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Step-by-Step Diffusion: An Elementary Tutorial

arXiv 2406.08929 ↗First posted 13 Jun 2024cs.LG cs.AI cs.CVcited by 16

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Abstract (arXiv)

We present an accessible first course on diffusion models and flow matching for machine learning, aimed at a technical audience with no diffusion experience. We try to simplify the mathematical details as much as possible (sometimes heuristically), while retaining enough precision to derive correct algorithms.

Key facts. Cited by 16 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Diffusion foundations and sampling, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. First posted on arXiv 13 Jun 2024.

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  1. 2024Affordance-based Robot Manipulation with Flow Matchingcited by 54
  2. 2026High-accuracy and dimension-free sampling with diffusionscited by 7
  3. 2025Optimal Denoising in Score-Based Generative Models: The Role of Data Regularitycited by 4
  4. 2025Flow Matching based Sequential Recommender Modelcited by 3
  5. 2025Clustering via Self-Supervised Diffusioncited by 3
  6. 2025Neural Approaches to SAT Solving: Design Choices and Interpretabilitycited by 2
  7. 2025Preserve and Personalize: Personalized Text-to-Image Diffusion Models without Distributional Driftcited by 1
  8. 2025Diffusion-Based Electromagnetic Inverse Design of Scattering Structured Mediacited by 1
  9. 2026FAVE: Flow-based Average Velocity Establishment for Sequential Recommendationcited by 1
  10. 2024Diffusion Model from Scratchcited by 0
  11. 2025Curiosity-Diffuser: Curiosity Guide Diffusion Models for Reliabilitycited by 0
  12. 2025Personalized Federated Training of Diffusion Models with Privacy Guaranteescited by 0
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  2. 2026Cost-Aware Diffusion Active Searchcited by 0
  3. 2026Diffusion-Based Inverse Design of Dielectric Resonator Metasurfaces for Shaping Smart Electromagnetic Environmentscited by 0
  4. 2026DiffPTS: Rethinking Diffusion ELBO for Probabilistic Time Series Forecastingcited by 0

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  3. 2024Multistep Distillation of Diffusion Models via Moment Matching
  4. 2026Rethinking the Diffusion Model from a Langevin Perspective
  5. 2025Diffusion Models: A Mathematical Introduction
  6. 2025On the Design of One-step Diffusion via Shortcutting Flow Paths
  7. 2025From Navigation to Refinement: Revealing the Two-Stage Nature of Flow-based Diffusion Models through Oracle Velocity
  8. 2022Diffusion Models: A Comprehensive Survey of Methods and Applications