Unlock the Potential of Large Language Models for Predictive Tabular Tasks in Data Science with Table-Specific Pretraining

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Main Authors: Yang, Yazheng, Wang, Yuqi, Li, Yaxuan, Sen, Sankalok, Li, Lei, Qiu, Lin, Liu, Qi
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author Yang, Yazheng
Wang, Yuqi
Li, Yaxuan
Sen, Sankalok
Li, Lei
Qiu, Lin
Liu, Qi
author_facet Yang, Yazheng
Wang, Yuqi
Li, Yaxuan
Sen, Sankalok
Li, Lei
Qiu, Lin
Liu, Qi
contents In the domain of data science, the predictive tasks of classification, regression, and imputation of missing values are commonly encountered challenges associated with tabular data. This research endeavors to apply Large Language Models (LLMs) towards addressing these predictive tasks. Despite their proficiency in comprehending natural language, LLMs fall short in dealing with structured tabular data. This limitation stems from their lacking exposure to the intricacies of tabular data during their foundational training. Our research aims to mitigate this gap by compiling a comprehensive corpus of tables annotated with instructions and executing large-scale training of Llama-2 on this enriched dataset. Furthermore, we investigate the practical application of applying the trained model to zero-shot prediction, few-shot prediction, and in-context learning scenarios. Through extensive experiments, our methodology has shown significant improvements over existing benchmarks. These advancements highlight the efficacy of tailoring LLM training to solve table-related problems in data science, thereby establishing a new benchmark in the utilization of LLMs for enhancing tabular intelligence.
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spellingShingle Unlock the Potential of Large Language Models for Predictive Tabular Tasks in Data Science with Table-Specific Pretraining
Yang, Yazheng
Wang, Yuqi
Li, Yaxuan
Sen, Sankalok
Li, Lei
Qiu, Lin
Liu, Qi
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
In the domain of data science, the predictive tasks of classification, regression, and imputation of missing values are commonly encountered challenges associated with tabular data. This research endeavors to apply Large Language Models (LLMs) towards addressing these predictive tasks. Despite their proficiency in comprehending natural language, LLMs fall short in dealing with structured tabular data. This limitation stems from their lacking exposure to the intricacies of tabular data during their foundational training. Our research aims to mitigate this gap by compiling a comprehensive corpus of tables annotated with instructions and executing large-scale training of Llama-2 on this enriched dataset. Furthermore, we investigate the practical application of applying the trained model to zero-shot prediction, few-shot prediction, and in-context learning scenarios. Through extensive experiments, our methodology has shown significant improvements over existing benchmarks. These advancements highlight the efficacy of tailoring LLM training to solve table-related problems in data science, thereby establishing a new benchmark in the utilization of LLMs for enhancing tabular intelligence.
title Unlock the Potential of Large Language Models for Predictive Tabular Tasks in Data Science with Table-Specific Pretraining
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20208