Reflected Schrödinger Bridge for Constrained Generative Modeling

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Main Authors: Deng, Wei, Chen, Yu, Yang, Nicole Tianjiao, Du, Hengrong, Feng, Qi, Chen, Ricky T. Q.
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Published: 2024
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author Deng, Wei
Chen, Yu
Yang, Nicole Tianjiao
Du, Hengrong
Feng, Qi
Chen, Ricky T. Q.
author_facet Deng, Wei
Chen, Yu
Yang, Nicole Tianjiao
Du, Hengrong
Feng, Qi
Chen, Ricky T. Q.
contents Diffusion models have become the go-to method for large-scale generative models in real-world applications. These applications often involve data distributions confined within bounded domains, typically requiring ad-hoc thresholding techniques for boundary enforcement. Reflected diffusion models (Lou23) aim to enhance generalizability by generating the data distribution through a backward process governed by reflected Brownian motion. However, reflected diffusion models may not easily adapt to diverse domains without the derivation of proper diffeomorphic mappings and do not guarantee optimal transport properties. To overcome these limitations, we introduce the Reflected Schrodinger Bridge algorithm: an entropy-regularized optimal transport approach tailored for generating data within diverse bounded domains. We derive elegant reflected forward-backward stochastic differential equations with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions, extend divergence-based likelihood training to bounded domains, and explore natural connections to entropic optimal transport for the study of approximate linear convergence - a valuable insight for practical training. Our algorithm yields robust generative modeling in diverse domains, and its scalability is demonstrated in real-world constrained generative modeling through standard image benchmarks.
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Deng, Wei
Chen, Yu
Yang, Nicole Tianjiao
Du, Hengrong
Feng, Qi
Chen, Ricky T. Q.
Machine Learning
Diffusion models have become the go-to method for large-scale generative models in real-world applications. These applications often involve data distributions confined within bounded domains, typically requiring ad-hoc thresholding techniques for boundary enforcement. Reflected diffusion models (Lou23) aim to enhance generalizability by generating the data distribution through a backward process governed by reflected Brownian motion. However, reflected diffusion models may not easily adapt to diverse domains without the derivation of proper diffeomorphic mappings and do not guarantee optimal transport properties. To overcome these limitations, we introduce the Reflected Schrodinger Bridge algorithm: an entropy-regularized optimal transport approach tailored for generating data within diverse bounded domains. We derive elegant reflected forward-backward stochastic differential equations with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions, extend divergence-based likelihood training to bounded domains, and explore natural connections to entropic optimal transport for the study of approximate linear convergence - a valuable insight for practical training. Our algorithm yields robust generative modeling in diverse domains, and its scalability is demonstrated in real-world constrained generative modeling through standard image benchmarks.
title Reflected Schrödinger Bridge for Constrained Generative Modeling
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.03228