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Time-changed normalizing flows for accurate SDE modeling

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The generative paradigm has become increasingly important in machine learning and deep learning models. Among popular generative models are normalizing flows, which enable exact likelihood estimation by transforming a base distribution through diffeomorphic transformations. Extending the normalizing flow framework to handle time-indexed flows gave dynamic normalizing flows, a powerful tool to model time series, stochastic processes, and neural stochastic differential equations (SDEs). In this work, we propose a novel variant of dynamic normalizing flows, a Time Changed Normalizing Flow (TCNF), based on time deformation of a Brownian motion which constitutes a versatile and extensive family of Gaussian processes. This approach enables us to effectively model some SDEs, that cannot be modeled otherwise, including standard ones such as the well-known Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, and generalizes prior methodologies, leading to improved results and better inference and prediction capability.
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hal-04370186 , version 1 (02-01-2024)
hal-04370186 , version 2 (19-01-2024)

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Naoufal El Bekri, Lucas Drumetz, Franck Vermet. Time-changed normalizing flows for accurate SDE modeling. 2023. ⟨hal-04370186v2⟩
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