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Combinatorial optimization problems are widespread but inherently challenging due to their discrete nature. The primary limitation of existing methods is that they can only access a small fraction of the solution space at each iteration,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-09-27 Hengyuan Ma , Wenlian Lu , Jianfeng Feng

In this paper, the exponential B-spline functions are used for the numerical solution of the advection-diffusion equation. Two numerical examples\ related to pure advection in a finitely long channel and the distribution of an initial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-04-01 Melis Zorsahin Gorgulu , Idris Dag

In this article, we extend our previously presented analytical formulas (Phys.Rev.D 109 (2024) 12, 124055) for describing light rays passing near or emitted in the vicinity of compact objects to a broader class of spherically symmetric,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-15 Jonathan Claros , Emanuel Gallo

We derive a fundamental solution $\mathscr{E}$ to a space-fractional diffusion problem on the half-line. The equation involves the Caputo derivative. We establish properties of $\mathscr{E}$ as well as formulas for solutions to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Tokinaga Namba , Piotr Rybka , Shoichi Sato

Modern analyses of diffusion processes have proposed nonlinear versions of the Fokker-Planck equation to account for non-classical diffusion. These nonlinear equations are usually constructed on a phenomenological basis. Here we introduce a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jean Pierre Boon , James F. Lutsko

Estimating means on Riemannian manifolds is generally computationally expensive because the Riemannian distance function is not known in closed-form for most manifolds. To overcome this, we show that Riemannian diffusion means can be…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2025-02-19 Frederik Möbius Rygaard , Steen Markvorsen , Søren Hauberg , Stefan Sommer

In computational and applied statistics, it is of great interest to get fast and accurate calculation for the distributions of the quadratic forms of Gaussian random variables. This paper presents a novel approximation strategy that…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-12-29 Hong Zhang , Judong Shen , Zheyang Wu

A generalized diffusion Monte Carlo method for solving the many-body Schr\"odinger equation on curved manifolds is introduced and used to perform a `fixed-phase' simulation of the fractional quantum Hall effect on the Haldane sphere. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 V. Melik-Alaverdian , N. E. Bonesteel , G. Ortiz

We present a novel approach to solve the advection-diffusion equation under arbitrary transporting fields using a quantum-inspired 'Schrodingerisation' technique for Hamiltonian simulation. Although numerous methods exist for solving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Niladri Gomes , Gautam Sharma , Jay Pathak

The advection-diffusion and wave equations are the fundamental equations governing any physical law and therefore arise in many areas of physics and astrophysics. For complex problems and geometries, only numerical simulations can give…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-01-08 J. Pétri

Adsorption is a relevant process in many fields, such as product manufacturing or pollution remediation in porous materials. Adsorption takes place at the molecular scale, amenable to be modeled by Lagrangian numerical methods. We have…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-04-15 Maryam Rahbaralam , Amir Abdollahi , Daniel Fernàndez-Garcia , Xavier Sanchez-Vila

The growing field of large-scale time domain astronomy requires methods for probabilistic data analysis that are computationally tractable, even with large datasets. Gaussian Processes are a popular class of models used for this purpose…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Daniel Foreman-Mackey , Eric Agol , Sivaram Ambikasaran , Ruth Angus

We evaluate an adaptive gaussian quadrature integration scheme that will be suitable for the numerical evaluation of generalized redistribution in frequency functions. The latter are indispensable ingredients for "full non-LTE" radiation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 F. Paletou , C. Peymirat , E. Anterrieu , T. Böhm

We consider the accuracy of an approximate posterior distribution in nonparametric regression problems by combining posterior distributions computed on subsets of the data defined by the locations of the independent variables. We show that…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Botond Szabo , Amine Hadji , Aad van der Vaart

Self-similar solutions of the coherent diffusion equation are derived and measured. The set of real similarity solutions is generalized by the introduction of a nonuniform phase surface, based on the elegant Gaussian modes of optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 O. Firstenberg , P. London , D. Yankelev , R. Pugatch , M. Shuker , N. Davidson

In this paper we study the diffusion approximation of a swarming model given by a system of interacting Langevin equations with nonlinear friction. The diffusion approximation requires the calculation of the drift and diffusion coefficients…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-08 V. Bonnaillie-Noël , J. A. Carrillo , T. Goudon , G. A. Pavliotis

This paper develops an in-depth treatment concerning the problem of approximating the Gaussian smoothing and Gaussian derivative computations in scale-space theory for application on discrete data. With close connections to previous…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Tony Lindeberg

Monte Carlo simulation is one of the most important tools in the study of diffusion processes. For constant diffusion coefficients, an appropriate Gaussian distribution of particle's steplengths can generate exact results, when compared…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 V. Ruiz Barlett , M. Hoyuelos , H. O. Mártin

A numerical method to solve the fractional diffusion equation, which could also be easily extended to many other fractional dynamics equations, is considered. These fractional equations have been proposed in order to describe anomalous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 S. B. Yuste , L. Acedo

In the peaks approach, the formation sites of observable structures in the Universe are identified as peaks in the matter density field. The statistical properties of the clustering of peaks are particularly important in this respect. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 Takahiko Matsubara , Sandrine Codis