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Kinematical and dynamical properties of chaotic systems are reviewed and a few applications are described.

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-10-09 Giovannni Gallavotti

Parameter inference in ordinary differential equations is an important problem in many applied sciences and in engineering, especially in a data-scarce setting. In this work, we introduce a novel generative modeling approach based on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-06 Philippe Wenk , Gabriele Abbati , Michael A Osborne , Bernhard Schölkopf , Andreas Krause , Stefan Bauer

In this paper we make a survey on the so called randomization method, a recent methodology to study stochastic optimization problems. It allows to represent the value function of an optimal control problem by a suitable backward stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-12 Marco Fuhrman

Learning dynamics governing physical and spatiotemporal processes is a challenging problem, especially in scenarios where states are partially measured. In this work, we tackle the problem of learning dynamics governing these systems when…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Paul Ghanem , Ahmet Demirkaya , Tales Imbiriba , Alireza Ramezani , Zachary Danziger , Deniz Erdogmus

Lattice paths effectively model phenomena in chemistry, physics and probability theory. Asymptotic enumeration of lattice paths is linked with entropy in the physical systems being modeled. Lattice paths restricted to different regions of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-04-25 Samuel Johnson

Partial differential equation (PDE) models are widely used in engineering and natural sciences to describe spatio-temporal processes. The parameters of the considered processes are often unknown and have to be estimated from experimental…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-21 Romana Boiger , Jan Hasenauer , Sabrina Hross , Barbara Kaltenbacher

We present some new nonparametric estimators of entropies and we establish almost sure consistency and central limit Theorems for some of the most important entropies in the discrete case. Our theorical results are validated by simulations.

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-22 Amadou Diadie Ba , Gane Samb Lo

Logistic regression is a well-known statistical model which is commonly used in the situation where the output is a binary random variable. It has a wide range of applications including machine learning, public health, social sciences,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-18 Bernard Bercu , Antoine Godichon-Baggioni , Bruno Portier

Asymptotic expansions are derived as power series in a small coefficient entering a nonlinear multiplicative noise and a deterministic driving term in a nonlinear evolution equation. Detailed estimates on remainders are provided.

Probability · Mathematics 2013-12-10 Sergio Albeverio , Boubaker Smii

We examine a random model consisting of objects with positive weights and evolving in discrete time steps, which generalizes certain random graph models. We prove almost sure convergence for the weight distribution and show scale-free…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-11-10 Ágnes Backhausz , Tamás F. Móri

In this paper, we develop a new strategy aimed at obtaining high-order asymptotic models for transport equations with highly-oscillatory solutions. The technique relies upon recent developments averaging theory for ordinary differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Philippe Chartier , Nicolas Crouseilles , Mohammed Lemou

As physics searches for invariants in observations, this paper looks for invariants of probabilistic observation without assuming physical structure. Structure emerges from the basic assumption of science that new information shall lead to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Johann Summhammer

This paper considers a probabilistic-analytical approach to determining asymptotics of prime objects on the initial interval of the natural series. The author proposes a new method based on the construction of a probability space. An…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Victor Volfson

This is the first of a two-part paper which determines necessary and sufficient conditions on the asymptotic behaviour of forcing functions so that the solutions of additively pertubed linear differential equations obey certain growth or…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-10-23 John A. D. Appleby , Emmet Lawless

Parameter identification problems are formulated in a probabilistic language, where the randomness reflects the uncertainty about the knowledge of the true values. This setting allows conceptually easily to incorporate new information, e.g.…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2013-03-19 Bojana V. Rosić , Anna Kučerová , Jan Sýkora , Oliver Pajonk , Alexander Litvinenko , Hermann G. Matthies

In this work, we develop a linear model ODE to study the parasitic capillary ripples present on steep Stokes waves when a small amount of surface tension is included in the formulation. Our methodology builds upon the exponential asymptotic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-22 Josh Shelton , Philippe Trinh

Using a new Bayesian method for solving inverse quantum problems, potentials of quantum systems are reconstructed from coordinate measurements in non-stationary states. The approach is based on two basic inputs: 1. a likelihood model,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. C. Lemm

In this Note we introduce a new methodology for Bayesian inference through the use of $\phi$-divergences and the duality technique. The asymptotic laws of the estimates are established.

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2011-12-30 Mohamed Cherfi

This chapter provides a tutorial overview of first principles methods to describe the properties of matter at the ground state or equilibrium. It begins with a brief introduction to quantum and statistical mechanics for predicting the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-10-14 Jianzhong Wu , Mengyang Gu

We provide another look at the statistical calibration problem in computer models. This viewpoint is inspired by two overarching practical considerations of computer models: (i) many computer models are inadequate for perfectly modeling…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-09-26 Xiaowu Dai , Peter Chien