arXiv Machine Learning

Delphos: A reinforcement learning framework for assisting discrete choice model specification

Delphos is a deep reinforcement learning framework designed to aid the specification of discrete choice models. It treats model specification as a sequential decision-making task, where an agent selects modeling actions—such as adding constants, choosing taste parameters, applying transformations, or including interactions—to generate candidate models. Each candidate is estimated and evaluated using a reward function that reflects statistical fit and behavioral expectations, and a Deep Q-Network learns which sequences of decisions lead to high-quality models, as demonstrated on simulated and empirical datasets.

arXiv AI
Sep 17

Multitask Reinforcement Learning for Assisting Choice Model Specification

Delphos is a multitask reinforcement learning framework that automates discrete choice model specification by treating it as a sequential decision-making problem. It learns transferable specification strategies across multiple transport choice datasets using a DeepSet‑Q architecture, enabling a shared policy to adapt to varying variable sets. Trained on nine datasets, Delphos outperforms single‑task agents, and when applied to unseen Swissmetro and Decisions datasets, it quickly identifies competitive specifications with higher log‑likelihoods than existing methods.

By Gabriel Nova, Stephane Hess, Sander Van Cranenburgh
arXiv AI
Sep 3

Propose to Learn, Learn to Propose: Evaluability-Aware Assistance under Bounded Rationality

The paper introduces ProSE, a framework for AI assistants that generate proposals while considering users’ bounded rationality and evaluability constraints. It proposes a KL‑regularised bounded‑rational binary response model and a depth‑2 Bayes‑adaptive planner, “ProSE‑Plan,” which scores proposals by expected responses and resulting belief updates. Experiments on graph simulations show that “ProSE‑Plan” outperforms evaluability‑unaware and myopic baselines, especially when evaluation cost is high, and that informative probes are crucial for effective assistance.

By Yifan Zhu, Sammie Katt, Samuel Kaski
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jun 2

Skill-RM: Unifying Heterogeneous Evaluation Criteria via Agent Skill

Reward models (RMs) provide critical feedback signals for LLM post-training, notably in reinforced fine-tuning (RFT) and reinforcement learning (RL) pipelines. However, current reward evaluation relies on heterogeneous criteria such as rule-based verifiers, ground-truth references, procedural checklists, and complex rubrics, where a unified mechanism to integrate all types of evidence remains unexplored.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

Skill-RM: Unifying Heterogeneous Evaluation Criteria via Agent Skill

arXiv:2606. 03980v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reward models (RMs) provide critical feedback signals for LLM post-training, notably in reinforced fine-tuning (RFT) and reinforcement learning (RL) pipelines.

By Tao Chen, Gangwei Jiang, Pengyu Cheng, Siyuan Huang, Yihao Liu, Jingwei Ni, Jiaqi Guo, Mengyu Zhou, Kai Tang, Junling Liu, Qinliang Su, Xiaoxi Jiang, Guanjun Jiang
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 12

Constrained Triple-Head Price Optimization (C3PO) Network for Discrete-Choice Models

The paper introduces the Constrained Triple-Head Price Optimization (C3PO) network, a transformer-based model designed for real‑time bi‑level decision making in discrete‑choice settings. C3PO integrates price imitation learning, multi‑task revenue prediction, and in‑context elasticity learning, while a lightweight differentiable constraint layer enforces business pricing rules. Experiments on simulated, synthetic, and real‑world datasets show that C3PO outperforms calibrated MNL baselines by up to 7.9 percentage points in expected revenue and reduces constraint violations by over 50%, with significant improvements in healthcare tender and airline ancillary pricing applications.

By Shivaram Subramanian, Zhengliang Xue, Markus Ettl, Yingdong Lu, Jayant Kalagnanam