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Autori principali: Song, Jinglu, Lu, Qiang, Tian, Bozhou, Zhang, Jingwen, Luo, Jake, Wang, Zhiguang
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13820
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author Song, Jinglu
Lu, Qiang
Tian, Bozhou
Zhang, Jingwen
Luo, Jake
Wang, Zhiguang
author_facet Song, Jinglu
Lu, Qiang
Tian, Bozhou
Zhang, Jingwen
Luo, Jake
Wang, Zhiguang
contents Symbolic regression (SR) is the task of discovering a symbolic expression that fits a given data set from the space of mathematical expressions. Despite the abundance of research surrounding the SR problem, there's a scarcity of works that confirm its NP-hard nature. Therefore, this paper introduces the concept of a symbol graph as a comprehensive representation of the entire mathematical expression space, effectively illustrating the NP-hard characteristics of the SR problem. Leveraging the symbol graph, we establish a connection between the SR problem and the task of identifying an optimally fitted degree-constrained Steiner Arborescence (DCSAP). The complexity of DCSAP, which is proven to be NP-hard, directly implies the NP-hard nature of the SR problem.
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spellingShingle Prove Symbolic Regression is NP-hard by Symbol Graph
Song, Jinglu
Lu, Qiang
Tian, Bozhou
Zhang, Jingwen
Luo, Jake
Wang, Zhiguang
Computational Complexity
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Symbolic regression (SR) is the task of discovering a symbolic expression that fits a given data set from the space of mathematical expressions. Despite the abundance of research surrounding the SR problem, there's a scarcity of works that confirm its NP-hard nature. Therefore, this paper introduces the concept of a symbol graph as a comprehensive representation of the entire mathematical expression space, effectively illustrating the NP-hard characteristics of the SR problem. Leveraging the symbol graph, we establish a connection between the SR problem and the task of identifying an optimally fitted degree-constrained Steiner Arborescence (DCSAP). The complexity of DCSAP, which is proven to be NP-hard, directly implies the NP-hard nature of the SR problem.
title Prove Symbolic Regression is NP-hard by Symbol Graph
topic Computational Complexity
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13820