PhyloGFN: Phylogenetic inference with generative flow networks

arXiv:2310.08774 · q-bio.PE, cs.LG, stat.ML · Submitted 2023-10-12 · Read on arXiv

q-bio.PE, cs.LG, stat.ML

Submitted: 2023-10-12

Updated: 2026-08-31

Code: https://github.com/zmy1116/phylogfn

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Sources

• Joint Bayesian Inference of Graphical Structure and Parameters with a Single Generative Flow Network
• GeoPhy: Differentiable Phylogenetic Inference via Geometric Gradients of Tree Topologies
• Learnable Topological Features for Phylogenetic Inference via Graph Neural Networks
• Let the Flows Tell: Solving Graph Combinatorial Optimization Problems with GFlowNets

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