arXiv:2402. 11736v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Kernel herding belongs to a family of deterministic quadratures that seek to minimize the maximum mean discrepancy (MMD), that is, the worst-case integration error over a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS).
By Martin Rouault, R\'emi Bardenet, Myl\`ene Ma\"ida
arXiv:2407.05790v4 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: This paper introduces and analyses interacting underdamped Langevin algorithms, termed Kinetic Interacting Particle Langevin Monte Carlo (KIP...
By Paul Felix Valsecchi Oliva, O. Deniz Akyildiz
arXiv:2409. 08469v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We provide finite-particle convergence rates for the Stein Variational Gradient Descent (SVGD) algorithm in the Kernelized Stein Discrepancy ($\mathsf{KSD}$) and Wasserstein-2 metrics.
By Sayan Banerjee, Krishnakumar Balasubramanian, Promit Ghosal
arXiv:2606. 15871v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Bayesian inference for inverse problems is run to evaluate integrals -- posterior expectations, tail probabilities, and risks -- across a stream of observations.
By Ali Siahkoohi
arXiv:2610. 01088v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator (NPMLE) of a Gaussian location mixture maximizes the likelihood over the infinite-dimensional space of mixing distributions.
By Hansheng Jiang
The paper investigates the Microcanonical Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (MHMC) algorithm from a thermodynamic perspective, deriving its state variables and potentials to show that it represents a microcanonical thermodynamic ensemble. It demonstrates analytically and numerically that MHMC satisfies the Helmholtz theorem, an alternative form of the first law of thermodynamics, and introduces a new sampling algorithm tailored for lower-dimensional inference problems. The authors conclude that canonical Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods are more natural than MHMC when evaluated through thermodynamic and information-theoretic lenses.
By Heinrich von Campe, Bjoern Malte Schaefer