A survey of the Schrödinger problem and some of its connections with optimal transport

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems- Series A

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1533-1574

  Léonard, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Displacement interpolations; Large deviations; Markov measures; Optimal transport; Relative entropy; Schr odinger problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886436901     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: 15535231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2014.34.1533     Document Type: Review

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