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arXiv Machine Learning By Ganchao Wei, John Pearson

Flow Matching for Count Data

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Flow Matching for Count Data introduces count‑FM, a flow‑matching framework tailored to high‑dimensional count data such as single‑cell RNA sequencing and neural spike trains. The method models transitions with a continuous‑time birth‑death process that uses local unit jumps, enabling efficient, simulation‑free learning of conditional transition rates directly in count space. Experiments show that count‑FM variants achieve strong sample quality with fewer parameters and provide interpretable transport paths for tasks including unconditional generation, transport, and conditional generation on real biological datasets.

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