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Second Order Ensemble Langevin Method for Sampling and Inverse Problems

Liu, Ziming and Stuart, Andrew M. and Wang, Yixuan (2022) Second Order Ensemble Langevin Method for Sampling and Inverse Problems. . (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20221221-222944367

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Abstract

We propose a sampling method based on an ensemble approximation of second order Langevin dynamics. The log target density is appended with a quadratic term in an auxiliary momentum variable and damped-driven Hamiltonian dynamics introduced; the resulting stochastic differential equation is invariant to the Gibbs measure, with marginal on the position coordinates given by the target. A preconditioner based on covariance under the law of the dynamics does not change this invariance property, and is introduced to accelerate convergence to the Gibbs measure. The resulting mean-field dynamics may be approximated by an ensemble method; this results in a gradient-free and affine-invariant stochastic dynamical system. Numerical results demonstrate its potential as the basis for a numerical sampler in Bayesian inverse problems.


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http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04506arXivDiscussion Paper
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AuthorORCID
Stuart, Andrew M.0000-0001-9091-7266
Wang, Yixuan0000-0001-7305-5422
Additional Information:Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) The work of ZL is supported by IAIFI through NSF grant PHY2019786. The work of AMS is supported by NSF award AGS1835860, the Office of Naval Research award N00014-17-1-2079 and by a Department of Defense Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship.
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NSFPHY-2019786
NSFAGS-1835860
Office of Naval Research (ONR)N00014-17-1-2079
Vannever Bush Faculty FellowshipUNSPECIFIED
DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2208.04506
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