English
Related papers

Related papers: Exploring Stochastic Mean Curvature Flow on Networ…

200 papers

This work theoretically studies stochastic neural networks, a main type of neural network in use. We prove that as the width of an optimized stochastic neural network tends to infinity, its predictive variance on the training set decreases…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Liu Ziyin , Hanlin Zhang , Xiangming Meng , Yuting Lu , Eric Xing , Masahito Ueda

Construction of splitting-step methods and properties of related non-negativity and boundary preserving numerical algorithms for solving stochastic differential equations (SDEs) of Ito-type are discussed. We present convergence proofs for a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Esteban Moro , Henri Schurz

Much recent research activity has been devoted to empirical study and theoretical models of complex networks (random graphs) with three qualitative features: power-law degree distribution, local clustering of edges, and small diameter. We…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-08-23 David J. Aldous

Stochastic geometric mechanics (SGM) is known for its potential utility in quantifying uncertainty in global climate modelling of the Earth's ocean and atmosphere while also preserving the fundamental advective transport properties of ideal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-08-30 Darryl D. Holm , Erwin Luesink

Through this research, embedded synthetic fracture networks in rock masses are studied. To analysis the fluid flow complexity in fracture networks with respect to the variation of connectivity patterns, two different approaches are…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2012-02-23 H. O. Ghaffari , M. H. B. Nasseri , R. P. Young

Numerous problems of both theoretical and practical interest are related to finding shortest (or otherwise optimal) paths in networks, frequently in the presence of some obstacles or constraints. A somewhat related class of problems focuses…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-03-01 Ricardo Gutiérrez , Carlos Pérez-Espigares

Scale-free (SF) networks and small world networks have been found to occur in very diverse contexts. It is this striking universality which makes one look for widely applicable mechanisms which lead to the formation of such networks. In…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Brede , John Finnigan

We review the recent fast progress in statistical physics of evolving networks. Interest has focused mainly on the structural properties of random complex networks in communications, biology, social sciences and economics. A number of giant…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. N. Dorogovtsev , J. F. F. Mendes

We consider a distributed convex optimization problem in a network which is time-varying and not always strongly connected. The local cost function of each node is affected by some stochastic process. All nodes of the network collaborate to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Wenjie Li , Mohamad Assaad

Networks serve as a tool used to examine the large-scale connectivity patterns in complex systems. Modelling their generative mechanism nonparametrically is often based on step-functions, such as the stochastic block models. These models…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-01-11 Arthur Verdeyme , Sofia C. Olhede

Expanding on neural operators, we propose a novel framework for stochastic process learning across arbitrary domains. In particular, we develop operator flow matching (OFM) for learning stochastic process priors on function spaces. OFM…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Yaozhong Shi , Zachary E. Ross , Domniki Asimaki , Kamyar Azizzadenesheli

These notes attempt a self-contained introduction into statistical field theory applied to neural networks of rate units and binary spins. The presentation consists of three parts: First, the introduction of fundamental notions of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-05-18 Moritz Helias , David Dahmen

The continuous-time random walk (CTRW) is a pure-jump stochastic process with several applications in physics, but also in insurance, finance and economics. A definition is given for a class of stochastic integrals driven by a CTRW, that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-03-19 Guido Germano , Mauro Politi , Enrico Scalas , René L. Schilling

Dynamical processes taking place on networks have received much attention in recent years, especially on various models of random graphs (including small world and scale free networks). They model a variety of phenomena, including the…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jonathan Rowe , Boris Mitavskiy

Fluid approximations have seen great success in approximating the macro-scale behaviour of Markov systems with a large number of discrete states. However, these methods rely on the continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) having a particular…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-29 Michalis Michaelides , Jane Hillston , Guido Sanguinetti

This paper introduces the path derivatives, in the spirit of Dupire's functional It\^o calculus, for the controlled paths in the rough path theory with possibly non-geometric rough paths. The theory allows us to deal with rough integration…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-12-24 Christian Keller , Jianfeng Zhang

We propose a novel problem formulation of continuous-time information propagation on heterogenous networks based on jump stochastic differential equations (SDE). The structure of the network and activation rates between nodes are naturally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-26 Yaohua Zang , Gang Bao , Xiaojing Ye , Hongyuan Zha , Haomin Zhou

Dropout is a widely utilized regularization technique in the training of neural networks, nevertheless, its underlying mechanism and its impact on achieving good generalization abilities remain poorly understood. In this work, we derive the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Zhongwang Zhang , Yuqing Li , Tao Luo , Zhi-Qin John Xu

This paper addresses a distributed optimization problem in a communication network where nodes are active sporadically. Each active node applies some learning method to control its action to maximize the global utility function, which is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Wenjie Li , Mohamad Assaad , Shiqi Zheng

In this article we focus on dynamic network data which describe interactions among a fixed population through time. We model this data using the latent space framework, in which the probability of a connection forming is expressed as a…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-12-21 Kathryn Turnbull , Christopher Nemeth , Matthew Nunes , Tyler McCormick