Summary of Disco-dso: Coupling Discrete and Continuous Optimization For Efficient Generative Design in Hybrid Spaces, by Jacob F. Pettit et al.
DisCo-DSO: Coupling Discrete and Continuous Optimization for Efficient Generative Design in Hybrid Spaces
by Jacob F. Pettit, Chak Shing Lee, Jiachen Yang, Alex Ho, Daniel Faissol, Brenden Petersen, Mikel Landajuela
First submitted to arxiv on: 15 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed DisCo-DSO approach addresses black-box optimization challenges in hybrid discrete-continuous and variable-length spaces, crucial for applications like decision tree learning and symbolic regression. By leveraging a generative model to learn a joint distribution over design variables, DisCo-DSO samples new hybrid designs more efficiently than decoupled approaches. This method is robust against non-differentiable objectives and learns from prior samples to guide the search. As problem complexity increases, DisCo-DSO outperforms state-of-the-art methods in interpretable reinforcement learning with decision trees. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary DisCo-DSO is a new way to find good solutions in complex problems where some variables can take on different values and others are continuous. It’s like having a map that shows you the best path to take. This approach works better than other methods when the problem is very hard, especially when we’re trying to use decision trees to make decisions. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Decision tree » Generative model » Optimization » Regression » Reinforcement learning
