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This paper introduces a dynamic formulation of divergence-regularized optimal transport with weak targets on the path space. In our formulation, the classical relative entropy penalty is replaced by a general convex divergence, and terminal…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Camilo Hernández , Ludovic Tangpi

The paper studies the optimal density steering problem for nonlinear continuous-time stochastic systems. To accurately capture nonlinear dynamics in high-uncertainty regions that deviate significantly from a nominal linearization point, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-27 Mattia Mosso , George Rapakoulias , Yue Guan , Panagiotis Tsiotras

Motivated by modern machine learning applications where we only have access to empirical measures constructed from finite samples, we relax the marginal constraints of the classical Schr\"odinger bridge problem by penalizing the transport…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Yifan Jiang , Renyuan Xu , Luhao Zhang

In this paper, we investigate finite-horizon optimal density steering problems for discrete-time stochastic linear dynamical systems whose state probability densities can be represented as Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs). Our goal is to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Isin M Balci , Efstathios Bakolas

We consider the problem of sampling transition paths between two given metastable states of a molecular system, e.g. a folded and unfolded protein or products and reactants of a chemical reaction. Due to the existence of high energy…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2023-07-19 Lars Holdijk , Yuanqi Du , Ferry Hooft , Priyank Jaini , Bernd Ensing , Max Welling

Since the early nineties, it has been observed that the Schroedinger bridge problem can be formulated as a stochastic control problem with atypical boundary constraints. This in turn has a fluid dynamic counterpart where the flow of…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Yongxin Chen , Tryphon Georgiou , Michele Pavon

We propose a sampling-based trajectory optimization methodology for constrained problems. We extend recent works on stochastic search to deal with box control constraints,as well as nonlinear state constraints for discrete dynamical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-13 George I. Boutselis , Ziyi Wang , Evangelos A. Theodorou

We present Path Integral Sampler~(PIS), a novel algorithm to draw samples from unnormalized probability density functions. The PIS is built on the Schr\"odinger bridge problem which aims to recover the most likely evolution of a diffusion…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-11 Qinsheng Zhang , Yongxin Chen

In this paper, we propose an extension to mixed multidimensional constraints of the problem of state and input constrained control introduced in DeDona and L\'evine, SIAM J. Control and Optimiz., Vol. 51, 2013, where the admissible set,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-10 Willem Esterhuizen , Jean Lévine

We study the problem of the existence, uniqueness and stability of solutions of reflected stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with a minimality condition depending on the law of the solution (and not on the paths). We require that some…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Adrian Falkowski , Leszek Slominski

The paper describes a receding horizon control design framework for continuous-time stochastic nonlinear systems subject to probabilistic state constraints. The intention is to derive solutions that are implementable in real-time on…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-11-20 Shridhar K. Shah , Herbert G. Tanner , Chetan D. Pahlajani

We consider reflected backward stochastic different equations with optional barrier and so-called regulated trajectories, i.e trajectories with left and right finite limits. We prove existence and uniqueness results. We also show that the…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Tomasz Klimsiak , Maurycy Rzymowski , Leszek Słomiński

The purpose of this article is to study a stochastic control problem on a junction, with control at the junction point. The problem of control is formulated in the weak sense, using a relaxed control, namely a control which takes values in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Isaac Ohavi

The solution of the path structured multimarginal Schr\"{o}dinger bridge problem (MSBP) is the most-likely measure-valued trajectory consistent with a sequence of observed probability measures or distributional snapshots. We leverage recent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-05 Georgiy A. Bondar , Robert Gifford , Linh Thi Xuan Phan , Abhishek Halder

In this article we continue our analysis of Schroedinger operators with a random potential using scattering theory. In particular the theory of Krein's spectral shift function leads to an alternative construction of the density of states in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vadim Kostrykin , Robert Schrader

The reconstruction of physical fields from sparse measurements is pivotal in both scientific research and engineering applications. Traditional methods are increasingly supplemented by deep learning models due to their efficacy in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-27 Zeyu Li , Hongkun Dou , Shen Fang , Wang Han , Yue Deng , Lijun Yang

For one-dimensional random Schr\"odinger operators, the integrated density of states is known to be given in terms of the (averaged) rotation number of the Pr\"ufer phase dynamics. This paper develops a controlled perturbation theory for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Florian Dorsch , Hermann Schulz-Baldes

We consider the problem of steering a linear stochastic system between two end-point degenerate Gaussian distributions in finite time. This accounts for those situations in which some but not all of the state entries are uncertain at the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-18 Valentina Ciccone , Yongxin Chen , Tryphon T. Georgiou , Michele Pavon

We prove the existence of a solution to an equation governing the number density within a compact domain of a discrete particle system for a prescribed class of particle interactions taking into account the effects of the diffusion and…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Clive G. Wells

A Schr\"odinger bridge is the most probable time-dependent probability distribution that connects an initial probability distribution $w_{i}$ to a final one $w_{f}$. The problem has been solved and widely used for the case of simple…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-02 Henri Orland