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Multi-armed bandits, Thomson sampling and unsupervised machine learning in phylogenetic graph search.

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¹Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, New York, NY, 10024, USA.

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This study introduces Thompson sampling for phylogenetic graph searching, improving efficiency and accuracy. The adaptive strategy outperforms traditional methods for finding optimal phylogenetic trees.

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Area of Science:

Computational Biology
Phylogenetics
Machine Learning

Background:

Phylogenetic graph searching uses numerous search procedures with varying effectiveness.
Existing randomized search strategies can be inefficient and suboptimal.

Purpose of the Study:

To enhance phylogenetic graph searching efficiency and effectiveness.
To apply adaptive sampling strategies to optimize search procedures.

Main Methods:

The multi-armed bandit problem framework was adapted for phylogenetic search.
Thompson sampling was utilized to dynamically select the most productive search strategies.
Unsupervised machine learning principles were integrated into the search process.

Main Results:

The Thompson sampling strategy significantly improved the production of heuristically optimal phylogenetic graphs.
This adaptive approach demonstrated greater time efficiency compared to uniform probability randomized searches.
The method proved effective across diverse phylogenetic datasets without prior parameter tuning.

Conclusions:

Thompson sampling offers a more effective and efficient approach to phylogenetic graph searching.
This unsupervised learning strategy is broadly applicable to various phylogenetic analyses.
The method enhances the discovery of optimal phylogenetic relationships.