Summary of Understanding Diffusion Models by Feynman’s Path Integral, By Yuji Hirono et al.
Understanding Diffusion Models by Feynman’s Path Integral
by Yuji Hirono, Akinori Tanaka, Kenji Fukushima
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); High Energy Physics – Theory (hep-th)
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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 investigates score-based diffusion models, which have shown promise in image generation. The authors aim to understand why stochastic and deterministic sampling schemes yield different results. They propose a novel approach using Feynman’s path integral from quantum physics. This formulation provides a comprehensive view of score-based generative models and allows for the derivation of backward stochastic differential equations. The model includes an interpolating parameter connecting stochastic and deterministic sampling schemes, which is analogous to Planck’s constant in quantum physics. The authors apply the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) expansion to evaluate the negative log-likelihood and assess performance disparity between sampling schemes. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at ways to improve image generation using a special kind of model called score-based diffusion models. Right now, these models can produce great images, but the way they work is not fully understood. The authors try to fix this by using an idea from quantum physics called Feynman’s path integral. This helps them understand how the models work and why some ways of making images are better than others. They use a special trick from quantum physics to figure out which way of making images is best. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Diffusion * Image generation * Log likelihood
