arXiv Machine Learning August 6, 2026 By Alexandros Ntagiantas, Panagiotis Tsilimidos, George Giannakopoulos, Christoforos Rekatsinas, Panagiotis Krokidas

Active Learning Guided Design Space Refinement for Scalable Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization in Materials Discovery

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arXiv:2608. 04651v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Advanced materials discovery increasingly relies on machine learning and Bayesian optimization to explore large discrete design spaces under limited evaluation budgets.

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