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20242026
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21 papers

math.OC2026

When does learning pay off? A study on DRL-based dynamic algorithm configuration for carbon-aware scheduling

Andrea Mencaroni, Robbert Reijnen, Yingqian Zhang +1

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has recently emerged as a promising tool for Dynamic Algorithm Configuration (DAC), enabling evolutionary algorithms to adapt their parameters onl…

cs.LG2026

Generalizing Beyond Suboptimality: Offline Reinforcement Learning Learns Effective Scheduling through Random Solutions

Jesse van Remmerden, Zaharah Bukhsh, Yingqian Zhang

Online reinforcement learning (RL) approaches have demonstrated strong performance on Job Shop Scheduling (JSP) and Flexible JSP (FJSP) problems by learning scheduling policies thr…

cs.LG2026

Adversarial Instance Generation and Robust Training for Neural Combinatorial Optimization with Multiple Objectives

Wei Liu, Yaoxin Wu, Yingqian Zhang +2

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has shown great promise in addressing multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems (MOCOPs). Nevertheless, the robustness of these learning…

cs.LG2026

Learning with Foresight: Enhancing Neural Routing Policy via Multi-Node Lookahead Prediction

Xia Jiang, Yaoxin Wu, Yew-Soon Ong +1

Neural policies have shown promise in solving vehicle routing problems due to their reduced reliance on handcrafted heuristics. However, current training paradigms suffer from a fu…

cs.LG2026

DiPRL: Learning Discrete Programmatic Policies via Architecture Entropy Regularization

Chengpeng Hu, Yingqian Zhang, Hendrik Baier

Programmatic reinforcement learning (PRL) offers an interpretable alternative to deep reinforcement learning by representing policies as human-readable and -editable programs. Whil…

cs.LG2026

Scheduling That Speaks: An Interpretable Programmatic Reinforcement Learning Framework

Chengpeng Hu, Yingqian Zhang, Hendrik Baier

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has recently emerged as a promising approach to solve combinatorial optimization problems such as job shop scheduling. However, the policies learn…