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An LLM-in-the-loop RL Framework for Bioinformatics Feature Selection
arXiv:2610.05600v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-dimensional bioinformatics data, characterized by a large number of features relative to the number of samples, pose major challenges such as the `
arXiv:2610.05600v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: High-dimensional bioinformatics data, characterized by a large number of features relative to the number of samples, pose major challenges such as the ``curse of dimensionality,'' leading to overfitting, high computational cost, and poor generalization. Traditional feature selection methods often suffer from limited scalability and adaptability in such domains. We propose an LLM-in-the-loop reinforcement learning (RL) framework for bioinformatics feature selection, where the RL agent formulates feature selection as a sequential decision-making task, while the large language model (LLM) enhances the process in two ways: (1) guiding exploration through domain-informed advice, and (2) providing hybrid rewards that integrate data-driven performance with knowledge-driven evaluation. The LLM also produces explanations to improve interpretability for human experts without altering the RL policy update. Experiments on diverse bioinformatics datasets show that the LLM-in-the-loop framework outperforms baselines, achieves stable performance across downstream models, and converges faster than pure RL.
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Source: arXiv cs.LG | 2026-10-06