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most citedLarge Language Model for Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization

21 citations · 91 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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34 papers

cs.AI2026

Directing to Diversify: Multi-Directional Search for Automatic Heuristic Design

Jianghan Zhu, Jianan Zhou, Fei Liu +4

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated strong potential to automate heuristic design for NP-hard combinatorial optimization (CO) tasks without human intervention. Recent me…

cs.LG2026

AdaEva: Accelerating LLM-Driven Algorithm Design with Adaptive Partial Evaluation

Tai Nguyen, Fei Liu, Phong Le +2

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used for automated algorithm design. However the computational cost of evaluating the generated algorithms can be excessive. We consid…

cs.LG2026

EvoMO-SR: Multiobjective LLM-based Evolution of Symbolic Expressions with substructure guidance

Cristina Rossetti, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bäck +2

Symbolic Regression (SR) is a data-driven method for scientific discovery which searches for interpretable analytical relationships within data. Recently, Large Language Models (LL…

cs.AI2026

Beyond Average Performance: Dynamic Instance Clustering and Specialized Algorithm Design in LLM-Assisted Evolutionary Search

Qinglong Hu, Qingfu Zhang, Fei Liu +3

Large Language Model-assisted Evolutionary Search (LES) has emerged as a powerful paradigm for automated algorithm design. However, existing LES methods primarily optimize for aver…

cs.AI2026

RAISE: LLM-based Automated Heuristic Design with Robust Adversary Instance Search

Fei Liu, Alessio Figalli, Patrick Owen +1

Automated Heuristic Design (AHD) with Large Language Models (LLMs) has shown remarkable progress in discovering high-quality heuristics. However, existing LLM-based AHD methods opt…

cs.IT2026

LLM-Enabled Automated Algorithm Design for Multiuser Fluid Antenna Communications

Gan Zheng, Fei Liu, Qingfu Zhang

Fluid antenna is a new reconfigurable antenna technology that can dynamically adjust the positions or ports of radiating elements and therefore provides a new degree of freedom for…

cs.AI2026

Enhancing CVRP Solver through LLM-driven Automatic Heuristic Design

Zhuoliang Xie, Fei Liu, Zhenkun Wang +1

The Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP), a fundamental combinatorial optimization challenge, focuses on optimizing fleet operations under vehicle capacity constraints. While…

cs.LG2025

EvoEngineer: Mastering Automated CUDA Kernel Code Evolution with Large Language Models

Ping Guo, Chenyu Zhu, Siyuan Chen +4

CUDA kernel optimization has become a critical bottleneck for AI performance, as deep learning training and inference efficiency directly depends on highly optimized GPU kernels. D…

cs.AI2025

EoH-S: Evolution of Heuristic Set using LLMs for Automated Heuristic Design

Fei Liu, Yilu Liu, Qingfu Zhang +2

Automated Heuristic Design (AHD) using Large Language Models (LLMs) has achieved notable success in recent years. Despite the effectiveness of existing approaches, they only design…

cs.LG2025

Multimodal LLM-assisted Evolutionary Search for Programmatic Control Policies

Qinglong Hu, Xialiang Tong, Mingxuan Yuan +3

Deep reinforcement learning has achieved impressive success in control tasks. However, its policies, represented as opaque neural networks, are often difficult for humans to unders…

cs.LG2025

LRM-1B: Towards Large Routing Model

Han Li, Fei Liu, Zhenkun Wang +1

Vehicle routing problems (VRPs) are central to combinatorial optimization with significant practical implications. Recent advancements in neural combinatorial optimization (NCO) ha…

cs.LG2025

Fine-tuning Large Language Model for Automated Algorithm Design

Fei Liu, Rui Zhang, Xi Lin +2

The integration of large language models (LLMs) into automated algorithm design has shown promising potential. A prevalent approach embeds LLMs within search routines to iterativel…

cs.LG2025

Learning to Insert for Constructive Neural Vehicle Routing Solver

Fu Luo, Xi Lin, Mengyuan Zhong +4

Neural Combinatorial Optimisation (NCO) is a promising learning-based approach for solving Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs) without extensive manual design. While existing construct…

cs.AI2025

Fitness Landscape of Large Language Model-Assisted Automated Algorithm Search

Fei Liu, Qingfu Zhang, Jialong Shi +3

Using Large Language Models (LLMs) in an evolutionary or other iterative search framework have demonstrated significant potential in automated algorithm design. However, the underl…

cs.SE2025

From Understanding to Excelling: Template-Free Algorithm Design through Structural-Functional Co-Evolution

Zhe Zhao, Haibin Wen, Pengkun Wang +8

Large language models (LLMs) have greatly accelerated the automation of algorithm generation and optimization. However, current methods such as EoH and FunSearch mainly rely on pre…

cs.LG2025

Destroy and Repair Using Hyper Graphs for Routing

Ke Li, Fei Liu, Zhengkun Wang +1

Recent advancements in Neural Combinatorial Optimization (NCO) have shown promise in solving routing problems like the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) and Capacitated Vehicle Rout…

cs.AI2025

ARS: Automatic Routing Solver with Large Language Models

Kai Li, Fei Liu, Zhenkun Wang +4

Real-world Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs) are characterized by a variety of practical constraints, making manual solver design both knowledge-intensive and time-consuming. Althoug…

cs.LG2025★ 3 cited

MOS-Attack: A Scalable Multi-objective Adversarial Attack Framework

Ping Guo, Cheng Gong, Xi Lin +4

Crafting adversarial examples is crucial for evaluating and enhancing the robustness of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), presenting a challenge equivalent to maximizing a non-different…

cs.AI2024★ 1 cited

LLM4AD: A Platform for Algorithm Design with Large Language Model

Fei Liu, Rui Zhang, Zhuoliang Xie +10

We introduce LLM4AD, a unified Python platform for algorithm design (AD) with large language models (LLMs). LLM4AD is a generic framework with modularized blocks for search methods…

cs.AI2024

CaDA: Cross-Problem Routing Solver with Constraint-Aware Dual-Attention

Han Li, Fei Liu, Zhi Zheng +2

Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs) are significant Combinatorial Optimization (CO) problems holding substantial practical importance. Recently, Neural Combinatorial Optimization (NCO)…

physics.flu-dyn2024

AutoTurb: Using Large Language Models for Automatic Algebraic Model Discovery of Turbulence Closure

Yu Zhang, Kefeng Zheng, Fei Liu +2

Symbolic regression (SR) methods have been extensively investigated to explore explicit algebraic Reynolds stress models (EARSM) for turbulence closure of Reynolds-averaged Navier-…

cs.LG2024★ 2 cited

A Systematic Survey on Large Language Models for Algorithm Design

Fei Liu, Yiming Yao, Ping Guo +9

Algorithm design is crucial for effective problem-solving across various domains. The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has notably enhanced the automation and innovation with…

cs.AI2024★ 2 cited

Multi-objective Evolution of Heuristic Using Large Language Model

Shunyu Yao, Fei Liu, Xi Lin +3

Heuristics are commonly used to tackle various search and optimization problems. Design heuristics usually require tedious manual crafting with domain knowledge. Recent works have…

cs.NE2024

Understanding the Importance of Evolutionary Search in Automated Heuristic Design with Large Language Models

Rui Zhang, Fei Liu, Xi Lin +3

Automated heuristic design (AHD) has gained considerable attention for its potential to automate the development of effective heuristics. The recent advent of large language models…