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cs.LG2024★ 1 cited
Beyond ELBOs: A Large-Scale Evaluation of Variational Methods for Sampling
Denis Blessing, Xiaogang Jia, Johannes Esslinger +2
Monte Carlo methods, Variational Inference, and their combinations play a pivotal role in sampling from intractable probability distributions. However, current studies lack a unifi…
stat.ML2023
Transport meets Variational Inference: Controlled Monte Carlo Diffusions
Francisco Vargas, Shreyas Padhy, Denis Blessing +1
Connecting optimal transport and variational inference, we present a principled and systematic framework for sampling and generative modelling centred around divergences on path sp…