Unleashing High-Quality Image Generation in Diffusion Sampling Using Second-Order Levenberg-Marquardt-Langevin

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Main Authors: Wang, Fangyikang, Yin, Hubery, Qian, Lei, Li, Yinan, Zhuang, Shaobin, Zhu, Huminhao, Zhang, Yilin, Tang, Yanlong, Zhang, Chao, Zhao, Hanbin, Qian, Hui, Li, Chen
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author Wang, Fangyikang
Yin, Hubery
Qian, Lei
Li, Yinan
Zhuang, Shaobin
Zhu, Huminhao
Zhang, Yilin
Tang, Yanlong
Zhang, Chao
Zhao, Hanbin
Qian, Hui
Li, Chen
author_facet Wang, Fangyikang
Yin, Hubery
Qian, Lei
Li, Yinan
Zhuang, Shaobin
Zhu, Huminhao
Zhang, Yilin
Tang, Yanlong
Zhang, Chao
Zhao, Hanbin
Qian, Hui
Li, Chen
contents The diffusion models (DMs) have demonstrated the remarkable capability of generating images via learning the noised score function of data distribution. Current DM sampling techniques typically rely on first-order Langevin dynamics at each noise level, with efforts concentrated on refining inter-level denoising strategies. While leveraging additional second-order Hessian geometry to enhance the sampling quality of Langevin is a common practice in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), the naive attempts to utilize Hessian geometry in high-dimensional DMs lead to quadratic-complexity computational costs, rendering them non-scalable. In this work, we introduce a novel Levenberg-Marquardt-Langevin (LML) method that approximates the diffusion Hessian geometry in a training-free manner, drawing inspiration from the celebrated Levenberg-Marquardt optimization algorithm. Our approach introduces two key innovations: (1) A low-rank approximation of the diffusion Hessian, leveraging the DMs' inherent structure and circumventing explicit quadratic-complexity computations; (2) A damping mechanism to stabilize the approximated Hessian. This LML approximated Hessian geometry enables the diffusion sampling to execute more accurate steps and improve the image generation quality. We further conduct a theoretical analysis to substantiate the approximation error bound of low-rank approximation and the convergence property of the damping mechanism. Extensive experiments across multiple pretrained DMs validate that the LML method significantly improves image generation quality, with negligible computational overhead.
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spellingShingle Unleashing High-Quality Image Generation in Diffusion Sampling Using Second-Order Levenberg-Marquardt-Langevin
Wang, Fangyikang
Yin, Hubery
Qian, Lei
Li, Yinan
Zhuang, Shaobin
Zhu, Huminhao
Zhang, Yilin
Tang, Yanlong
Zhang, Chao
Zhao, Hanbin
Qian, Hui
Li, Chen
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
The diffusion models (DMs) have demonstrated the remarkable capability of generating images via learning the noised score function of data distribution. Current DM sampling techniques typically rely on first-order Langevin dynamics at each noise level, with efforts concentrated on refining inter-level denoising strategies. While leveraging additional second-order Hessian geometry to enhance the sampling quality of Langevin is a common practice in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), the naive attempts to utilize Hessian geometry in high-dimensional DMs lead to quadratic-complexity computational costs, rendering them non-scalable. In this work, we introduce a novel Levenberg-Marquardt-Langevin (LML) method that approximates the diffusion Hessian geometry in a training-free manner, drawing inspiration from the celebrated Levenberg-Marquardt optimization algorithm. Our approach introduces two key innovations: (1) A low-rank approximation of the diffusion Hessian, leveraging the DMs' inherent structure and circumventing explicit quadratic-complexity computations; (2) A damping mechanism to stabilize the approximated Hessian. This LML approximated Hessian geometry enables the diffusion sampling to execute more accurate steps and improve the image generation quality. We further conduct a theoretical analysis to substantiate the approximation error bound of low-rank approximation and the convergence property of the damping mechanism. Extensive experiments across multiple pretrained DMs validate that the LML method significantly improves image generation quality, with negligible computational overhead.
title Unleashing High-Quality Image Generation in Diffusion Sampling Using Second-Order Levenberg-Marquardt-Langevin
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24222