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New SHAP-guided framework enhances LLM-based feature engineering

Researchers have developed SIGMA, a novel framework for automated feature engineering (AutoFE) that utilizes SHAP values to guide feature generation without requiring semantic metadata. This approach addresses limitations in existing LLM-based AutoFE methods, such as context window constraints and high duplicate feature rates. SIGMA's EXposed-feature Implicit Trajectory (EXIT) method maintains a constant prompt length and significantly reduces feature duplication from 37.2% to 6.8%, while achieving comparable performance to state-of-the-art methods with fewer features. AI

IMPACT This research offers a more efficient and scalable approach to feature engineering for LLMs, potentially improving performance in various machine learning applications.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xuan Zheng, Kento Uchida, Shinichi Shirakawa ·

    SIGMA: SHAP-Guided Implicit-Trajectory Generation for Metadata-Free LLM-Based AutoFE

    arXiv:2608.17948v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent research has leveraged Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance Automated Feature Engineering (AutoFE) through semantic descriptions and trajectory-based prompting. However, there exist two challenges that limit their applic…