RHMC algorithm shows accelerated mixing time for log-concave distributions

Researchers have demonstrated that the Randomized Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (RHMC) algorithm can achieve accelerated mixing time guarantees when sampling from log-concave probability distributions. The RHMC algorithm involves simulating continuous-time Hamiltonian dynamics with random integration times and resetting velocities between simulations. The analysis shows that with specific random integration times, RHMC converges exponentially fast in KL divergence for log-concave distributions satisfying an $\alpha$-Talagrand inequality. Furthermore, by using a sequence of exponentially increasing random integration times, the total integration time to reach a desired error level scales as $O(\varepsilon^{-1/2})$. AI

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