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most citedThe Importance of Directional Feedback for LLM-based Optimizers

2 citations · 2 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.LG2026

RosettaSearch: Multi-Objective Inference-Time Search for Protein Sequence Design

Meghana Kshirsagar, Allen Nie, Ching-An Cheng +5

We introduce RosettaSearch, an inference-time multi-objective optimization approach for backbone conditioned protein sequence design. We use large language models (LLMs) as a gener…

cs.LG2026

POLCA: Stochastic Generative Optimization with LLM

Xuanfei Ren, Allen Nie, Tengyang Xie +1

Optimizing complex systems, ranging from LLM prompts to multi-turn agents, traditionally requires labor-intensive manual iteration. We formalize this challenge as a stochastic gene…

cs.LG2026

Understanding the Challenges in Iterative Generative Optimization with LLMs

Allen Nie, Xavier Daull, Zhiyi Kuang +10

Generative optimization uses large language models (LLMs) to iteratively improve artifacts (such as code, workflows or prompts) using execution feedback. It is a promising approach…

cs.LG2025

Formalizing Learning from Language Feedback with Provable Guarantees

Wanqiao Xu, Allen Nie, Ruijie Zheng +3

Interactively learning from observation and language feedback is an increasingly studied area driven by the emergence of large language model (LLM) agents. Despite impressive empir…

cs.LG2024

How to Solve Contextual Goal-Oriented Problems with Offline Datasets?

Ying Fan, Jingling Li, Adith Swaminathan +2

We present a novel method, Contextual goal-Oriented Data Augmentation (CODA), which uses commonly available unlabeled trajectories and context-goal pairs to solve Contextual Goal-O…

cs.AI20242 cited

The Importance of Directional Feedback for LLM-based Optimizers

Allen Nie, Ching-An Cheng, Andrey Kolobov +1

We study the potential of using large language models (LLMs) as an interactive optimizer for solving maximization problems in a text space using natural language and numerical feed…