Stochastic Inverse Problem: stability, regularization and Wasserstein gradient flow

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Main Authors: Li, Qin, Oprea, Maria, Wang, Li, Yang, Yunan
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author Li, Qin
Oprea, Maria
Wang, Li
Yang, Yunan
author_facet Li, Qin
Oprea, Maria
Wang, Li
Yang, Yunan
contents Inverse problems in physical or biological sciences often involve recovering an unknown parameter that is random. The sought-after quantity is a probability distribution of the unknown parameter, that produces data that aligns with measurements. Consequently, these problems are naturally framed as stochastic inverse problems. In this paper, we explore three aspects of this problem: direct inversion, variational formulation with regularization, and optimization via gradient flows, drawing parallels with deterministic inverse problems. A key difference from the deterministic case is the space in which we operate. Here, we work within probability space rather than Euclidean or Sobolev spaces, making tools from measure transport theory necessary for the study. Our findings reveal that the choice of metric -- both in the design of the loss function and in the optimization process -- significantly impacts the stability and properties of the optimizer.
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spellingShingle Stochastic Inverse Problem: stability, regularization and Wasserstein gradient flow
Li, Qin
Oprea, Maria
Wang, Li
Yang, Yunan
Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
Probability
Inverse problems in physical or biological sciences often involve recovering an unknown parameter that is random. The sought-after quantity is a probability distribution of the unknown parameter, that produces data that aligns with measurements. Consequently, these problems are naturally framed as stochastic inverse problems. In this paper, we explore three aspects of this problem: direct inversion, variational formulation with regularization, and optimization via gradient flows, drawing parallels with deterministic inverse problems. A key difference from the deterministic case is the space in which we operate. Here, we work within probability space rather than Euclidean or Sobolev spaces, making tools from measure transport theory necessary for the study. Our findings reveal that the choice of metric -- both in the design of the loss function and in the optimization process -- significantly impacts the stability and properties of the optimizer.
title Stochastic Inverse Problem: stability, regularization and Wasserstein gradient flow
topic Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00229