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ARXIV:2602.03690 · OPTIMIZATION FOR DECISION-MAKING · SUBMITTED 02 APR · 02:30 UTC · FRESHNESS STALE
ARXIV:2602.03690OPTIMIZATION FOR DECISION-MAKINGSUBMITTED 02 APR · 02:30 UTCFRESHNESS STALEarXiv
Develop a Transformer-based solution for optimizing decision-making across large-scale portfolios using limited data through a pretrain-then-finetune pipeline.
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Pain Develop a Transformer-based solution for optimizing decision-making across large-scale portfolios using limited data through a pretrain-then-finetune pipeline.
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Develop a Transformer-based solution for optimizing decision-making across large-scale portfolios using limited data through a pretrain-then-finetune pipeline. Inspired by the success of large language models (LLMs), we propose a pretrain-then-finetune approach built on a…
We consider small-data, large-scale decision problems in which a firm must make many operational decisions simultaneously (e.g., across a large product portfolio) while observing only a few, potentially noisy, data points per instance. Inspired…
ScienceToStartup currently rates this 3.0/10 on the public viability pass. This new pipeline offers two complementary advantages: pretraining injects domain knowledge into the learning process and enables the training of high-capacity models using abundant…
Optimization for Decision-Making moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 3.0/10.
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Develop a Transformer-based solution for optimizing decision-making across large-scale portfolios using limited data through a pretrain-then-finetune pipeline.
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10.48550/arXiv.2602.03690Develop a Transformer-based solution for optimizing decision-making across large-scale portfolios using limited data through a pretrain-then-finetune pipeline.
Abstract
We consider small-data, large-scale decision problems in which a firm must make many operational decisions simultaneously (e.g., across a large product portfolio) while observing only a few, potentially noisy, data points per instance. Inspired by the success of large language models (LLMs), we propose a pretrain-then-finetune approach built on a designed Transformer model to address this challenge. The model is first pretrained on large-scale, domain-informed synthetic data that encode managerial knowledge and structural features of the decision environment, and is then fine-tuned on real observations. This new pipeline offers two complementary advantages: pretraining injects domain knowledge into the learning process and enables the training of high-capacity models using abundant synthetic data, while finetuning adapts the pretrained model to the operational environment and improves alignment with the true data-generating regime. While we have leveraged the Transformer's state-of-the-art representational capacity, particularly its attention mechanism, to efficiently extract cross-task structure, our approach is not an off-the-shelf application. Instead, it relies on problem-specific architectural design and a tailored training procedure to match the decision setting. Theoretically, we develop the first comprehensive error analysis regarding Transformer learning in relevant contexts, establishing nonasymptotic guarantees that validate the method's effectiveness. Critically, our analysis reveals how pretraining and fine-tuning jointly determine performance, with the dominant contribution governed by whichever is more favorable. In particular, finetuning exhibits an economies-of-scale effect, whereby transfer learning becomes increasingly effective as the number of instances grows.
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Develop a Transformer-based solution for optimizing decision-making across large-scale portfolios using limited data through a pretrain-then-finetune pipeline. Inspired by the success of large language models (LLMs), we propose a pretrain-then-finetune approach built on a design...
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We consider small-data, large-scale decision problems in which a firm must make many operational decisions simultaneously (e.g., across a large product portfolio) while observing only a few, potentially noisy, data points per instance. Inspired by the success of large language m...
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ScienceToStartup currently rates this 3.0/10 on the public viability pass. This new pipeline offers two complementary advantages: pretraining injects domain knowledge into the learning process and enables the training of high-capacity models using abundant synthetic data, while...
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Optimization for Decision-Making moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 3.0/10.
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Develop a Transformer-based solution for optimizing decision-making across large-scale portfolios using limited data through a pretrain-then-finetune pipeline. Inspired by the success of large language models (LLMs), we propose a pretrain-then-finetune approach built on a designed Transformer model to address this challenge.
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We consider small-data, large-scale decision problems in which a firm must make many operational decisions simultaneously (e.g., across a large product portfolio) while observing only a few, potentially noisy, data points per instance. Inspired by the success of large language models (LLMs), we propose a pretrain-then-finetune approach built on a designed Transformer model to address this challenge.
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ScienceToStartup currently rates this 3.0/10 on the public viability pass. This new pipeline offers two complementary advantages: pretraining injects domain knowledge into the learning process and enables the training of high-capacity models using abundant synthetic data, while finetuning adapts the pretrained model to the operational environment and improves alignment with the true data-generating regime.
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Optimization for Decision-Making moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 3.0/10.
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