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Constrained quantization for a Borel probability measure refers to the idea of estimating a given probability by a discrete probability with a finite number of supporting points lying on a specific set. The specific set is known as the…

Let $P$ be a Borel probability measure on $\mathbb R$ such that $P=\frac 1 4 P\circ S_1^{-1} +\frac 3 4 P\circ S_2^{-1}$, where $S_1$ and $S_2$ are two similarity mappings on $\mathbb R$ such that $S_1(x)=\frac 1 4 x $ and $S_2(x)=\frac 1 2…

Computation · Statistics 2019-11-20 Lakshmi Roychowdhury

We approximate the uniform measure on an equilateral triangle by a measure supported on $n$ points. We find the optimal sets of points ($n$-means) and corresponding approximation (quantization) error for $n\leq4$, give numerical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-16 Carl P. Dettmann , Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury

In this paper, first we have defined a uniform distribution on the boundary of a regular hexagon, and then investigated the optimal sets of $n$-means and the $n$th quantization errors for all positive integers $n$. We give an exact formula…

This paper presents a detailed study of constrained quantization for both finite and infinite discrete probability distributions supported on subsets of the real line. Under specific geometric constraints - namely, a semicircular arc and…

Accurate approximation of probability measures is essential in numerical applications. This paper explores the quantization of probability measures using the maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) distance as a guiding metric. We first investigate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Zahra Mehraban , Alois Pichler

This paper develops a systematic and geometric theory of optimal quantization on the unit sphere $\mathbb S^2$, focusing on finite uniform probability distributions supported on the spherical surface - rather than on lower-dimensional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury

Let $\{S_j : 1\leq j\leq 3\}$ be a set of three contractive similarity mappings such that $S_j(x)=rx+\frac {j-1}{2}(1-r)$ for all $x\in \mathbb R$, and $1\leq j\leq 3$, where $0<r<\frac 1 3$. Let $P=\sum_{j=1}^3 \frac 13 P\circ S_j^{-1}$.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury

We establish conditions to characterize probability measures by their $L^{p}$-quantization error functions in both $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ and Hilbert settings. This characterization is two-fold: static (identity of two distributions) and dynamic…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-02-20 Yating Liu , Gilles Pagès

We study the convergence rate of the optimal quantization for a probability measure sequence $(\mu_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}^{*}}$ on $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ converging in the Wasserstein distance in two aspects: the first one is the convergence rate…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-20 Yating Liu , Gilles Pagès

Proper quantification of predictive uncertainty is essential for the use of machine learning in safety-critical applications. Various uncertainty measures have been proposed for this purpose, typically claiming superiority over other…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Paul Hofman , Yusuf Sale , Eyke Hüllermeier

In this paper, we first consider a family of constraints given by straight lines. For a uniform probability distribution, we determine the constrained optimal sets of $n$-points and the corresponding $n$th constrained quantization errors…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Pavjeet Singh , S. K. Katiyar , Megha Pandey , Mrinal K. Roychowdhury

In this work, we extend the classical framework of quantization for Borel probability measures defined on normed spaces $\mathbb{R}^k$ by introducing and analyzing the notions of the $n$th constrained quantization error, constrained…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-30 Megha Pandey , Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury

This expository paper provides a unified and pedagogical introduction to optimal quantization for probability measures supported on spherical curves and discrete subsets of the sphere, emphasizing both continuous and discrete settings. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury

In this article, we study the approximation of a probability measure $\mu$ on $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ by its empirical measure $\hat{\mu}_{N}$ interpreted as a random quantization. As error criterion we consider an averaged $p$-th moment…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-08-29 Steffen Dereich , Michael Scheutzow , Reik Schottstedt

Measurement uncertainty relations are lower bounds on the errors of any approximate joint measurement of two or more quantum observables. The aim of this paper is to provide methods to compute optimal bounds of this type. The basic method…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-08 René Schwonnek , David Reeb , Reinhard F. Werner

A theoretical framework is developed to describe the transformation that distributes probability density functions uniformly over space. In one dimension, the cumulative distribution can be used, but does not generalize to higher…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-09-08 Eric Kee

We study the problem of quantization of discrete probability distributions, arising in universal coding, as well as other applications. We show, that in many situations this problem can be reduced to the covering problem for the unit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-08-24 Yuriy A. Reznik

This paper considers the problem of estimating the cumulative distribution function and probability density function of a random variable using data quantized by uniform and non-uniform quantizers. A simple estimator is proposed based on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-03 Paolo Carbone , Johan Schoukens , István Kollár , Antonio Moschitta

This research is motivated by the study of the geometry of fractal sets and is focused on uniformization problems: transformation of sets to canonical sets, using maps that preserve the geometry in some sense. More specifically, the main…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-30 Dimitrios Ntalampekos