English
Related papers

Related papers: Stochastic Transport Maps in Diffusion Models and …

200 papers

It is well known, mainly because of the work of Kurtz, that density dependent Markov chains can be approximated by sets of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) when their indexing parameter grows very large. This approximation cannot…

Performance · Computer Science 2014-04-04 Marco Beccuti , Enrico Bibbona , Andras Horvath , Roberta Sirovich , Alessio Angius , Gianfranco Balbo

In this work, we introduce a novel first-order nonlocal partial differential equation with saturated diffusion to describe the macroscopic behavior of traffic dynamics. We show how the proposed model is better in comparison with existing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Dawson Do , Hossein Nick Zinat Matin , Masuma Mollika Miti , Maria Laura Delle Monache

Diffusion models have been widely studied as effective generative tools for solving inverse problems. The main ideas focus on performing the reverse sampling process conditioned on noisy measurements, using well-established numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Xiang Cao , Xiaoqun Zhang

This paper proposes a physical-statistical modeling approach for spatio-temporal data arising from a class of stochastic convection-diffusion processes. Such processes are widely found in scientific and engineering applications where…

Applications · Statistics 2020-08-07 Xiao Liu , Kyongmin Yeo , Siyuan Lu

Dimensional reduction techniques have long been used to visualize the structure and geometry of high dimensional data. However, most widely used techniques are difficult to interpret due to nonlinearities and opaque optimization processes.…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-01-09 Andrew Baumgartner , Sui Huang , Jennifer Hadlock , Cory Funk

This paper develops a rigorous probabilistic framework that extends denoising diffusion models to the setting of noncommutative random variables. Building on Voiculescu's theory of free entropy and free Fisher information, we formulate…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Swagatam Das

The method of choice for integrating the time-dependent Fokker-Planck equation in high-dimension is to generate samples from the solution via integration of the associated stochastic differential equation. Here, we study an alternative…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Nicholas M. Boffi , Eric Vanden-Eijnden

For a stochastic differential equation (SDE) that is an It\^{o} diffusion or Langevin equation, the Fokker-Planck operator governs the evolution of the probability density, while its adjoint, the infinitesimal generator of the stochastic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Max Kreider , Peter J. Thomas , Yao Li

This is an expository article on the score-based diffusion models, with a particular focus on the formulation via stochastic differential equations (SDE). After a gentle introduction, we discuss the two pillars in the diffusion modeling --…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Wenpin Tang , Hanyang Zhao

Diffusion-based generative models have achieved remarkable performance across various domains, yet their practical deployment is often limited by high sampling costs. While prior work focuses on training objectives or individual solvers,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Sangwoo Jo , Sungjoon Choi

Recently a Dynamic-Monge-Kantorovich formulation of the PDE-based $L^1$-optimal transport problem was presented. The model considers a diffusion equation enforcing the balance of the transported masses with a time-varying conductivity that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-11 Enrico Facca , Franco Cardin , Mario Putti

We construct and analyze generative diffusions that transport a point mass to a prescribed target distribution over a finite time horizon using the stochastic interpolant framework. The drift is expressed as a conditional expectation that…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Yifan Chen , Eric Vanden-Eijnden

The Monte Carlo (MC) trajectory sampling of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) based on the quasiprobabilities, such as the Glauber-Sudarshan P, Wigner, and Husimi Q functions, enables us to investigate bosonic open quantum many-body…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-12-24 Toma Yoneya , Kazuya Fujimoto , Yuki Kawaguchi

Diffusion models have quickly become some of the most popular and powerful generative models for high-dimensional data. The key insight that enabled their development was the realization that access to the score -- the gradient of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Zhenghan Fang , Mateo Díaz , Sam Buchanan , Jeremias Sulam

We construct transported PDEs on self-similar fractal domains from reference equations posed on the unit interval, and derive explicit self-similar interacting particle systems that approximate the resulting dynamics. The construction…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Georgi Medvedev , Emmanuel Trélat

The application of Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) to the analysis of temporal data has attracted increasing attention, due to their ability to describe complex dynamics with physically interpretable equations. In this paper, we…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-08-09 Constantino A. García , Abraham Otero , Paulo Félix , Jesús Presedo , David G. Márquez

Machine learning has demonstrated remarkable promise for solving the trajectory generation problem and in paving the way for online use of trajectory optimization for resource-constrained spacecraft. However, a key shortcoming in current…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Julia Briden , Breanna Johnson , Richard Linares , Abhishek Cauligi

One proves the uniqueness of distributional solutions to nonlinear Fokker--Planck equations with monotone diffusion term and derive as a consequence (restricted) uniqueness in law for the corresponding McKean--Vlasov stochastic differential…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-04-19 Viorel Barbu , Michael Röckner

We consider a class of stochastic reaction-diffusion equations also having a stochastic perturbation on the boundary and we show that when the diffusion rate is much larger than the rate of reaction, it is possible to replace the SPDE by a…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-12-16 Sandra Cerrai , Mark Freidlin

In Bayesian applications, there is a huge interest in rapid and accurate estimation of the posterior distribution, particularly for high dimensional or hierarchical models. In this article, we propose to use optimization to solve for a…

Computation · Statistics 2021-03-12 Leo L. Duan