Stochastic-process models are, as a rule, far easier to simulate than to condition. Non-linear observations, non-Gaussian likelihoods, black-box information, and global constraints all induce intractable conditional laws, requiring bespoke, model-specific constructions.
arXiv:2606. 16138v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recovering dynamical systems from noisy observations is a recurring challenge across scientific domains, including neuroscience and physics.
By Henry D. Smith, Brian L. Trippe, Scott W. Linderman
The paper introduces latent jump models (LJMs) for continuous-time latent state-space modeling, where the latent state evolves deterministically between Poisson-driven events and experiences learned instantaneous jumps at each event. It presents a tractable event-augmented ELBO and a novel Scan-Parallel Variational Inference (SPVI) method that samples the full latent event configuration before evaluating state recurrence, enabling logarithmic temporal depth and fast, scalable training. Experiments on synthetic and real irregular time series show that LJMs achieve competitive forecast accuracy with fewer latent updates and train one to two orders of magnitude faster than sequential baselines.
By Vansh Bansal, Min Chen, James G. Scott
arXiv:2605. 15806v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural operators excel as deterministic surrogates, but inevitably collapse to the conditional mean when applied to stochastic PDEs, discarding the variance and tail structure upon which uncertainty quantification depends.
By Kai Hidajat
arXiv:2607. 00196v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Many scientific systems exhibit uncertainty from stochastic forcing, unresolved degrees of freedom, or imperfect observations, making reliable surrogate forecasting fundamentally distributional rather than pointwise.
By Bharat Srikishan, Javier E. Santos, Nikhil Muralidhar, Charles D. Young
arXiv:2608.25631v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Continuous-time Markov chains (CTMCs) provide the backbone for modeling discrete stochastic dynamics across applied, physical, and biological science...
By Jose M. G. Vilar, Leonor Saiz