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New Model-Aware Schedules Enhance Diffusion and Flow-Matching Generation

Researchers have developed a novel method for constructing diffusion and flow-matching schedules, which are crucial for controlling the mixing of data and noise in generative models. This new approach, termed "model-aware schedules," utilizes fiberwise optimal transport to account for prediction error, unlike previous model-agnostic methods. The technique involves defining a fiberwise prediction risk based on optimal-transport costs and integrating it with the kinetic action of coefficient paths to determine an optimal time allocation. This method has demonstrated consistent improvements over strong baselines, achieving a significant reduction in FID scores for flow matching on CIFAR-10. AI

IMPACT This new scheduling method could lead to more efficient and higher-quality generation in diffusion and flow-matching models.

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New Model-Aware Schedules Enhance Diffusion and Flow-Matching Generation

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Luyi Jia, Boyan Zhang, Yilun Liu, Steffen Rulands ·

    Model-Aware Schedules Improve Generation via Fiberwise Optimal Transport

    arXiv:2609.11842v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Diffusion and flow-matching schedules control the signal and noise coefficients that mix data and noise along affine probability paths. Minimizing a kinetic action defined on coefficient paths, motivated by optimal transport, helps …