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Non-convex methods for linear inverse problems with low-dimensional models have emerged as an alternative to convex techniques. We propose a theoretical framework where both finite dimensional and infinite dimensional linear inverse…
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We revisit the classical problem of comparing regression functions, a fundamental question in statistical inference with broad relevance to modern applications such as data integration, transfer learning, and causal inference. Existing…
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Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have shown remarkable performance in image generation. However, GAN training suffers from the problem of instability. One of the main approaches to address this problem is to modify the loss function,…
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There is a recent development in the carrying simplex theory for competitive maps: under some weaker conditions a map has a modified carrying simplex (one of the author's latest publications). In this paper, as one of the applications of…
Recent work has shown that diffusion models trained with the denoising score matching (DSM) objective often violate the Fokker--Planck (FP) equation that governs the evolution of the true data density. Directly penalizing these deviations…
In this paper we address anisotropic and inhomogeneous mean curvature flows with forcing and mobility, and show that the minimizing movements scheme converges to level set/viscosity solutions and to distributional solutions \textit{\`a la}…
When solving rank-deficient or discrete ill-posed problems by regularization methods, the choice of the regularization parameter is crucial. It is also of interest, the regularization norm used in the selection of the solution. In this…