A discrete Benamou-Brenier formulation of Optimal Transport on graphs

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Hauptverfasser: Morris, Kieran, Johnson, Oliver
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author Morris, Kieran
Johnson, Oliver
author_facet Morris, Kieran
Johnson, Oliver
contents We propose a discrete transport equation on graphs which connects distributions on both vertices and edges. We then derive a discrete analogue of the Benamou-Brenier formulation for Wasserstein-$1$ distance on a graph and as a result classify all $W_1$ geodesics on graphs.
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spellingShingle A discrete Benamou-Brenier formulation of Optimal Transport on graphs
Morris, Kieran
Johnson, Oliver
Information Theory
Probability
Machine Learning
We propose a discrete transport equation on graphs which connects distributions on both vertices and edges. We then derive a discrete analogue of the Benamou-Brenier formulation for Wasserstein-$1$ distance on a graph and as a result classify all $W_1$ geodesics on graphs.
title A discrete Benamou-Brenier formulation of Optimal Transport on graphs
topic Information Theory
Probability
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04193