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A key challenge in program synthesis is the astronomical size of the search space the synthesizer has to explore. In response to this challenge, recent work proposed to guide synthesis using learned probabilistic models. Obtaining such a…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Shraddha Barke , Hila Peleg , Nadia Polikarpova

In this paper we propose a novel reinforcement learning based model for sequence tagging, referred to as MM-Tag. Inspired by the success and methodology of the AlphaGo Zero, MM-Tag formalizes the problem of sequence tagging with a Monte…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2018-05-21 Yadi Lao , Jun Xu , Yanyan Lan , Jiafeng Guo , Sheng Gao , Xueqi Cheng

A novel method called mixed variable system Monte Carlo tree search (MVSMCTS) formulation is presented for optimization problems considering various types of variables with single and mixed continuous-discrete system. This method utilizes a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-31 Fu-Yao Ko , Katsuyuki Suzuki , Kazuo Yonekura

Given a specification $\varphi(X,Y)$ over inputs $X$ and output $Y$, defined over a background theory $\mathbb{T}$, the problem of program synthesis is to design a program $f$ such that $Y=f(X)$ satisfies the specification $\varphi$. Over…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Priyanka Golia , Subhajit Roy , Kuldeep S. Meel

The combination of Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) and deep reinforcement learning is state-of-the-art in two-player perfect-information games. In this paper, we describe a search algorithm that uses a variant of MCTS which we enhanced by 1)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-26 Arta Seify , Michael Buro

Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is a powerful algorithm for solving complex decision-making problems. This paper presents an optimized MCTS implementation applied to the FrozenLake environment, a classic reinforcement learning task…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Esteban Aldana Guerra

Recently, reinforcement learning has been used to address logic synthesis by formulating the operator sequence optimization problem as a Markov decision process. However, through extensive experiments, we find out that the learned policy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Chao Wang , Chen Chen , Dong Li , Bin Wang

Automatic software generation based on some specification is known as program synthesis. Most existing approaches formulate program synthesis as a search problem with discrete parameters. In this paper, we present a novel formulation of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Shantanu Mandal , Todd A. Anderson , Javier Turek , Justin Gottschlich , Abdullah Muzahid

Synthesizing user-intended programs from a small number of input-output examples is a challenging problem with several important applications like spreadsheet manipulation, data wrangling and code refactoring. Existing synthesis systems…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-09-17 Ashwin Kalyan , Abhishek Mohta , Oleksandr Polozov , Dhruv Batra , Prateek Jain , Sumit Gulwani

Retrosynthesis is a technique to plan the chemical synthesis of organic molecules, for example drugs, agro- and fine chemicals. In retrosynthesis, a search tree is built by analysing molecules recursively and dissecting them into simpler…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-02-02 Marwin Segler , Mike Preuß , Mark P. Waller

In retrosynthetic planning, the huge number of possible routes to synthesize a complex molecule using simple building blocks leads to a combinatorial explosion of possibilities. Even experienced chemists often have difficulty to select the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Siqi Hong , Hankz Hankui Zhuo , Kebing Jin , Guang Shao , Zhanwen Zhou

Program synthesis is the task of automatically generating a program consistent with a given specification. A natural way to specify programs is to provide examples of desired input-output behavior, and many current program synthesis…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Alexander Suh , Yuval Timen

Proving Unrealizability for Syntax-Guided Synthesis We consider the problem of automatically establishing that a given syntax-guided-synthesis (SyGuS) problem is unrealizable (i.e., has no solution). Existing techniques have quite limited…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2019-07-25 Qinheping Hu , Jason Breck , John Cyphert , Loris D'Antoni , Thomas Reps

From medicines to materials, small organic molecules are indispensable for human well-being. To plan their syntheses, chemists employ a problem solving technique called retrosynthesis. In retrosynthesis, target molecules are recursively…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Marwin H. S. Segler , Mike Preuss , Mark P. Waller

High-dimensional design spaces underpin a wide range of physics-based modeling and computational design tasks in science and engineering. These problems are commonly formulated as constrained black-box searches over rugged objective…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Suvo Banik , Troy D. Loeffler , Henry Chan , Sukriti Manna , Orcun Yildiz , Tom Peterka , Subramanian Sankaranarayanan

Syntax-guided synthesis aims to find a program satisfying semantic specification as well as user-provided structural hypothesis. For syntax-guided synthesis there are two main search strategies: concrete search, which systematically or…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Kangjing Huang , Xiaokang Qiu , Qi Tian , Yanjun Wang

Reinforcement Learning (RL) enhances LLM reasoning, yet a paradox emerges as models scale: strong base models saturate standard benchmarks (e.g., MATH), yielding correct but homogeneous solutions. In such environments, the lack of failure…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Zhenwen Liang , Yujun Zhou , Sidi Lu , Xiangliang Zhang , Haitao Mi , Dong Yu

This article presents resource-guided synthesis, a technique for synthesizing recursive programs that satisfy both a functional specification and a symbolic resource bound. The technique is type-directed and rests upon a novel type system…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Tristan Knoth , Di Wang , Nadia Polikarpova , Jan Hoffmann

Repository-level software engineering tasks require large language models (LLMs) to efficiently navigate and extract information from complex codebases through multi-turn tool interactions. Existing approaches face significant limitations:…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Guochang Li , Yuchen Liu , Zhen Qin , Yunkun Wang , Jianping Zhong , Chen Zhi , Binhua Li , Fei Huang , Yongbin Li , Shuiguang Deng

Program synthesis is the process of automatically translating a specification into computer code. Traditional synthesis settings require a formal, precise specification. Motivated by computer education applications where a student learns to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-06-05 Evan Hernandez , Ara Vartanian , Xiaojin Zhu