arXiv Machine Learning

Quantifying the noise sensitivity of the Wasserstein metric for images

arXiv:2510. 01015v3 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Wasserstein metrics are increasingly adopted as similarity scores for images.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 18

The Observable Wasserstein Distance

arXiv:2605. 09916v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce the observable Wasserstein distance, a framework for deriving lower bounds on the Wasserstein distance between probability measures on Polish metric spaces, designed to bypass the computational intractability of exact optimal transport in large-scale, non-Euclidean datasets.

By Edivaldo Lopes dos Santos, Leandro Vicente Mauri, Washington Mio, Tom Needham
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 23

Relative Wasserstein Angle and the Problem of the $W_2$-Nearest Gaussian Distribution

The paper introduces a geometric framework for measuring how far empirical datasets deviate from the Gaussian family using optimal transport theory. It defines two new quantities—the relative Wasserstein angle and the orthogonal projection distance—based on the cone structure of the relative translation invariant quadratic Wasserstein space, and shows that the usual moment‑matching Gaussian is not generally the $W_2$‑nearest Gaussian. Closed‑form expressions are derived for one‑dimensional and several location–scale families, while a numerical approximation is proposed for higher dimensions, with experiments demonstrating convergence, stability, and the angle’s robustness as a non‑Gaussianity indicator.

By Binshuai Wang, Peng Wei
arXiv Statistics ML
Sep 4

Discrete Gromov-Wasserstein Duality: Algorithms and Isomorphism Testing

The paper presents a new duality formulation for the Gromov‑Wasserstein distance that applies to all finitely supported metric‑measure spaces, with and without entropic regularization. Using this duality, the authors derive sample‑complexity bounds and limit distributions for empirical GW distances, and introduce algorithms with formal convergence guarantees. These results enable a principled, efficient method for testing isomorphism between distributions on graphs with a fixed number of nodes based on samples.

By Gabriel Rioux, Joanna Marks, Riccardo Passeggeri, Ziv Goldfeld
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 10

Convergence of Diffusion Models Under the Manifold Hypothesis in High-Dimensions

arXiv:2409. 18804v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPM) are powerful state-of-the-art methods used to generate synthetic data from high-dimensional data distributions and are widely used for image, audio, and video generation as well as many more applications in science and beyond.

By Iskander Azangulov, George Deligiannidis, Judith Rousseau