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We construct a generalization of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes on the cone of covariance matrices endowed with the Log-Euclidean and the Affine-Invariant metrics. Our development exploits the Riemannian geometric structure of symmetric…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-11-18 Mai Ngoc Bui , Yvo Pokern , Petros Dellaportas

The diffusion forecasting is a nonparametric approach that provably solves the Fokker-Planck PDE corresponding to It\^o diffusion without knowing the underlying equation. The key idea of this method is to approximate the solution of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-17 John Harlim , Haizhao Yang

We present Causal Posterior Estimation (CPE), a novel method for Bayesian inference in simulator models, i.e., models where the evaluation of the likelihood function is intractable or too computationally expensive, but where one can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Simon Dirmeier , Antonietta Mira

We propose an algorithm based on variational quantum imaginary time evolution for solving the Feynman-Kac partial differential equation resulting from a multidimensional system of stochastic differential equations. We utilize the…

This paper proposes low-overhead and low-complexity channel estimation (CE) of frequency-domain equalization aided faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) signaling. In the proposed CE scheme, the concept of pilot superimposition is employed, where the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-23 Yuchen Wu , Shinya Sugiura

Fourier Neural Operators (FNO) have emerged as promising solutions for efficiently solving partial differential equations (PDEs) by learning infinite-dimensional function mappings through frequency domain transformations. However, the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Tianyu Chen , Haoyi Zhou , Ying Li , Hao Wang , Zhenzhe Zhang , Tianchen Zhu , Shanghang Zhang , Jianxin Li

In this paper we investigate the speed of convergence of the fluctuations of a general class of Feynman-Kac particle approximation models. We design an original approach based on new Berry-Esseen type estimates for abstract martingale…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Pierre Del Moral , Samy Tindel

With the emergence of fluid antenna (FA) in wireless communications, the capability to dynamically adjust port positions offers substantial benefits in spatial diversity and spectrum efficiency, which are particularly valuable for mobile…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-25 Ying Ju , Mingdong Li , Haoyu Wang , Lei Liu , Youyang Qu , Mianxiong Dong , Victor C. M. Leung , Chau Yuen

We design a particle interpretation of Feynman-Kac measures on path spaces based on a backward Markovian representation combined with a traditional mean field particle interpretation of the flow of their final time marginals. In contrast to…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-08-19 Pierre Del Moral , Arnaud Doucet , Sumeetpal S. Singh

We propose a novel non-compact, positivity-preserving scheme for linear non-divergence form elliptic equations. Based on the Feynman--Kac formula, the solution is represented as a conditional expectation associated with a diffusion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Haoran Xu , Kunyang Li , Xingye Yue

Piecewise deterministic Markov process samplers are attractive alternatives to Metropolis--Hastings algorithms. A central design question is how to incorporate partial velocity refreshment to ensure ergodicity without injecting excessive…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Hirofumi Shiba , Kengo Kamatani

We develop continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) approximation of one-dimensional diffusions with a lower sticky boundary. Approximate solutions to the action of the Feynman-Kac operator associated with a sticky diffusion and first passage…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Christian Meier , Lingfei Li , Gongqiu Zhang

Distributed Mean Estimation (DME), in which $n$ clients communicate vectors to a parameter server that estimates their average, is a fundamental building block in communication-efficient federated learning. In this paper, we improve on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Ran Ben Basat , Shay Vargaftik , Amit Portnoy , Gil Einziger , Yaniv Ben-Itzhak , Michael Mitzenmacher

This article develops a methodology allowing application of the complete machinery of particle-based inference methods upon the class of continuous-discrete State Space Models (CD-SSMs). Such models correspond to a latent continuous-time…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-11-17 Christopher Stanton , Alexandros Beskos

We provide two applications of an elementary (yet seemingly unknown) probabilistic representation of matrix ordered exponentials, which generalizes the Feynman-Kac formula in finite dimensions and the change of measure formula between two…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Pierre Yves Gaudreau Lamarre

Functionals of a stochastic process Y(t) model many physical time-extensive observables, e.g. particle positions, local and occupation times or accumulated mechanical work. When Y(t) is a normal diffusive process, their statistics are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-04-05 Andrea Cairoli , Adrian Baule

Probabilistic Time Series Forecasting (PTSF) plays a crucial role in decision-making across various fields, including economics, energy, and transportation. Most existing methods excell at short-term forecasting, while overlooking the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Xingjian Wu , Xiangfei Qiu , Hongfan Gao , Jilin Hu , Bin Yang , Chenjuan Guo

Diffusion coefficients are key thermophysical properties for modeling mass transport in liquids, but experimental data are scarce, making reliable prediction methods indispensable. In the present work, we introduce a new method for…

In this article, we prove a Feynman-Kac type result for a broad class of second order ordinary differential equations. The classical Feynman-Kac theorem says that the solution to a broad class of second order parabolic equations is the mean…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-06-22 Zachary Selk , Harsha Honnappa

We provide a mathematical study of the modified Diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) algorithm introduced in the companion article \cite{DMC}. DMC is a simulation technique that uses branching particle systems to represent expectations associated…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-04-11 Martin Hairer , Jonathan Weare