Bridging model-based optimization and generative modeling via conservative fine-tuning of diffusion models

M Uehara, Y Zhao, E Hajiramezanali… - Advances in …, 2025 - proceedings.neurips.cc
AI-driven design problems, such as DNA/protein sequence design, are commonly tackled
from two angles: generative modeling, which efficiently captures the feasible design space …

Fine-tuning of diffusion models via stochastic control: entropy regularization and beyond

W Tang - arxiv preprint arxiv:2403.06279, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper aims to develop and provide a rigorous treatment to the problem of entropy
regularized fine-tuning in the context of continuous-time diffusion models, which was …

Generative Models in Decision Making: A Survey

Y Li, X Shao, J Zhang, H Wang, LM Brunswic… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
In recent years, the exceptional performance of generative models in generative tasks has
sparked significant interest in their integration into decision-making processes. Due to their …

The Superposition of Diffusion Models Using the It\^ o Density Estimator

M Skreta, L Atanackovic, AJ Bose, A Tong… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The Cambrian explosion of easily accessible pre-trained diffusion models suggests a
demand for methods that combine multiple different pre-trained diffusion models without …

Guided trajectory generation with diffusion models for offline model-based optimization

T Yun, S Yun, J Lee, J Park - arxiv preprint arxiv:2407.01624, 2024 - arxiv.org
Optimizing complex and high-dimensional black-box functions is ubiquitous in science and
engineering fields. Unfortunately, the online evaluation of these functions is restricted due to …

Efficient Diversity-Preserving Diffusion Alignment via Gradient-Informed GFlowNets

Z Liu, TZ **ao, W Liu, Y Bengio, D Zhang - arxiv preprint arxiv:2412.07775, 2024 - arxiv.org
While one commonly trains large diffusion models by collecting datasets on target
downstream tasks, it is often desired to align and finetune pretrained diffusion models on …

Posterior Inference with Diffusion Models for High-dimensional Black-box Optimization

T Yun, K Om, J Lee, S Yun, J Park - arxiv preprint arxiv:2502.16824, 2025 - arxiv.org
Optimizing high-dimensional and complex black-box functions is crucial in numerous
scientific applications. While Bayesian optimization (BO) is a powerful method for sample …

Diff-BBO: Diffusion-Based Inverse Modeling for Black-Box Optimization

D Wu, NL Kuang, R Niu, YA Ma, R Yu - arxiv preprint arxiv:2407.00610, 2024 - arxiv.org
Black-box optimization (BBO) aims to optimize an objective function by iteratively querying a
black-box oracle in a sample-efficient way. While prior studies focus on forward approaches …

Fast Diversity-Preserving Reward Finetuning of Diffusion Models via Nabla-GFlowNets

Z Liu, TZ **ao, W Liu, Y Bengio, D Zhang - The Thirteenth International … - openreview.net
While one commonly trains large diffusion models by collecting datasets on target
downstream tasks, it is often desired to finetune pretrained diffusion models on some reward …

The Superposition of Diffusion Models

M Skreta, L Atanackovic, J Bose, A Tong… - … Conference on Learning … - openreview.net
The Cambrian explosion of easily accessible pre-trained diffusion models suggests a
demand for methods that combine multiple different pre-trained diffusion models without …