Summary of Preconditioned Subspace Langevin Monte Carlo, by Tyler Maunu and Jiayi Yao
Preconditioned Subspace Langevin Monte Carlo
by Tyler Maunu, Jiayi Yao
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents Subspace Langevin Monte Carlo, a novel efficient method for high-dimensional sampling. The approach leverages Preconditioned Langevin Monte Carlo and applies subspace descent techniques to optimize functions over Wasserstein space. Theoretical analysis shows that the proposed method enjoys advantageous convergence regimes, contingent on relative conditioning assumptions akin to mirror descent methods. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of this new method in sampling from an ill-conditioned Gaussian distribution. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper develops a new way to efficiently take samples in high-dimensional spaces called Subspace Langevin Monte Carlo. This helps make Preconditioned Langevin Monte Carlo work better. The authors show that their new method is good at solving optimization problems over Wasserstein space, which is important for certain types of data analysis. They also prove that their method works well under certain assumptions and test it on a challenging problem. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Optimization
