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Policy gradient methods are extensively used in reinforcement learning as a way to optimize expected return. In this paper, we explore the evolution of the policy parameters, for a special class of exactly solvable POMDPs, as a…

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The short- and long-time dynamics of model systems undergoing a glass transition with apparent inversion of Kauzmann and dynamical arrest glass transition lines is investigated. These models belong to the class of the spherical mean-field…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-01-06 Corrado Rainone , Ulisse Ferrari , Matteo Paoluzzi , Luca Leuzzi

We study the energy landscape of a model of a single particle on a random potential, that is, we investigate the topology of level sets of smooth random fields on $\mathbb R^{N}$ of the form $X_N(x) +\frac\mu2 \|x\|^2,$ where $X_{N}$ is a…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-06-29 Antonio Auffinger , Qiang Zeng

An efficient algorithm is developed to construct disconnectivity graphs by a random walk over basins of attraction. This algorithm can detect a large number of local minima, find energy barriers between them, and estimate local thermal…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-08-08 Qing Zhou

In many mean-field glassy systems, the low-temperature Gibbs measure is dominated by exponentially many metastable states. We analyze the evolution of the metastable states as temperature changes adiabatically in the solvable case of the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2012-07-09 YiFan Sun , Andrea Crisanti , Florent Krzakala , Luca Leuzzi , Lenka Zdeborová

We describe an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm using a random walk in energy space to obtain a very accurate estimate of the density of states for classical statistical models. The density of states is modified at each step when the energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fugao Wang , David. P. Landau

Transition probabilities for stochastic systems can be expressed in terms of a functional integral over paths taken by the system. Evaluating the integral by the saddle point method in the weak-noise limit leads to a remarkable mapping…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-12-25 S P Fitzgerald , T J W Honour

We explore glassy dynamics of dense assemblies of soft particles that are self-propelled by active forces. These forces have a fixed amplitude and a propulsion direction that varies on a timescale tau_p, the persistence timescale. Numerical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-05-26 Rituparno Mandal , Peter Sollich

We review some of the techniques used to study the dynamics of disordered systems subject to both quenched and fast (thermal) noise. Starting from the Martin-Siggia-Rose path integral formalism for a single variable stochastic dynamics, we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-01-26 John A. Hertz , Yasser Roudi , Peter Sollich

We present a simple mathematical framework for the description of the dynamics of glassy systems in terms of a random walk in a complex energy landscape pictured as a network of minima. We show how to use the tools developed for the study…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-17 Paolo Moretti , Andrea Baronchelli , Alain Barrat , Romualdo Pastor-Satorras

Understanding the transition events between metastable states in complex systems is an important subject in the fields of computational physics, chemistry and biology. The transition pathway plays an important role in characterizing the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-04-10 Bo Lin , Yangzheng Zhong , Weiqing Ren

Transition phenomena between metastable states play an important role in complex systems due to noisy fluctuations. In this paper, the physics informed neural networks (PINNs) are presented to compute the most probable transition pathway.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-13 Jianyu Hu , Dongfang Li , Jinqiao Duan , Xiaoli Chen

We use computer simulation to investigate the topology of the potential energy $V(\{{\bf R}\})$ and to search for doublewell potential's (DWP) in a model glass . By a sequence of Newtonian and dissipative dynamics we find different minima…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Demichelis , G. Viliani , G. Ruocco

We analyze operational risk in terms of a spin glass model. Several regimes are investigated, as a functions of the parameters that characterize the dynamics. The system is found to be robust against variations of these parameters. We…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2010-02-19 M. Bardoscia , P. Facchi , S. Pascazio , A. Trullo

We consider an invariant random matrix model where the standard Gaussian potential is distorted by an additional single pole of order $m$. We compute the average or macroscopic spectral density in the limit of large matrix size, solving the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-09 Gernot Akemann , Dario Villamaina , Pierpaolo Vivo

Conventional rendering techniques are primarily designed and optimized for single-frame rendering. In practical applications, such as scene editing and animation rendering, users frequently encounter scenes where only a small portion is…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Bing Xu , Tzu-Mao Li , Iliyan Georgiev , Trevor Hedstrom , Ravi Ramamoorthi

Nonlinear dynamical systems are ubiquitous in nature and they are hard to forecast. Not only they may be sensitive to small perturbations in their initial conditions, but they are often composed of processes acting at multiple scales.…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-06 Chenyu Dong , Davide Faranda , Adriano Gualandi , Valerio Lucarini , Gianmarco Mengaldo

The complex physics of glass forming systems is controlled by the structure of the low energy portions of their potential energy landscapes. Here, we report that a modified metadynamics algorithm efficiently explores and samples low energy…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-01-11 Amruthesh Thirumalaiswamy , Robert A. Riggleman , John C. Crocker

Two path integral representations for the $T$-matrix in nonrelativistic potential scattering are derived and proved to produce the complete Born series when expanded to all orders. They are obtained with the help of "phantom" degrees of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-07-28 R. Rosenfelder

Some questions concerning the calculation of the number of ``physical'' (metastable) states or complexity of the spherical $p$-spin spin glass model are reviewed and examined further. Particular attention is focused on the general…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Crisanti , L. Leuzzi , T. Rizzo