Abstract
AbstractThe problem of optimal transport between two distributions ρ(x) and μ(y) is extended to situations where the distributions are only known through a finite number of samples {xi} and {yj}. A weak formulation is proposed, based on the dual of the Kantorovich formulation, with two main modifications: replacing the expected values in the objective function by their empirical means over the {xi} and {yj}, and restricting the dual variables u(x) and v(y) to a suitable set of test functions adapted to the local availability of sample points. A procedure is proposed and tested for the numerical solution of this problem, based on a fluidlike flow in phase space, where the sample points play the role of active Lagrangian markers. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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