arXiv:2512.22881cs.CV2025-12

提出路径约束方法,让扩散模型采样更稳定、生成更准确。

Guided Path Sampling: Steering Diffusion Models Back on Track with Principled Path Guidance

  • 用流形约束替代外推,保持采样路径在数据流形上
  • 理论证明误差可控,实验显示图像质量与提示遵循度提升
  • 适合追求高精度生成和复杂提示控制的用户

基于去噪-反演循环的迭代优化方法能显著提升扩散模型的质量与可控性,但与标准无分类器引导(CFG)结合时效果受限。我们发现根本原因在于CFG的外推特性会系统性地使采样路径偏离数据流形,导致近似误差发散,破坏优化过程。为此,我们提出引导路径采样(GPS),一种新的迭代优化范式。GPS以流形约束的插值取代不稳定的外推,确保采样路径始终位于数据流形上。我们理论证明该修正将误差序列从无界放大转变为严格有界,保证了稳定性。此外,我们设计了一种最优调度策略,动态调整引导强度,使语义注入与模型自然的粗到细生成过程对齐。在SDXL和Hunyuan-DiT等现代骨干网络上的大量实验表明,GPS在感知质量和复杂提示遵循度上均优于现有方法。例如,在SDXL上,GPS获得0.79的ImageReward和0.2995的HPS v2;在GenEval上,整体语义对齐准确率提升至57.45%。本工作确立了路径稳定性是有效迭代优化的前提,而GPS提供了一个稳健的实现框架。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Iterative refinement methods based on a denoising-inversion cycle are powerful tools for enhancing the quality and control of diffusion models. However, their effectiveness is critically limited when combined with standard Classifier-Free Guidance (CFG). We identify a fundamental limitation: CFG's extrapolative nature systematically pushes the sampling path off the data manifold, causing the approximation error to diverge and undermining the refinement process. To address this, we propose Guided Path Sampling (GPS), a new paradigm for iterative refinement. GPS replaces unstable extrapolation with a principled, manifold-constrained interpolation, ensuring the sampling path remains on the data manifold. We theoretically prove that this correction transforms the error series from unbounded amplification to strictly bounded, guaranteeing stability. Furthermore, we devise an optimal scheduling strategy that dynamically adjusts guidance strength, aligning semantic injection with the model's natural coarse-to-fine generation process. Extensive experiments on modern backbones like SDXL and Hunyuan-DiT show that GPS outperforms existing methods in both perceptual quality and complex prompt adherence. For instance, GPS achieves a superior ImageReward of 0.79 and HPS v2 of 0.2995 on SDXL, while improving overall semantic alignment accuracy on GenEval to 57.45%. Our work establishes that path stability is a prerequisite for effective iterative refinement, and GPS provides a robust framework to achieve it.

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