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9 papers

cs.NE2026

A Systematic Survey on Large Language Models for Evolutionary Optimization: From Modeling to Solving

Yisong Zhang, Ran Cheng, Guoxing Yi +1

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated with evolutionary computation to support optimization tasks. This survey primarily focuses on evolutionary optimization, i.…

cs.AI2026

SLAT: Segment-Level Adaptive Trimming for Efficient CoT Reasoning

Jian Yao, Xiongcai Luo, Ran Cheng +1

Recent advances in Large Reasoning Models have significantly improved chain-of-thought (CoT) capabilities via reinforcement learning (RL). However, generated reasoning chains frequ…

cs.LG2026

Towards Adaptive Continual Model Merging via Manifold-Aware Expert Evolution

Haiyun Qiu, Xingyu Wu, Kay Chen Tan

Continual Model Merging (CMM) sequentially integrates task-specific models into a unified architecture without intensive retraining. However, existing CMM methods are hindered by a…

cs.NE2026

Learning to Evolve for Optimization via Stability-Inducing Neural Unrolling

Jiaxin Gao, Yaohua Liu, Ran Cheng +1

Evolutionary algorithms serve as a powerful paradigm for tackling optimization challenges, yet their reliance on manually engineered heuristics inherently limits their adaptability…

cs.NE2026

Evolutionary Generative Optimization: Towards Fully Data-Driven Evolutionary Optimization via Generative Learning

Tao Jiang, Kebin Sun, Zhenyu Liang +3

Recent advances in data-driven evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have demonstrated the potential of leveraging historical data to improve optimization accuracy and adaptability. Despit…

cs.AI2026

VAR-MATH: Probing True Mathematical Reasoning in LLMS via Symbolic Multi-Instance Benchmarks

Jian Yao, Ran Cheng, Kay Chen Tan

Recent advances in reinforcement learning (RL) have led to substantial improvements in the mathematical reasoning abilities of LLMs, as measured by standard benchmarks. Yet these g…