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Let $(M^n,g,f)$ be a Ricci shrinker such that $\textrm{Ric}_f=\frac{1}{2}g$ and the measure induced by the weighted volume element $(4\pi)^{-\frac{n}{2}}e^{-f}dv_{g}$ is a probability measure. Given a point $p\in M$, we consider two…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Franciele Conrado , Detang Zhou

We present new algorithms to compute the mean of a set of empirical probability measures under the optimal transport metric. This mean, known as the Wasserstein barycenter, is the measure that minimizes the sum of its Wasserstein distances…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-06-18 Marco Cuturi , Arnaud Doucet

The circular unitary ensemble and its generalizations concern a random matrix from a compact classical group $\mathrm{U}(N)$, $\mathrm{SU}(N)$, $\mathrm{O}(N)$, $\mathrm{SO}(N)$ or $\mathrm{USp}(N)$ distributed according to the Haar…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Bence Borda

In this paper, we propose a new method to measure the probabilistic robustness of stochastic jump linear system with respect to both the initial state uncertainties and the randomness in switching. Wasserstein distance which defines a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-10-03 Kooktae Lee , Abhishek Halder , Raktim Bhattacharya

The empirical distribution function assigns mass $1/n$ to each of the $n$ observations in a sample. As these are highly variable, estimation error may be reduced by replacing them with estimated observations that are asymptotically less…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-26 Tommaso Lando , Lorenzo Tedesco

We propose a new functional analytic approach to Stein's method of exchangeable pairs that does not require the pair at hand to satisfy any approximate linear regression property. We make use of this theory in order to derive abstract…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-08-13 Christian Döbler

In this work we study two Riemannian distances between infinite-dimensional positive definite Hilbert-Schmidt operators, namely affine-invariant Riemannian and Log-Hilbert-Schmidt distances, in the context of covariance operators associated…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-08-27 Ha Quang Minh

In this manuscript we investigate the equivalence of Fourier-based metrics on discrete state spaces with the well-known Wasserstein distances. While the use of Fourier-based metrics in continuous state spaces is ubiquitous since its…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Fei Cao , Xiaoqian Gong

Variational inference, such as the mean-field (MF) approximation, requires certain conjugacy structures for efficient computation. These can impose unnecessary restrictions on the viable prior distribution family and further constraints on…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-11 Rentian Yao , Yun Yang

We study aspects of the Wasserstein distance in the context of self-similar measures. Computing this distance between two measures involves minimising certain moment integrals over the space of \emph{couplings}, which are measures on the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-07 Jonathan M. Fraser

This paper considers the fusion of multiple estimates of a spatially extended object, where the object extent is modeled as an ellipse parameterized by the orientation and semiaxes lengths. For this purpose, we propose a novel systematic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-09 Kolja Thormann , Marcus Baum

We derive upper bounds on the Wasserstein distance ($W_1$), with respect to $\sup$-norm, between any continuous $\mathbb{R}^d$ valued random field indexed by the $n$-sphere and the Gaussian, based on Stein's method. We develop a novel…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-05-02 Krishnakumar Balasubramanian , Larry Goldstein , Nathan Ross , Adil Salim

We study quantum neural networks where the generated function is the expectation value of the sum of single-qubit observables across all qubits. In [Girardi \emph{et al.}, arXiv:2402.08726], it is proven that the probability distributions…

The aim of this article is to write the $p$-Wasserstein metric $W_p$ with the $p$-norm, $p\in [1,\infty)$, on $\R^d$ in terms of copula. In particular for the case of one-dimensional distributions, we get that the copula employed to get the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Mariem Abdellatif , Peter Kuching , Barbara Rüdiger , Irene Ventura

In this article, we represent the Wasserstein metric of order $p$, where $p\in [1,\infty)$, in terms of the comonotonicity copula, for the case of probability measures on $\R^d$, by revisiting existing results. In 1973, Vallender…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-07-18 Mariem Abdellatif , Peter Kuchling , Barbara Rüdiger , Irene Ventura

This paper is focused on the statistical analysis of data consisting of a collection of multiple series of probability measures that are indexed by distinct time instants and supported over a bounded interval of the real line. By modeling…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-05 Yiye Jiang , Jérémie Bigot

Comparing probability distributions is at the crux of many machine learning algorithms. Maximum Mean Discrepancies (MMD) and Wasserstein distances are two classes of distances between probability distributions that have attracted abundant…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-06-01 Titouan Vayer , Rémi Gribonval

We show how the infinitesimal exchangeable pairs approach to Stein's method combines naturally with the theory of Markov semigroups. We present a multivariate normal approximation theorem for functions of a random variable invariant with…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-01 David Grzybowski , Mark Meckes

We establish some deviation inequalities, moment bounds and almost sure results for the Wasserstein distance of order p $\in$ [1, $\infty$) between the empirical measure of independent and identically distributed R d-valued random variables…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Jérôme Dedecker , Florence Merlevède