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ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.)2025

The tree-based pipeline optimization tool: Tackling biomedical research problems with genetic programming and automated machine learning.

Jose Guadalupe Hernandez, Anil Kumar Saini, Attri Ghosh, Jason H Moore

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Article in Patterns (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors.

Jose Guadalupe HernandezCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Anil Kumar SainiCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Attri GhoshCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jason H MooreCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

Artificial Intelligence Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease ResearchU01AG066833 · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$1.6M
Knowledge-guided automated machine learning methods for modeling the interaction of HIV with addictive drugsR01LM014572 · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$491k
NIA NIH HHS U01 AG066833NLM NIH HHS R01 LM014572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tree-based pipeline optimization tool (TPOT) is one of the earliest automated machine learning (ML) frameworks developed for optimizing ML pipelines, with an emphasis on addressing the complexities of biomedical research. TPOT uses genetic programming to explore a diverse space of pipeline structures and hyperparameter configurations in search of optimal pipelines. Here, we provide a comparative overview of the conceptual similarities and implementation differences between the previous and latest versions of TPOT, focusing on two key aspects: (1) the representation of ML pipelines and (2) the underlying algorithm driving pipeline optimization. We also highlight TPOT's application across various medical and healthcare domains, including disease diagnosis, adverse outcome forecasting, and genetic analysis. Additionally, we propose future directions for enhancing TPOT by integrating contemporary ML techniques and recent advancements in evolutionary computation.

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automated machine learningcomputational biomedicineevolutionary computationgenetic programmingPareto optimizationpipeline optimizationTPOT

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PMID40926965
PMCPMC12416094

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