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We design efficient distance approximation algorithms for several classes of structured high-dimensional distributions. Specifically, we show algorithms for the following problems: - Given sample access to two Bayesian networks $P_1$ and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-17 Arnab Bhattacharyya , Sutanu Gayen , Kuldeep S. Meel , N. V. Vinodchandran

Many problems arising in applications result in the need to probe a probability distribution for functions. Examples include Bayesian nonparametric statistics and conditioned diffusion processes. Standard MCMC algorithms typically become…

Computation · Statistics 2015-03-20 S. L. Cotter , G. O. Roberts , A. M. Stuart , D. White

We develop a message-passing algorithm for noisy matrix completion problems based on matrix factorization. The algorithm is derived by approximating message distributions of belief propagation with Gaussian distributions that share the same…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-10-27 Koki Okajima , Yoshiyuki Kabashima

Density deconvolution is the task of estimating a probability density function given only noise-corrupted samples. We can fit a Gaussian mixture model to the underlying density by maximum likelihood if the noise is normally distributed, but…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-07-14 Tim Dockhorn , James A. Ritchie , Yaoliang Yu , Iain Murray

Diffusion models have become fundamental tools for modeling data distributions in machine learning. Despite their success, these models face challenges when generating data with extreme brightness values, as evidenced by limitations…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-04-10 Takuro Kutsuna

A central topic in functional data analysis is how to design an optimaldecision rule, based on training samples, to classify a data function. We exploit the optimal classification problem when data functions are Gaussian processes. Sharp…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-09-14 Shuoyang Wang , Zuofeng Shang , Guanqun Cao , Jun Liu

This paper addresses a distributed optimization problem in a communication network where nodes are active sporadically. Each active node applies some learning method to control its action to maximize the global utility function, which is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Wenjie Li , Mohamad Assaad , Shiqi Zheng

The problem of learning a channel decoder is considered for two channel models. The first model is an additive noise channel whose noise distribution is unknown and nonparametric. The learner is provided with a fixed codebook and a dataset…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Amit Tsvieli , Nir Weinberger

Decentralized learning and optimization is a central problem in control that encompasses several existing and emerging applications, such as federated learning. While there exists a vast literature on this topic and most methods centered…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Vishnu Pandi Chellapandi , Antesh Upadhyay , Abolfazl Hashemi , Stanislaw H /. Zak

ADMM is a popular algorithm for solving convex optimization problems. Applying this algorithm to distributed consensus optimization problem results in a fully distributed iterative solution which relies on processing at the nodes and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-01-17 Layla Majzoobi , Farshad Lahouti

An analytically tractable model for Gaussian multiuser channels with fading is studied, and the capacity region of this model is found to be a good approximation of the capacity region of the original Gaussian network. This work extends the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-05-16 Rony EL Haddad , Brian Smith , Sriram Vishwanath

This paper seeks an efficient algorithm for stochastic precoding to maximize the long-term average weighted sum rates throughout a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network. Unlike many existing works that assume a particular…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Wenyu Wang , Kaiming Shen

Machine learning models trained by different optimization algorithms under different data distributions can exhibit distinct generalization behaviors. In this paper, we analyze the generalization of models trained by noisy iterative…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-12-29 Hao Wang , Rui Gao , Flavio P. Calmon

In this paper, the problem of distributed optimization is studied via a network of agents. Each agent only has access to a noisy gradient of its own objective function, and can communicate with its neighbors via a network. To handle this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Yuchen Yang , Kaihong Lu , Long Wang

Multilayer (or deep) networks are powerful probabilistic models based on multiple stages of a linear transform followed by a non-linear (possibly random) function. In general, the linear transforms are defined by matrices and the non-linear…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-13 Galen Reeves

Accurate noise modelling is important for training of deep learning reconstruction algorithms. While noise models are well known for traditional imaging techniques, the noise distribution of a novel sensor may be difficult to determine a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-07-11 Felix Horger , Tobias Würfl , Vincent Christlein , Andreas Maier

The Gaussian Mixture Probability Hypothesis Density (GM-PHD) filter is an almost exact closed-form approximation to the Bayes-optimal multi-target tracking algorithm. Due to its optimality guarantees and ease of implementation, it has been…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Shiraz Khan , Yi-Chieh Sun , Inseok Hwang

We consider the problem of rate allocation in a Gaussian multiple-access channel, with the goal of maximizing a utility function over transmission rates. In contrast to the literature which focuses on linear utility functions, we study…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-10-08 Ali ParandehGheibi , Atilla Eryilmaz , Asuman Ozdaglar , Muriel Medard

Flow matching has emerged as a powerful generative modeling approach with flexible choices of source distribution. While Gaussian distributions are commonly used, the potential for better alternatives in high-dimensional data generation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Junho Lee , Kwanseok Kim , Joonseok Lee

We study the classical problem of characterizing the channel capacity and its achieving distribution in a generic fashion. We derive a simple relation between three parameters: the input-output function, the input cost function and the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-17 Jihad Fahs , Ibrahim Abou-Faycal