Summary of Symbol: Generating Flexible Black-box Optimizers Through Symbolic Equation Learning, by Jiacheng Chen et al.
Symbol: Generating Flexible Black-Box Optimizers through Symbolic Equation Learning
by Jiacheng Chen, Zeyuan Ma, Hongshu Guo, Yining Ma, Jie Zhang, Yue-Jiao Gong
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The novel Meta-learning for Black-Box Optimization (MetaBBO) methods have shown promise in optimizing configurations using neural networks. However, they are limited by predefined hand-crafted optimizers. To overcome this limitation, researchers propose a Symbolic Equation Generator (SEG) that dynamically generates closed-form optimization rules for specific tasks and steps. By leveraging reinforcement learning, three distinct strategies are developed to efficiently meta-learn the SEG. The generated optimizers surpass state-of-the-art BBO and MetaBBO baselines and exhibit exceptional zero-shot generalization abilities across diverse tasks with varying dimensions, population sizes, and horizons. The Symbol framework demonstrates desirable flexibility and interpretability. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Symbolic equation learning is a new way to optimize things using mathematical rules. Researchers developed a machine that can learn these rules for specific problems. They used this machine to generate many different optimization methods, which worked really well! These new methods are better than the old ones and can solve many kinds of problems without being trained on them beforehand. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Generalization * Meta learning * Optimization * Reinforcement learning * Zero shot
