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New diffusion transformers enable advanced Thompson sampling for black-box optimization

Researchers have introduced a novel approach called prior-fitted diffusion transformers for optimizing unknown functions in a black-box manner. This method utilizes diffusion models to perform Thompson sampling in-context after pre-training with the prior-fitted network paradigm. The work also develops practical non-Gaussian priors for functions with characteristics not achievable under Gaussianity, demonstrating improved performance over traditional Gaussian process pipelines on global optimization benchmarks. AI

IMPACT Introduces a novel method for black-box optimization that could enhance AI model training and hyperparameter tuning.

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New diffusion transformers enable advanced Thompson sampling for black-box optimization

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Sihwa Park, Jingsen Zhu, Vinamr Jain, Sheng-Yen Chou, Alexander Terenin ·

    Thompson Sampling using Prior-fitted Diffusion Transformers

    arXiv:2611.14656v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Thompson sampling is natural randomized strategy for optimizing unknown functions in a black-box manner. In continuous global optimization, Thompson sampling has largely been restricted to Gaussian process priors, as these are ess…