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Many recent developments for robots to represent environments have focused on photorealistic reconstructions. This paper particularly focuses on generating sequences of images from the photorealistic Gaussian Splatting models, that match…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Xinyi Liu , Tianyi Zhang , Matthew Johnson-Roberson , Weiming Zhi

The efficient simulation of Gaussian random fields with flexible correlation structures is fundamental in spatial statistics, machine learning, and uncertainty quantification. In this work, we revisit the \emph{spectral turning-bands} (STB)…

Computation · Statistics 2026-03-25 Moreno Bevilacqua , Xavier Emery , Francisco Cuevas-Pacheco

In learned image compression, probabilistic models play an essential role in characterizing the distribution of latent variables. The Gaussian model with mean and scale parameters has been widely used for its simplicity and effectiveness.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-24 Haotian Zhang , Li Li , Dong Liu

An important problem in geostatistics is to build models of the subsurface of the Earth given physical measurements at sparse spatial locations. Typically, this is done using spatial interpolation methods or by reproducing patterns from a…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-07-06 Emilien Dupont , Tuanfeng Zhang , Peter Tilke , Lin Liang , William Bailey

Downscaling aims to link the behaviour of the atmosphere at fine scales to properties measurable at coarser scales, and has the potential to provide high resolution information at a lower computational and storage cost than numerical…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Rachel Prudden , Niall Robinson , Peter Challenor , Richard Everson

In this paper a new approach for constructing \emph{multivariate} Gaussian random fields (GRFs) using systems of stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) has been introduced and applied to simulated data and real data. By solving a…

Methodology · Statistics 2013-07-08 Xiangping Hu , Daniel Simpson , Finn Lindgren , Håvard Rue

This paper considers a special case of the problem of identifying a static scalar signal, depending on the location, using a planar network of sensors in a distributed fashion. Motivated by the application to monitoring wild-fires spreading…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-07-25 Paolo Frasca , Paolo Mason , Benedetto Piccoli

Generating realistic 3D scenes from text is crucial for immersive applications like VR, AR, and gaming. While text-driven approaches promise efficiency, existing methods suffer from limited 3D-text data and inconsistent multi-view…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Xin Zhang , Shen Chen , Jiale Zhou , Lei Li

A flexible model for non-stationary Gaussian random fields on hypersurfaces is introduced.The class of random fields on curves and surfaces is characterized by an amplitude spectral density of a second order elliptic differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Erik Jansson , Annika Lang , Mike Pereira

Inflation driven by a single, minimally coupled, slowly rolling field generically yields a negligible primordial non-Gaussianity. We discuss two distinct mechanisms by which a non-trivial potential can generate large non-Gaussianities.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Xingang Chen , Richard Easther , Eugene A. Lim

During the Gaussian Splatting optimization process, the scene's geometry can gradually deteriorate if its structure is not deliberately preserved, especially in non-textured regions such as walls, ceilings, and furniture surfaces. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Yanyan Li , Chenyu Lyu , Yan Di , Guangyao Zhai , Gim Hee Lee , Federico Tombari

Estimation of Gaussian graphical models is important in natural science when modeling the statistical relationships between variables in the form of a graph. The sparsity and clustering structure of the concentration matrix is enforced to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Meixia Lin , Defeng Sun , Kim-Chuan Toh , Chengjing Wang

Latent variable models (LVMs) learn probabilistic models of data manifolds lying in an \emph{ambient} Euclidean space. In a number of applications, a priori known spatial constraints can shrink the ambient space into a considerably smaller…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-02-26 Anton Mallasto , Søren Hauberg , Aasa Feragen

We present a novel approach for enhancing the resolution and geometric fidelity of 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) beyond native training resolution. Current 3DGS methods are fundamentally limited by their input resolution, producing…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Shuja Khalid , Mohamed Ibrahim , Yang Liu

Recent advances in 3D Gaussian Splatting have enabled impressive photorealistic novel view synthesis. However, to transition from a pure rendering engine to a reliable spatial map for autonomous agents and safety-critical applications,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Chamuditha Jayanga Galappaththige , Thomas Gottwald , Peter Stehr , Edgar Heinert , Niko Suenderhauf , Dimity Miller , Matthias Rottmann

Generative models for graphs have been typically committed to strong prior assumptions concerning the form of the modeled distributions. Moreover, the vast majority of currently available models are either only suitable for characterizing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-10-19 Antonino Freno , Mikaela Keller , Gemma C. Garriga , Marc Tommasi

In this article, we discuss the composite likelihood estimation of sparse Gaussian graphical models. When there are symmetry constraints on the concentration matrix or partial correlation matrix, the likelihood estimation can be…

Computation · Statistics 2012-08-22 Xin Gao , Helene Massam

A perturbative method for solving the Langevin equation of inflationary cosmology in presence of backreaction is presented. In the Gaussian approximation, the method permits an explicit calculation of the probability distribution of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Jerome Martin , Marcello Musso

With continued advances in Geographic Information Systems and related computational technologies, statisticians are often required to analyze very large spatial datasets. This has generated substantial interest over the last decade, already…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-05-14 Lu Zhang , Abhirup Datta , Sudipto Banerjee

This paper presents an efficient variational inference framework for deriving a family of structured gaussian process regression network (SGPRN) models. The key idea is to incorporate auxiliary inducing variables in latent functions and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-19 Rui Meng , Herbie Lee , Kristofer Bouchard