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Main Authors: Xie, Binghui, Bian, Yatao, zhou, Kaiwen, Chen, Yongqiang, Zhao, Peilin, Han, Bo, Meng, Wei, Cheng, James
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03139
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author Xie, Binghui
Bian, Yatao
zhou, Kaiwen
Chen, Yongqiang
Zhao, Peilin
Han, Bo
Meng, Wei
Cheng, James
author_facet Xie, Binghui
Bian, Yatao
zhou, Kaiwen
Chen, Yongqiang
Zhao, Peilin
Han, Bo
Meng, Wei
Cheng, James
contents Learning neural subset selection tasks, such as compound selection in AI-aided drug discovery, have become increasingly pivotal across diverse applications. The existing methodologies in the field primarily concentrate on constructing models that capture the relationship between utility function values and subsets within their respective supersets. However, these approaches tend to overlook the valuable information contained within the superset when utilizing neural networks to model set functions. In this work, we address this oversight by adopting a probabilistic perspective. Our theoretical findings demonstrate that when the target value is conditioned on both the input set and subset, it is essential to incorporate an \textit{invariant sufficient statistic} of the superset into the subset of interest for effective learning. This ensures that the output value remains invariant to permutations of the subset and its corresponding superset, enabling identification of the specific superset from which the subset originated. Motivated by these insights, we propose a simple yet effective information aggregation module designed to merge the representations of subsets and supersets from a permutation invariance perspective. Comprehensive empirical evaluations across diverse tasks and datasets validate the enhanced efficacy of our approach over conventional methods, underscoring the practicality and potency of our proposed strategies in real-world contexts.
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spellingShingle Enhancing Neural Subset Selection: Integrating Background Information into Set Representations
Xie, Binghui
Bian, Yatao
zhou, Kaiwen
Chen, Yongqiang
Zhao, Peilin
Han, Bo
Meng, Wei
Cheng, James
Machine Learning
Learning neural subset selection tasks, such as compound selection in AI-aided drug discovery, have become increasingly pivotal across diverse applications. The existing methodologies in the field primarily concentrate on constructing models that capture the relationship between utility function values and subsets within their respective supersets. However, these approaches tend to overlook the valuable information contained within the superset when utilizing neural networks to model set functions. In this work, we address this oversight by adopting a probabilistic perspective. Our theoretical findings demonstrate that when the target value is conditioned on both the input set and subset, it is essential to incorporate an \textit{invariant sufficient statistic} of the superset into the subset of interest for effective learning. This ensures that the output value remains invariant to permutations of the subset and its corresponding superset, enabling identification of the specific superset from which the subset originated. Motivated by these insights, we propose a simple yet effective information aggregation module designed to merge the representations of subsets and supersets from a permutation invariance perspective. Comprehensive empirical evaluations across diverse tasks and datasets validate the enhanced efficacy of our approach over conventional methods, underscoring the practicality and potency of our proposed strategies in real-world contexts.
title Enhancing Neural Subset Selection: Integrating Background Information into Set Representations
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.03139