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We consider the fundamental problem of sampling the optimal transport coupling between given source and target distributions. In certain cases, the optimal transport plan takes the form of a one-to-one mapping from the source support to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Mara Daniels , Tyler Maunu , Paul Hand

We investigate the problem of sampling from posterior distributions with intractable normalizing constants in Bayesian inference. Our solution is a new generative modeling approach based on optimal transport (OT) that learns a deterministic…

Computation · Statistics 2026-03-03 Ke Li , Wei Han , Yuexi Wang , Yun Yang

Many mathematical optimization algorithms fail to sufficiently explore the solution space of high-dimensional nonlinear optimization problems due to the curse of dimensionality. This paper proposes generative models as a complement to…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-05 Pouya Rezazadeh Kalehbasti , Michael D. Lepech , Samarpreet Singh Pandher

The column-and-constraint generation (CCG) method was introduced by \citet{Zeng2013} for solving two-stage adaptive optimization. We found that the CCG method is quite scalable, but sometimes, and in some applications often, produces…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-10 Dimitris Bertsimas , Shimrit Shtern

This paper explores the use of Column Generation (CG) techniques in constructing univariate binary decision trees for classification tasks. We propose a novel Integer Linear Programming (ILP) formulation, based on root-to-leaf paths in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-12 Murat Firat , Guillaume Crognier , Adriana F. Gabor , C. A. J. Hurkens , Yingqian Zhang

In standard generative deep learning models, such as autoencoders or GANs, the size of the parameter set is proportional to the complexity of the generated data distribution. A significant challenge is to deploy resource-hungry deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Shreshth Tuli , Shikhar Tuli , Giuliano Casale , Nicholas R. Jennings

Along with the rapid development of new urban mobility options like ride-sharing over the past decade, on-demand micro-transit services stand out as a middle ground, bridging the gap between fixed-line mass transit and single-request…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Hins Hu , Rishav Sen , Jose Paolo Talusan , Abhishek Dubey , Aron Laszka , Samitha Samaranayake

In this article we introduce Graph Generation, an enhanced Column Generation (CG) algorithm for solving expanded linear programming relaxations of mixed integer linear programs. To apply Graph Generation, we must be able to map any given…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Julian Yarkony , Naveed Haghani , Amelia Regan

We introduce a novel gene regulatory network (GRN) inference method that integrates optimal transport (OT) with a deep-learning structural inference model. Advances in next-generation sequencing enable detailed yet destructive gene…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Tsz Pan Tong , Aoran Wang , George Panagopoulos , Jun Pang

Deep generative models (DGMs) are effective on learning multilayered representations of complex data and performing inference of input data by exploring the generative ability. However, little work has been done on examining or empowering…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-12-16 Chongxuan Li , Jun Zhu , Tianlin Shi , Bo Zhang

To improve the performance of classical generative adversarial network (GAN), Wasserstein generative adversarial networks (W-GAN) was developed as a Kantorovich dual formulation of the optimal transport (OT) problem using Wasserstein-1…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Byeongsu Sim , Gyutaek Oh , Jeongsol Kim , Chanyong Jung , Jong Chul Ye

We propose a randomized method for solving linear programs with a large number of columns but a relatively small number of constraints. Since enumerating all the columns is usually unrealistic, such linear programs are commonly solved by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-29 Yi-Chun Akchen , Velibor V. Mišić

Generative adversarial networks (GANs) have enjoyed tremendous success in image generation and processing, and have recently attracted growing interests in financial modelings. This paper analyzes GANs from the perspectives of mean-field…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Haoyang Cao , Xin Guo , Mathieu Laurière

We propose a new approach to train the Generative Adversarial Nets (GANs) with a mixture of generators to overcome the mode collapsing problem. The main intuition is to employ multiple generators, instead of using a single one as in the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Quan Hoang , Tu Dinh Nguyen , Trung Le , Dinh Phung

With the discovery of Wasserstein GANs, Optimal Transport (OT) has become a powerful tool for large-scale generative modeling tasks. In these tasks, OT cost is typically used as the loss for training GANs. In contrast to this approach, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Litu Rout , Alexander Korotin , Evgeny Burnaev

Two-stage stochastic unit commitment (2S-SUC) problems have been widely adopted to manage the uncertainties introduced by high penetrations of intermittent renewable energy resources. While decomposition-based algorithms such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Zhentong Shao , Jingtao Qin , Nanpeng Yu

Multi-marginal optimal transport (MOT) is a generalization of optimal transport to multiple marginals. Optimal transport has evolved into an important tool in many machine learning applications, and its multi-marginal extension opens up for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-07 Jiaojiao Fan , Isabel Haasler , Johan Karlsson , Yongxin Chen

Efficient resource allocation and optical switching promise high key rates, network adaptability, and cost reduction in repeaterless quantum communication networks. However, identifying optimal switching configurations remains a significant…

Many statistical problems involve optimization over a discrete parameter space having an unknown dimension. In such settings, gradient-based methods often fail due to the non-differentiability of the objective function or a non-convex or…

Applications · Statistics 2026-03-19 Mo Li , QiQi Lu , Robert Lund , Xueheng Shi

As the virtualization of networks continues to attract attention from both industry and academia, the Virtual Network Embedding (VNE) problem remains a focus of researchers. This paper proposes a one-shot, unsplittable flow VNE solution…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-09-28 Rashid Mijumbi , Joan Serrat , Juan-Luis Gorricho , Raouf Boutaba