LLM生成优化器在逆设计任务中表现逼近贝叶斯优化,速度更快但收敛性略逊。
Benchmarking Generative AI Against Bayesian Optimization for Constrained Multi-Objective Inverse Design
- 用微调的LLM将逆设计问题转为回归任务,通过参数高效微调实现
- 最佳LLM(WizardMath-7B)生成距离(GD)达1.21,远优于传统贝叶斯优化基线(GD=15.03)
- 适合需要快速探索高维材料设计空间的工业研发场景
本文研究大语言模型(LLMs)作为生成优化器在约束性多目标回归任务中的表现,聚焦于材料信息学中关键的逆设计问题(属性到结构映射)。该任务需在复杂可行的输入向量中找到位于帕累托最优前沿的解。尽管LLMs在生成与推理任务中表现出通用性,但其在未显式设计的连续高维数值空间中的有效性仍待验证。我们对经典贝叶斯优化框架(BoTorch Ax)与一系列微调的LLM及BERT模型进行了严格对比。贝叶斯优化采用q-期望超体积改进(qEHVI, BoTorchM),而生成方法基于参数高效微调(PEFT),以自定义输出头处理回归任务。结果表明,BoTorch qEHVI达到完美收敛(GD=0.0),设定性能上限;最优LLM(WizardMath-7B)的生成距离为1.21,显著优于传统基线(GD=15.03)。结论是:专用贝叶斯优化仍为收敛保障的领导者,但微调后的LLM被证实为一种计算高效且前景可观的替代方案,为人工智能驱动的优化提供了关键比较基准。研究成果可直接应用于树脂、聚合物和涂料等材料配方设计中,平衡力学、流变性与化学性质的多目标权衡,推动创新与生产效率提升。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This paper investigates the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) as generative optimizers for solving constrained multi-objective regression tasks, specifically within the challenging domain of inverse design (property-to-structure mapping). This problem, critical to materials informatics, demands finding complex, feasible input vectors that lie on the Pareto optimal front. While LLMs have demonstrated universal effectiveness across generative and reasoning tasks, their utility in constrained, continuous, high-dimensional numerical spaces tasks they weren't explicitly architected for remains an open research question. We conducted a rigorous comparative study between established Bayesian Optimization (BO) frameworks and a suite of fine-tuned LLMs and BERT models. For BO, we benchmarked the foundational BoTorch Ax implementation against the state-of-the-art q-Expected Hypervolume Improvement (qEHVI, BoTorchM). The generative approach involved fine-tuning models via Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT), framing the challenge as a regression problem with a custom output head. Our results show that BoTorch qEHVI achieved perfect convergence (GD=0.0), setting the performance ceiling. Crucially, the best-performing LLM (WizardMath-7B) achieved a Generational Distance (GD) of 1.21, significantly outperforming the traditional BoTorch Ax baseline (GD=15.03). We conclude that specialized BO frameworks remain the performance leader for guaranteed convergence, but fine-tuned LLMs are validated as a promising, computationally fast alternative, contributing essential comparative metrics to the field of AI-driven optimization. The findings have direct industrial applications in optimizing formulation design for resins, polymers, and paints, where multi-objective trade-offs between mechanical, rheological, and chemical properties are critical to innovation and production efficiency.
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