A unifying framework for constructing MCMC algorithms from irreversible diffusion processes

A unifying framework for constructing MCMC algorithms from irreversible diffusion processes

Probability Seminar
Apr 11, 2018, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Yian Ma, U. C. Berkeley
In this talk, I will first present a general recipe for constructing MCMC algorithms from diffusion processes with the desired stationary distributions. The recipe translates the task of finding valid continuous Markov processes into one of choosing two matrices. Importantly, any diffusion process with the target stationary distribution (given an integrability condition) can be represented in our...