Title
Symbolic regression driven by training data and prior knowledge
Abstract
ABSTRACTIn symbolic regression, the search for analytic models is typically driven purely by the prediction error observed on the training data samples. However, when the data samples do not sufficiently cover the input space, the prediction error does not provide sufficient guidance toward desired models. Standard symbolic regression techniques then yield models that are partially incorrect, for instance, in terms of their steady-state characteristics or local behavior. If these properties were considered already during the search process, more accurate and relevant models could be produced. We propose a multi-objective symbolic regression approach that is driven by both the training data and the prior knowledge of the properties the desired model should manifest. The properties given in the form of formal constraints are internally represented by a set of discrete data samples on which candidate models are exactly checked. The proposed approach was experimentally evaluated on three test problems with results clearly demonstrating its capability to evolve realistic models that fit the training data well while complying with the prior knowledge of the desired model characteristics at the same time. It outperforms standard symbolic regression by several orders of magnitude in terms of the mean squared deviation from a reference model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3377930.3390152
GECCO
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
symbolic regression, genetic programming, multi-objective optimization, model learning
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jirí Kubalík1116.50
Erik Derner235.81
Robert Babuska32200164.90