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Autori principali: Zhou, Yuze, Tan, Zhiqiang
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author Zhou, Yuze
Tan, Zhiqiang
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Tan, Zhiqiang
contents Gradient-based Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods have recently received much attention for sampling discrete distributions, with notable examples such as Norm Constrained Gradient (NCG), Auxiliary Variable Gradient (AVG), and Discrete Hamiltonian Assisted Metropolis Sampling (DHAMS). In this work, we propose the Preconditioned Discrete-HAMS (PDHAMS) algorithm, which extends DHAMS by incorporating a second-order, quadratic approximation of the potential function, and uses Gaussian integral trick to avoid directly sampling a pairwise Markov random field. The PDHAMS sampler not only satisfies generalized detailed balance, hence enabling irreversible sampling, but also is a rejection-free property for a target distribution with a quadratic potential function. In various numerical experiments, PDHAMS algorithms consistently yield superior performance compared with other methods.
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spellingShingle Preconditioned Discrete-HAMS: A Second-order Irreversible Discrete Sampler
Zhou, Yuze
Tan, Zhiqiang
Methodology
Machine Learning
Gradient-based Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods have recently received much attention for sampling discrete distributions, with notable examples such as Norm Constrained Gradient (NCG), Auxiliary Variable Gradient (AVG), and Discrete Hamiltonian Assisted Metropolis Sampling (DHAMS). In this work, we propose the Preconditioned Discrete-HAMS (PDHAMS) algorithm, which extends DHAMS by incorporating a second-order, quadratic approximation of the potential function, and uses Gaussian integral trick to avoid directly sampling a pairwise Markov random field. The PDHAMS sampler not only satisfies generalized detailed balance, hence enabling irreversible sampling, but also is a rejection-free property for a target distribution with a quadratic potential function. In various numerical experiments, PDHAMS algorithms consistently yield superior performance compared with other methods.
title Preconditioned Discrete-HAMS: A Second-order Irreversible Discrete Sampler
topic Methodology
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21982