arXiv Statistics ML

Orlicz-Sobolev with Musielak: An Efficient Regularization Approach for Graph-based IPM

arXiv:2510. 25591v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study the Sobolev IPM problem for probability measures supported on a graph metric space, where critic function is constrained to lie within the unit ball defined by Sobolev norm.

arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 12

Linearized Wasserstein dimensionality reduction with approximation guarantees

The paper introduces LOT Wassmap, an algorithm designed to uncover low‑dimensional structures in the Wasserstein space without computing a full pairwise distance matrix. It leverages approximation schemes such as Sinkhorn distances and linearized optimal transport to accelerate computations, and provides theoretical guarantees on embedding quality even when only finite samples are available. Experiments show that LOT Wassmap achieves accurate embeddings that improve with larger sample sizes while significantly reducing computational cost compared to traditional pairwise‑distance‑based methods.

By Alexander Cloninger, Keaton Hamm, Varun Khurana, Caroline Moosm\"uller
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
Oct 7

Constant-Curvature Sliced Gromov-Wasserstein for Heterogeneous Cross-Curvature Alignment

The paper introduces Constant‑Curvature Sliced Gromov‑Wasserstein (CCSGW), a new divergence for aligning probability distributions on heterogeneous constant‑curvature spaces such as hyperbolic and spherical manifolds. It extends sliced Gromov‑Wasserstein by adding geodesic‑based one‑dimensional projections for spherical spaces, enabling efficient and principled comparison across manifolds with different curvatures while preserving intrinsic geometric relationships. The authors provide theoretical analysis showing that CCSGW controls intrinsic geometric discrepancy and demonstrate consistent performance gains when integrated into mixed‑curvature learning tasks like graph anomaly detection, node classification, and multimodal learning.

By Shanglin Li, Wenjing Lu, Muyang Li, Nicu Sebe, Ziheng Chen
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 16

Vertical Sliced Wasserstein Distances for Meta-Measures

arXiv:2610. 20743v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Many modern learning problems require comparing probability distributions whose individual observations are themselves probability measures, naturally giving rise to meta-measures in $\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(\Omega))$.

By Elaheh Akbari, Ahmadreza Moradipari, Kyungtae Han, Hamed Pirsiavash, Yikun Bai, Rocio Diaz Martin, Soheil Kolouri
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 23

Random Projections for Spectral Algorithms: Optimal Rates in Sobolev Norms

The paper studies random projections (RP) for spectral algorithms, providing a comprehensive analysis of their generalization performance under broad conditions. By exploiting the RKHS embedding property and operator similarity, it establishes optimal learning rates in Sobolev norms that match minimax lower bounds up to logarithmic factors. For common RP implementations—randomized sketches and Nyström sub-sampling—the required projection dimension scales with the effective dimension, reducing computational cost while preserving statistical efficiency.

By Caixing Wang, Yue Wang
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 30

Averaged Mirror Descent and Dual Gradient Methods: Convergent Algorithms for Entropic Gromov-Wasserstein Problems

The paper studies algorithms for computing the Entropic Gromov-Wasserstein (EGW) distance, a measure of discrepancy between metric measure spaces. It introduces Averaged Mirror Descent (AMD), which averages successive Mirror Descent steps and is proven to converge for any cost function, and shows that a dual gradient method with a fixed step size also converges for arbitrary costs, even when iterations are inexact. Empirical comparisons demonstrate that both AMD and the dual gradient method succeed on cases where classical Mirror Descent fails.

By Joanna Marks, Gabriel Rioux, Riccardo Passeggeri