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The optimal transport (OT) problem has been used widely for machine learning. It is necessary for computation of an OT problem to solve linear programming with tight mass-conservation constraints. These constraints prevent its application…
Matrix scaling problems with sparse cost matrices arise frequently in various domains, such as optimal transport, image processing, and machine learning. The Sinkhorn-Knopp algorithm is a popular iterative method for solving these problems,…
An optimal transport problem on finite spaces is a linear program. Recently, a relaxation of the optimal transport problem via strictly convex functions, especially via the Kullback--Leibler divergence, sheds new light on data sciences.…
We derive nearly tight and non-asymptotic convergence bounds for solutions of entropic semi-discrete optimal transport. These bounds quantify the stability of the dual solutions of the regularized problem (sometimes called Sinkhorn…
We study the existing algorithms that solve the multidimensional martingale optimal transport. Then we provide a new algorithm based on entropic regularization and Newton's method. Then we provide theoretical convergence rate results and we…
This work analyzes the inverse optimal transport (IOT) problem under Bregman regularization. We establish well-posedness results, including existence, uniqueness (up to equivalence classes of solutions), and stability, under several…
Optimal transport (OT) is a widely used tool in machine learning, but computing high-accuracy solutions for large instances remains costly. Entropic regularization and the Sinkhorn algorithm improve scalability; however, when the…
Sinkhorn algorithm has been used pervasively to approximate the solution to optimal transport (OT) and unbalanced optimal transport (UOT) problems. However, its practical application is limited due to the high computational complexity. To…
In this paper, we proposed an alternating projection based algorithm to solve a class of distributed MIN-MAX convex optimization problems. We firstly transform this MINMAX problem into the problem of searching for the minimum distance…
In [Q. Liao et al., Commun. Math. Sci., 20(2022)], a linear-time Sinkhorn algorithm is developed based on dynamic programming, which significantly reduces the computational complexity involved in solving optimal transport problems. However,…
Entropy regularized optimal transport and its multi-marginal generalization have attracted increasing attention in various applications, in particular due to efficient Sinkhorn-like algorithms for computing optimal transport plans. However,…
We consider a generic decentralized constrained optimization problem over static, directed communication networks, where each agent has exclusive access to only one convex, differentiable, local objective term and one convex constraint set.…
We study Benamou's domain decomposition algorithm for optimal transport in the entropy regularized setting. The key observation is that the regularized variant converges to the globally optimal solution under very mild assumptions. We prove…
This paper is devoted to the study of acceleration methods for an inequality constrained convex optimization problem by using Lyapunov functions. We first approximate such a problem as an unconstrained optimization problem by employing the…
The optimal transport (OT) problem is a classical optimization problem having the form of linear programming. Machine learning applications put forward new computational challenges in its solution. In particular, the OT problem defines a…
We consider optimal route planning when the objective function is a general nonlinear and non-monotonic function. Such an objective models user behavior more accurately, for example, when a user is risk-averse, or the utility function needs…
The optimal mass transport problem gives a geometric framework for optimal allocation, and has recently gained significant interest in application areas such as signal processing, image processing, and computer vision. Even though it can be…
By adding entropic regularization, multi-marginal optimal transport problems can be transformed into tensor scaling problems, which can be solved numerically using the multi-marginal Sinkhorn algorithm. The main computational bottleneck of…
We consider the speed planning problem for a vehicle moving along an assigned trajectory, under maximum speed, tangential and lateral acceleration, and jerk constraints. The problem is a nonconvex one, where nonconvexity is due to jerk…
We introduce fast algorithms for generalized unnormalized optimal transport. To handle densities with different total mass, we consider a dynamic model, which mixes the $L^p$ optimal transport with $L^p$ distance. For $p=1$, we derive the…