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Life sciences · Preprint
arXiv · September 10, 2026
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This is an unreviewed methodological paper proposing that Generative Marginalization Models are theoretically equivalent to Generative Flow Networks, and introducing Particle GFlowNets as an extension using Gelman-Rubin statistic-based Gibbs sampler rejuvenation. The work is exploratory and requires independent peer review and empirical validation before uptake.
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MaMs and GFlowNets are mathematically equivalent, contrary to prior literature classification Particle GFlowNets accelerates training convergence in large combinatorial spaces through automatic full-state rejuvenation criterion
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This is a methodological preprint proposing theoretical equivalence between two machine learning frameworks and introducing an algorithmic extension, with computational validation but no clinical or translational outcomes.
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Generative Marginalization Models (MaMs) have been recently introduced as efficient neural sampling models for any-order autoregressive modelling of discrete distributions. By learning both the marginal and conditional probabilities of a persistent-block Gibbs sampler, MaMs enable fast posterior evaluation with a single neural network forward pass. While prior work has considered MaMs to be distinct from Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets), a well-established paradigm for inference in discrete stochastic models, we show that they are equivalent. Then, we also extend MaMs' sampling strategy to non-autoregressive generative processes. In particular, we describe an automatic criterion for full-state rejuvenation of the Gibbs sampler, derived from the Gelman-Rubin statistic, which plays a key role in speeding up learning convergence. Our experiments show that our method, called Particle GFlowNets, markedly accelerates training in large combinatorial spaces.
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