Statistical Analysis of Markovian Generative Modeling

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Main Authors: Aamari, Eddie, Stéphanovitch, Arthur
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Published: 2026
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author Aamari, Eddie
Stéphanovitch, Arthur
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Stéphanovitch, Arthur
contents These lecture notes introduce the statistical analysis of continuous-time generative models built from Markov dynamics. We begin with the stochastic-calculus foundations of score-based diffusion models, including time reversal, score matching, and sampling from learned scores. We then present the broader framework of generator matching, which describes flows, diffusions, jump processes, and discrete generative models through their infinitesimal generators. We then focus on finite-sample guarantees. We explain how errors in the learned drift or generator propagate to the final generated distribution, why stability and regularity properties are essential, and how time-adaptive neural network classes can achieve optimal Wasserstein rates for smooth target distributions. Overall, the notes aim to connect modern generative modeling algorithms with the probabilistic, analytic, and statistical tools needed to understand their worst-case performance.
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spellingShingle Statistical Analysis of Markovian Generative Modeling
Aamari, Eddie
Stéphanovitch, Arthur
Statistics Theory
These lecture notes introduce the statistical analysis of continuous-time generative models built from Markov dynamics. We begin with the stochastic-calculus foundations of score-based diffusion models, including time reversal, score matching, and sampling from learned scores. We then present the broader framework of generator matching, which describes flows, diffusions, jump processes, and discrete generative models through their infinitesimal generators. We then focus on finite-sample guarantees. We explain how errors in the learned drift or generator propagate to the final generated distribution, why stability and regularity properties are essential, and how time-adaptive neural network classes can achieve optimal Wasserstein rates for smooth target distributions. Overall, the notes aim to connect modern generative modeling algorithms with the probabilistic, analytic, and statistical tools needed to understand their worst-case performance.
title Statistical Analysis of Markovian Generative Modeling
topic Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22712