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New Barker proposal variants enhance Monte Carlo sampling algorithms

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Researchers have introduced new versions of the Barker proposal, a Metropolis-Hastings algorithm that utilizes skew-symmetric distributions for improved Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling. The paper details coordinate-free, Gibbs-style, and manifold versions of the algorithm. Numerical experiments indicate that the Gibbs-style variant enhances sampling efficiency for correlated targets, while the simplified manifold Barker algorithm shows significant advantages over MALA on irregular target geometries. AI

IMPACT Introduces novel algorithmic techniques that could improve the efficiency and robustness of sampling methods used in AI and machine learning.

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Minh Vu, Samuel Livingstone, Pantelis Samartsidis ·

    On skew-symmetric distributions and their use in Monte Carlo sampling algorithms: coordinate-free, Gibbs-style and manifold versions of the Barker proposal

    arXiv:2610.01448v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Skew-symmetric probability distributions provide a principled mechanism for incorporating gradient information into Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. Here we review the (preconditioned) Barker proposal, a Metropolis--Hastings a…

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