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ENTMOOT: A framework for optimization over ensemble tree models

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Alexander Thebelt
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Jan Kronqvist
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Miten Mistry
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Robert M. Lee
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Nathan Sudermann‐Merx
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Ruth Misener *
DOI:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107343delete
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Gradient boosted trees and other regression tree models perform well in a wide range of real-world, industrial applications. These tree models (i) offer insight into important prediction features, (ii) effec-tively manage sparse data, and (iii) have excellent prediction capabilities. Despite their advantages, they are generally unpopular for decision-making tasks and black-box optimization, which is due to their difficult-to-optimize structure and the lack of a reliable uncertainty measure. ENTMOOT is our new frame-work for integrating (already trained) tree models into larger optimization problems. The contributions of ENTMOOT include: (i) explicitly introducing a reliable uncertainty measure that is compatible with tree models, (ii) solving the larger optimization problems that incorporate these uncertainty aware tree mod-els, (iii) proving that the solutions are globally optimal, i.e. no better solution exists. In particular, we show how the ENTMOOT approach allows a simple integration of tree models into decision-making and black-box optimization, where it proves as a strong competitor to commonly-used frameworks. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Bayesian optimization
Gradient-boosted trees
Deterministic global optimization
Black-box optimization
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BASF
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