Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42328502›Full record

ArticleACS engineering Au2026

PPO-GPR: A Custom Proximal Policy Optimization Tool for Active Reinforcement Learning.

Etinosa Osaro, Yamil J Colón

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in ACS engineering Au, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Etinosa OsaroDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2744-339X
Yamil J ColónDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5316-9692

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient data selection is critical in domains where data acquisition is expensive and time-consuming, such as material science. In this work, we introduce a novel active learning framework that integrates proximal policy optimization (PPO) with Gaussian process regression (GPR) to strategically select informative data points and thereby enhance predictive modeling. Leveraging the inherent stability and sample efficiency of PPO, achieved through a clipped surrogate objective, the framework guides data acquisition via a custom-designed Gymnasium environment tailored for GPR. In this environment, the PPO agent dynamically chooses data points based on their potential to improve the GPR's performance, as measured by the

Indexed as

active learninggas mixture separationsGaussian process regressionmetal−organic frameworksproximal policy optimizationreinforcement learning

Identifiers

PMID42328502
PMCPMC13281377

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.