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Decision Trees Enhance LLMs for Molecular Property Prediction

Researchers have developed a new method called TreeKD to improve the accuracy of large language models (LLMs) in molecular property prediction, a crucial task in drug discovery. TreeKD works by distilling knowledge from specialist decision trees, trained on molecular features, into LLMs through verbalized prompts. This approach enhances the LLMs' internal knowledge and predictive capabilities. The method also incorporates a technique called rule-consistency for aggregating predictions at test time, further boosting performance. AI

IMPACT This research could significantly advance the use of LLMs in drug discovery by improving their accuracy in predicting molecular properties.

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Decision Trees Enhance LLMs for Molecular Property Prediction

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Khiem Le, Sreejata Dey, Marcos Mart\'inez Galindo, Vanessa Lopez, Ting Hua, Nitesh V. Chawla, Hoang Thanh Lam ·

    Can Decision Trees Teach Large Language Models? Distilling Verbalized Knowledge for Molecular Property Prediction

    arXiv:2603.12344v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Molecular Property Prediction (MPP) is a fundamental problem in drug discovery that has recently attracted growing attention. Large Language Models (LLMs), known for their impressive proficiency across domains, show promise as g…