arXiv Machine Learning

DIPHINE: Diffusion-based $\Phi$-ID Neural Estimator

arXiv:2606. 18997v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Uncovering the true informational architecture of real-world complex systems requires disentangling how their components uniquely store, redundantly share, and synergistically integrate information over time.

arXiv Statistics ML
4d ago

On the Nonasymptotic Scaling Guarantee of Hyperparameter Estimation in Inhomogeneous, Weakly-Dependent Complex Network Dynamical Systems

The paper develops a nonasymptotic theoretical framework for estimating hyperparameters in hierarchical Bayesian models applied to large, inhomogeneous complex network dynamical systems. It provides bounds on the deviation of hyperparameter estimates as network size grows, first for independent nodes and then extending to weakly‑dependent nodes, and validates these results with numerical experiments on SIS and spiking neuronal network models.

By Yi Yu, Yubo Hou, Yinchong Wang, Nan Zhang, Jianfeng Feng, Wenlian Lu
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 26

Multi-Source Complex Network Reconstruction via Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization and Algorithm Unrolling

The paper introduces MS‑WDRO, a multi‑source Wasserstein distributionally robust optimization framework for reconstructing complex network topologies from scarce target‑domain data and abundant heterogeneous source data. It fuses sources via a weighted Wasserstein barycenter, builds an ambiguity set around it, and solves a regularized Laplacian estimator using a provably convergent ADMM scheme. The authors provide finite‑sample guarantees, demonstrate that naive aggregation is suboptimal, and show through experiments on synthetic data and the ABIDE I neuroimaging dataset that MS‑WDRO outperforms seven baselines in graph recovery, sample efficiency, and diagnostic utility, especially when target samples are limited.

By Chuansen Peng, Yifan Xia, Jinshan Zhong, Xiaojing Shen
arXiv Machine Learning
5d ago

I Act Therefore I Am: When Is JEPA's Action-Conditioning Enough to Learn Causal Mechanisms?

The paper studies when joint-embedding predictive architectures (JEPAs) can recover underlying causal states from high‑dimensional observations. It introduces a latent variable model where observations arise from causal states with action‑conditioned dynamics, and proposes an information‑theoretic objective that maximizes conditional likelihood while preserving state entropy. The authors prove identifiability conditions—particularly sufficient action‑induced variation—and instantiate the objective as an action‑modulated Gaussian additive‑noise model (A‑JEPA), demonstrating theoretical and empirical success in synthetic and visual benchmarks.

By Yuhang Liu, Zhuo Huang, Javen Qinfeng Shi