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Several computer vision and artificial intelligence projects are nowadays exploiting the manifold data distribution using, e.g., the diffusion process. This approach has produced dramatic improvements on the final performance thanks to the…

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We consider super-diffusive L\'evy walks in $d \geqslant 2$ dimensions when the duration of a single step, i.e., a ballistic motion performed by a walker, is governed by a power-law tailed distribution of infinite variance and finite mean.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-04-05 Itzhak Fouxon , Sergey Denisov , Vasily Zaburdaev , Eli Barkai

We address the now classical problem of a diffusion process that crosses over from a ballistic behavior at short times to a fractional diffusion (sub- or super-diffusion) at longer times. Using the standard non-Markovian diffusion equation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Valery Ilyin , Itamar Procaccia , Anatoly Zagorodny

This article is concerned with the mathematical analysis of a family of adaptive importance sampling algorithms applied to diffusion processes. These methods, referred to as Adaptive Biasing Potential methods, are designed to efficiently…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-05-10 Michel Benaïm , Charles-Edouard Bréhier

Dispersion of a passive scalar from concentrated sources in fully developed turbulent channel flow is studied with the probability density function (PDF) method. The joint PDF of velocity, turbulent frequency and scalar concentration is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-03-24 J. Bakosi , P. Franzese , Z. Boybeyi

In this paper we study subdiffusion in a system with a thin membrane. At the beginning, the random walk of a particle is considered in a system with a discrete time and space variable and then the probability describing the evolution of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-21 Tadeusz Kosztołowicz

Given a sample of independent and identically distributed random variables, a novel nonparametric maximum entropy method is presented to estimate the underlying continuous univariate probability density function (pdf). Estimates are found…

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In this work, we use ML techniques to develop presumed PDF models for large eddy simulations of reacting flows. The joint sub-filter PDF of mixture fraction and progress variable is modeled using various ML algorithms and commonly used…

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A method providing optimal estimate of probability density functions (PDFs) from time series is proposed. It allows almost arbitrary resolution PDFs when applied to either, sampled analytic functions or digitized data from experiments. When…

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Experimental data in Particle and Nuclear physics, Particle Astrophysics and Radiation Protection Dosimetry are obtained from experimental facilities comprising a complex array of sensors, electronics and software. Computer simulation is…

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In probability density function (PDF) methods of turbulent flows, the joint PDF of several flow variables is computed by numerically integrating a system of stochastic differential equations for Lagrangian particles. A mathematically exact…

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This paper considers an optimization problem for a dynamical system whose evolution depends on a collection of binary decision variables. We develop scalable approximation algorithms with provable suboptimality bounds to provide…

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We seek to characterize the motility of mouse fibroblasts on 2D substrates. Utilizing automated tracking techniques, we find that cell trajectories are super-diffusive, where displacements scale faster than t^(1/2) in all directions. Two…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-12-15 G Passucci , ME Brasch , JH Henderson , V Zaburdaev , ML Manning

A method to approximate continuous multi-dimensional probability density functions (PDFs) using their projections and correlations is described. The method is particularly useful for event classification when estimates of systematic…

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The score function for the diffusion process, also known as the gradient of the log-density, is a basic concept to characterize the probability flow with important applications in the score-based diffusion generative modelling and the…

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In a standard optimization approach, the underlying process model is first identified at a given set of operating conditions and this updated model is, then, used to calculate the optimal conditions for the process. This two-step procedure…

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Large-scale multi-objective optimization poses challenges to existing evolutionary algorithms in maintaining the performances of convergence and diversity because of high dimensional decision variables. Inspired by the motion of particles…

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Probability density function (PDF) methods are a promising alternative to predicting the transport of solutes in groundwater under uncertainty. They make it possible to derive the evolution equations of the mean concentration and the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-03-15 Lennart Schüler , Nicolae Suciu , Peter Knabner , Sabine Attinger

The stochastic motions of a diffusing particle contain information concerning the particle's interactions with binding partners and with its local environment. However, accurate determination of the underlying diffusive properties, beyond…

Biological Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 Peter K. Koo , Simon G. J. Mochrie

Diffusion models achieve superior performance in image generation tasks. However, it incurs significant computation overheads due to its iterative structure. To address these overheads, we analyze this iterative structure and observe that…

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