arXiv:2606. 07068v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Background: Since 1990 many feature selection methods have been proposed across heterogeneous applications.
arXiv:2607. 24145v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Feature selection aims to identify the most informative and relevant features for a given dataset, either in terms of capturing the underlying data structure and distribution better, or with respect to the performance on a downstream task.
arXiv:2605. 28418v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: With the rise of tabular foundation models alongside traditional models still performing well on many tasks, choosing the right model for a tabular dataset remains difficult.
SymboLLM-FE combines symbolic regression and large language models to automate feature engineering for tabular data. It first extracts mathematically expressive formulas that correlate strongly with the target, then refines them with LLMs to improve interpretability. Experiments on six real‑world datasets and four Kaggle competitions show that SymboLLM‑FE outperforms existing AutoFE methods while reducing the number of costly LLM calls.
Data-DPO is a target model‑oriented supervised fine‑tuning data selection method that uses one‑step probing of the target model to generate pairwise data preferences, trains a lightweight reward model to capture these preferences, and then selects a training subset by combining target‑model preference, external quality scores, and marginal diversity. Experiments on Vision‑Flan and LLaVA‑CoT demonstrate that Data‑DPO consistently outperforms existing data selection baselines across multiple data budgets and even surpasses full data training performance.
arXiv:2607. 18515v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This study contributes toward development of an Automated Data Processing (ADP) framework designed to evaluate and reinforce optimal machine learning model-feature combinations for predictive tasks in fused deposition modeling (FDM) process datasets.
arXiv:2603.02221v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In clinical tabular prediction, classical machine learning models with feature engineering often outperform neural methods. LLMs are increasi...
The paper introduces a unified framework called null importance to clarify different notions of feature relevance in interpretable machine learning. It defines null importance at the population level for various relevance concepts—marginal, conditional, predictive risk, functional invariance, and causal effects—and demonstrates how each answers distinct scientific questions. Through theoretical analysis, simulations, and case studies on fairness and genomic modeling, the authors show when these null notions coincide or diverge and how different importance methods target them.
arXiv:2508. 14268v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Feature selection and importance estimation in a model-agnostic setting is an ongoing challenge of significant interest.
arXiv:2603. 02221v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In clinical tabular prediction, classical machine learning models with feature engineering often outperform neural methods.
arXiv:2609.24126v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Black-box machine learning models increasingly deliver strong predictions, but extracting useful information from them, such as a set of important fe...
Every supervised fine-tuning run forces the same chain of decisions, such as learning rate, batch size, LoRA or full fine-tuning, how many epochs, which optimiser, and what data to feed the model. Eac...
arXiv:2609.01244v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Every supervised fine-tuning run forces the same chain of decisions, such as learning rate, batch size, LoRA or full fine-tuning, how many epochs, whic...