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In this paper, the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmit beampattern matching problem is considered. The problem is formulated to approximate a desired transmit beampattern (i.e., an energy distribution in space and frequency) and…

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Flow maps enable high-quality image generation in a single forward pass. However, unlike iterative diffusion models, their lack of an explicit sampling trajectory impedes incorporating external constraints for conditional generation and…

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The unsupervised task of aligning two or more distributions in a shared latent space has many applications including fair representations, batch effect mitigation, and unsupervised domain adaptation. Existing flow-based approaches estimate…

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In this paper, we formulate the Load Flow (LF) problem in radial electricity distribution networks as an unconstrained Riemannian optimization problem, consisting of two manifolds, and we consider alternative retractions and initialization…

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The dose delivered to the planning target volume by proton beams is highly conformal, sparing organs at risk and normal tissues. New treatment planning systems adapted to spot scanning techniques have been recently proposed to…

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The efficient design of continuous freeform surfaces, which transform a given source into an arbitrary target intensity, remains a challenging problem. A popular approach are ray-mapping methods, where first a ray mapping between the…

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Proper X-ray radiation design (via dynamic fluence field modulation, FFM) allows to reduce effective radiation dose in computed tomography without compromising image quality. It takes into account patient anatomy, radiation sensitivity of…

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We study a variant of the dynamical optimal transport problem in which the energy to be minimised is modulated by the covariance matrix of the distribution. Such transport metrics arise naturally in mean-field limits of certain ensemble…

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Volumetric modulated arc therapy planning is a challenging problem in high-dimensional, non-convex optimization. Traditionally, heuristics such as fluence-map-optimization-informed segment initialization use locally optimal solutions to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Noah Bice , Mohamad Fakhreddine , Ruiqi Li , Dan Nguyen , Christopher Kabat , Pamela Myers , Niko Papanikolaou , Neil Kirby

In this paper, we study a nonconvex continuous relaxation of MAP inference in discrete Markov random fields (MRFs). We show that for arbitrary MRFs, this relaxation is tight, and a discrete stationary point of it can be easily reached by a…

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This paper addresses the problem of nonconvex nonsmooth decentralised optimisation in multi-agent networks with undirected connected communication graphs. Our contribution lies in introducing an algorithmic framework designed for the…

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Generative models based on flow matching have attracted significant attention for their simplicity and superior performance in high-resolution image synthesis. By leveraging the instantaneous change-of-variables formula, one can directly…

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We present a method for learning neural representations of flow maps from time-varying vector field data. The flow map is pervasive within the area of flow visualization, as it is foundational to numerous visualization techniques, e.g.…

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To analyze nonlinear dynamic systems, we developed a new technique based on the square matrix method. We propose this technique called the \convergence map" for generating particle stability diagrams similar to the frequency maps widely…

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Diffusion maps are an emerging data-driven technique for non-linear dimensionality reduction, which are especially useful for the analysis of coherent structures and nonlinear embeddings of dynamical systems. However, the computational…

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Fluence map prediction is central to automated radiotherapy planning but remains an ill-posed inverse problem due to the complex relationship between volumetric anatomy and beam-intensity modulation. Convolutional methods in prior work…

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Physical systems with complex unsteady dynamics, such as fluid flows, are often poorly represented by a single mean solution. For many practical applications, it is crucial to access the full distribution of possible states, from which…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-04-07 Mario Lino , Tobias Pfaff , Nils Thuerey

The growing penetration of renewable energy necessitates high-frequency real-time scheduling. While neural network-based surrogates enable computationally efficient scheduling, strictly enforcing nonconvex power flow constraints without…

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The purpose of this study is to give an exact formulation of optimization of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with sliding-window delivery, and to investigate the plan quality effects of decreasing the number of sliding-window sweeps…

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