stat.ML 1903.04797

Elements of Sequential Monte Carlo

Provides a comprehensive review of Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) algorithms for Bayesian inference, focusing on proposal and intermediate target design, with theoretical and practical insights.

Christian A. Naesseth, Fredrik Lindsten, Thomas B. Schön

2019-03-12 59
stat.ML 1803.08475

Attention, Learn to Solve Routing Problems!

Transformer-based attention model trained with REINFORCE and greedy rollout baseline, achieving near-optimal solutions for TSP and VRP with node counts up to 100, outperforming previous learned heuristics.

Wouter Kool, Herke van Hoof, Max Welling

2018-03-23 1723 citations 55
stat.ML 1803.00567

Computational Optimal Transport

Efficient numerical methods for optimal transport enable scalable high-dimensional distribution matching, benefiting image processing and machine learning.

Gabriel Peyré, Marco Cuturi

2018-03-02 29