Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal Transport
We discuss a connection between a generative model, called the diffusion model, and nonequilibrium thermodynamics for the Fokker-Planck equation, called stochastic thermodynamics. Using techniques from stochastic thermodynamics, we derive the speed-accuracy relations for diffusion models, which are...
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| description | We discuss a connection between a generative model, called the diffusion model, and nonequilibrium thermodynamics for the Fokker-Planck equation, called stochastic thermodynamics. Using techniques from stochastic thermodynamics, we derive the speed-accuracy relations for diffusion models, which are inequalities that relate the accuracy of data generation to the entropy production rate. These relations can be interpreted as the relations between accuracy and the speed of the diffusion dynamics in the absence of the nonconservative force. From a stochastic thermodynamic perspective, our results provide quantitative insight into how best to generate data in diffusion models. The optimal learning protocol is introduced by the geodesic of space of the 2-Wasserstein distance in optimal transport theory. We numerically illustrate the validity of the speed-accuracy relations for diffusion models with different noise schedules and different data. We numerically discuss our results for optimal and suboptimal learning protocols. We also demonstrate the applicability of our results to data generation from the real-world image datasets. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b3550ef4ebf4121a63cd0949cff744a2025-08-20T03:09:32ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082025-07-0115303103110.1103/x5vj-8jq9Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal TransportKotaro IkedaTomoya UdaDaisuke OkanoharaSosuke ItoWe discuss a connection between a generative model, called the diffusion model, and nonequilibrium thermodynamics for the Fokker-Planck equation, called stochastic thermodynamics. Using techniques from stochastic thermodynamics, we derive the speed-accuracy relations for diffusion models, which are inequalities that relate the accuracy of data generation to the entropy production rate. These relations can be interpreted as the relations between accuracy and the speed of the diffusion dynamics in the absence of the nonconservative force. From a stochastic thermodynamic perspective, our results provide quantitative insight into how best to generate data in diffusion models. The optimal learning protocol is introduced by the geodesic of space of the 2-Wasserstein distance in optimal transport theory. We numerically illustrate the validity of the speed-accuracy relations for diffusion models with different noise schedules and different data. We numerically discuss our results for optimal and suboptimal learning protocols. We also demonstrate the applicability of our results to data generation from the real-world image datasets.http://doi.org/10.1103/x5vj-8jq9 |
| spellingShingle | Kotaro Ikeda Tomoya Uda Daisuke Okanohara Sosuke Ito Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal Transport Physical Review X |
| title | Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal Transport |
| title_full | Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal Transport |
| title_fullStr | Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal Transport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal Transport |
| title_short | Speed-Accuracy Relations for Diffusion Models: Wisdom from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Optimal Transport |
| title_sort | speed accuracy relations for diffusion models wisdom from nonequilibrium thermodynamics and optimal transport |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/x5vj-8jq9 |
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