adaptation (MSA) leveraging unlabeled data.
result MSA outperforms recent methods in brain-age regression with MEG signals.

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.

New algorithm solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time.

problem Efficiently solving unbalanced optimal transport problems on trees.
method Proposed an algorithm that solves a more general unbalanced optimal transport problem exactly in quasi-linear time on a tree metric.
result Solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time (less than one second for a tree with one million nodes).

Paper relaxes optimal transport using convex functions for data science.

problem Optimal transport problem on finite spaces.
method Relaxation via strictly convex functions (Kullback-Leibler divergence, Bregman divergences). Gradient descent iterative process.
result Mathematical foundations and iterative process for the relaxed optimal transport problem.

We identify a condition for regularity of optimal transport maps that requires only three derivatives of the cost function, for measures given by densities that are only bounded above and below. This new condition is equivalent to the weak Ma-Trudinger-Wang condition when the cost is C4C^4. Moreover, we only require (n…

2012-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we present a novel and principled approach to learn the optimal transport between two distributions, from samples. Guided by the optimal transport theory, we learn the optimal Kantorovich potential which induces the optimal transport map. This involves learning two convex functions, by solving a novel mi…

2019-08-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Review of modern computational optimal transport methods for biomedical applications.

problem Efficient computation of optimal transport for big data.
method Regularization-based and projection-based computational methods.
result Advancements in computational optimal transport methods for biomedical research.

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.

Study shows how optimal transport behaves in higher dimensions.

problem Characterizing optimal transport in higher dimensions with Euclidean distance.
method Investigates the small regularization limit of entropic optimal transport.
result The limiting transport plan is supported on transport rays and uniquely minimizes a relative entropy functional.

A new model corrects inhomogeneity in Optimal Transport with Boundary.

problem Inhomogeneity in UROT models for Optimal Transport with Boundary.
method Proposed a modified entropic regularization term to make UROT models homogeneous.
result Homogeneous UROT model preserves properties of standard UROT while correcting inhomogeneity.

Study optimal transport for robust optimization, showing how adversary's strategy relates to regularization.

problem Optimizing under uncertain parameters with a fictitious adversary reshaping a reference distribution.
method Introduces optimal transport and regularization to relate robustification to variation and Lipschitz norms.
result Conditions for existence and computability of Nash equilibrium between decision-maker and adversary.

Study optimal transport on simplex boundary, proving transport map and potential regularity.

problem Regularity of transport map and potential on simplex boundary.
method Boundary regularity results for optimal transport maps, exploiting simplex symmetries.
result Regularity properties of transport map and its convex potential.