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Pointer Network
Introduced by Oriol Vinyals et al. in Pointer Networks
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Pointer Networks tackle problems where input and output data are sequential data, but can't be solved by seq2seq type models because discrete categories of output elements depend on the variable input size (and are not decided in advance).
A Pointer Network learns the conditional probability of an output sequence with elements that are discrete tokens corresponding to positions in an input sequence. They solve the problem of variable size output dictionaries using additive attention. But instead of using attention to blend hidden units of an encoder to a context vector at each decoder step, Pointer Networks use attention as a pointer to select a member of the input sequence as the output.
Pointer-Nets can be used to learn approximate solutions to challenging geometric problems such as finding planar convex hulls, computing Delaunay triangulations, and the planar Travelling Salesman Problem.
Papers archive 2025-07-28
30 shown of 105, newest first. Repository counts are the archive's code-links table. A Syntology line states what Syntology ran from that paper's harvested code; it is per sample and not a correctness claim.
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Pointer-Guided Pre-Training: Infusing Large Language Models with Paragraph-Level Contextual Awareness 6 Jun 2024 · 1 repository · arXiv:2406.04156
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Solving the QAP by Two-Stage Graph Pointer Networks and Reinforcement Learning 31 Mar 2024 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2404.00539
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Self-Labeling the Job Shop Scheduling Problem 22 Jan 2024 · 1 repository · arXiv:2401.11849Syntology ran 0 of 2 samples · 2 unverified · 2 pointer-only (licence)
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Large Language Models Play StarCraft II: Benchmarks and A Chain of Summarization Approach 19 Dec 2023 · 1 repository · arXiv:2312.11865Syntology ran 2 of 2 samples · 0 unverified · 2 pointer-only (licence)
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End-to-End real time tracking of children's reading with pointer network 17 Oct 2023 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2310.11486
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A Robust and Opponent-Aware League Training Method for StarCraft II 21 Sep 2023 · 0 repositories
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AlphaStar Unplugged: Large-Scale Offline Reinforcement Learning 7 Aug 2023 · 1 repository · arXiv:2308.03526Syntology ran 4 of 4 samples · 0 unverified
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Point to the Hidden: Exposing Speech Audio Splicing via Signal Pointer Nets 11 Jul 2023 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2307.05641
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Learning to Branch in Combinatorial Optimization with Graph Pointer Networks 4 Jul 2023 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2307.01434
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RL4CO: an Extensive Reinforcement Learning for Combinatorial Optimization Benchmark 29 Jun 2023 · 3 repositories · arXiv:2306.17100Syntology ran 0 of 16 samples · 16 unverified · 3 pointer-only (licence)
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Towards Accurate Translation via Semantically Appropriate Application of Lexical Constraints 21 Jun 2023 · 1 repository · arXiv:2306.12089
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Structured Sentiment Analysis as Transition-based Dependency Parsing 9 May 2023 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2305.05311
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PK-Chat: Pointer Network Guided Knowledge Driven Generative Dialogue Model 2 Apr 2023 · 2 repositories · arXiv:2304.00592
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Coordinating CAV Swarms at Intersections with a Deep Learning Model 10 Nov 2022 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2211.05297
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Accelerating the Genetic Algorithm for Large-scale Traveling Salesman Problems by Cooperative Coevolutionary Pointer Network with Reinforcement Learning 27 Sep 2022 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2209.13077
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On Efficient Reinforcement Learning for Full-length Game of StarCraft II 23 Sep 2022 · 2 repositories · arXiv:2209.11553Syntology ran 0 of 10 samples · 10 unverified
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Modeling User Repeat Consumption Behavior for Online Novel Recommendation 5 Sep 2022 · 1 repository · arXiv:2209.01963
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Orienteering Problems Based on Decomposition 25 Apr 2022 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2204.11575
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Multi-objective Pointer Network for Combinatorial Optimization 25 Apr 2022 · 1 repository · arXiv:2204.11860Syntology ran 1 of 2 samples · 1 unverified · 2 pointer-only (licence)
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Fix Bugs with Transformer through a Neural-Symbolic Edit Grammar 13 Apr 2022 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2204.06643
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Exploiting Pairwise Mutual Information for Knowledge-Grounded Dialogue 22 Mar 2022 · 1 repository
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Neural Face Identification in a 2D Wireframe Projection of a Manifold Object 8 Mar 2022 · 1 repository · arXiv:2203.04229Syntology ran 6 of 9 samples · 3 unverified
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A Data-Driven Column Generation Algorithm For Bin Packing Problem in Manufacturing Industry 25 Feb 2022 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2202.12466
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Towards Personalized Answer Generation in E-Commerce via Multi-Perspective Preference Modeling 27 Dec 2021 · 1 repository · arXiv:2112.13556
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Attention-Based Model and Deep Reinforcement Learning for Distribution of Event Processing Tasks 7 Dec 2021 · 1 repository · arXiv:2112.03835
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Fix Bugs with Transformer through a Neural-Symbolic Edit Grammar 16 Nov 2021 · 0 repositories
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QA4PRF: A Question Answering based Framework for Pseudo Relevance Feedback 16 Nov 2021 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2111.08229
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AI in Human-computer Gaming: Techniques, Challenges and Opportunities 15 Nov 2021 · 0 repositories · arXiv:2111.07631
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A Copy-Augmented Generative Model for Open-Domain Question Answering 16 Oct 2021 · 0 repositories
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Hybrid Pointer Networks for Traveling Salesman Problems Optimization 6 Oct 2021 · 1 repository · arXiv:2110.03104
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