Summary of Scalable Simulation-free Entropic Unbalanced Optimal Transport, by Jaemoo Choi et al.
Scalable Simulation-free Entropic Unbalanced Optimal Transport
by Jaemoo Choi, Jaewoong Choi
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed paper introduces a scalable and simulation-free approach for solving the Entropic Unbalanced Optimal Transport (EUOT) problem, which has applications in machine learning such as generative modeling and image-to-image translation. The EUOT problem is a generalization of the Schrödinger bridges (SB) problem and is solved by deriving dual formulation and optimality conditions from the stochastic optimal control interpretation. A simulation-free algorithm called Simulation-free EUOT (SF-EUOT) is proposed, which achieves simulation-free training and one-step generation by utilizing the reciprocal property. The model demonstrates improved scalability in generative modeling and image-to-image translation tasks compared to previous SB methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper solves a problem that helps move things from one place to another while following certain rules. This has many uses in computer learning, such as making new pictures or changing old ones into new ones. The way they solve this problem is by looking at it like a control problem and finding the best way to do it without having to try lots of different ways. Their method is special because it doesn’t need to test things out first, which makes it faster and better for big jobs. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization » Machine learning » Translation
