arXiv:2606. 02115v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Parameter estimation in stochastic differential equations is a classical statistical problem of much importance in many scientific fields.
By Ioar Casado-Telletxea, Omar Rivasplata
arXiv:2607. 01693v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: These notes give a proof-oriented introduction to diffusion models from the viewpoint of sampling, tracing a single arc from classical sampling dynamics to modern diffusion samplers, their error analysis, and inference-time control.
By Jianfeng Lu
arXiv:2512.20003v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Sampling from unnormalized probability densities is a pervasive challenge across the computational and physical sciences. Diffusion models provide...
By Khaled Kahouli, Romuald Elie, Klaus-Robert M\"uller, Quentin Berthet, Oliver T. Unke, Arnaud Doucet
The paper establishes a first‑order theoretical framework for diffusion models, showing that SDE‑based reverse‑time flows of both overdamped and underdamped Langevin diffusions contract relative Fisher divergences at explicit exponential rates when the stationary potential of the forward process is strongly convex. It further incorporates discretization to provide averaged first‑order stationarity bounds—sampling analogues of averaged gradient‑norm guarantees in nonconvex optimization—for samplers of both diffusion models. These results highlight a unique advantage of SDE‑based reverse diffusion over ODE‑based approaches, offering local convexity‑free certificates that ensure score consistency rather than global mode weights.
By Zhifeng Chen, Chenyang Jiang, Yazhen Wang
arXiv:2609. 17577v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study Langevin diffusion and Langevin Monte Carlo (LMC) when the target distribution changes over time.
By Yuchen Xin, Jingxin Zhan, Zhihua Zhang
arXiv:2508. 03636v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We propose a Likelihood Matching approach for training diffusion models by first establishing an equivalence between the likelihood of the target data distribution and a likelihood along the sample path of the reverse diffusion.
By Lei Qian, Wu Su, Yanqi Huang, Song Xi Chen