Universal Learning of Stochastic Dynamics for Exact Belief Propagation using Bernstein Normalizing Flows

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15533v1
• Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 02:36:35 GMT
• Title: Universal Learning of Stochastic Dynamics for Exact Belief Propagation using Bernstein Normalizing Flows
• Authors: Peter Amorese, Morteza Lahijanian,
• Abstract summary: This paper establishes the theoretical foundations for a class of models that satisfy both properties.<n>The proposed approach combines the expressiveness of normalizing density estimation with the analytical tractability of Bernsteins flows.
• Score: 10.143540866021542
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Predicting the distribution of future states in a stochastic system, known as belief propagation, is fundamental to reasoning under uncertainty. However, nonlinear dynamics often make analytical belief propagation intractable, requiring approximate methods. When the system model is unknown and must be learned from data, a key question arises: can we learn a model that (i) universally approximates general nonlinear stochastic dynamics, and (ii) supports analytical belief propagation? This paper establishes the theoretical foundations for a class of models that satisfy both properties. The proposed approach combines the expressiveness of normalizing flows for density estimation with the analytical tractability of Bernstein polynomials. Empirical results show the efficacy of our learned model over state-of-the-art data-driven methods for belief propagation, especially for highly non-linear systems with non-additive, non-Gaussian noise.

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