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RADAR: Learning to Route with Asymmetry-aware DistAnce Representations
Hang Yi, Ziwei Huang, Yining Ma +1
Recent neural solvers have achieved strong performance on vehicle routing problems (VRPs), yet they mainly assume symmetric Euclidean distances, restricting applicability to real-w…
Probing Neural Combinatorial Optimization Models
Zhiqin Zhang, Yining Ma, Zhiguang Cao +1
Neural combinatorial optimization (NCO) has achieved remarkable performance, yet its learned model representations and decision rationale remain a black box. This impedes both acad…
DesignX: Human-Competitive Algorithm Designer for Black-Box Optimization
Hongshu Guo, Zeyuan Ma, Yining Ma +3
Designing effective black-box optimizers is hampered by limited problem-specific knowledge and manual control that spans months for almost every detail. In this paper, we present \…
MetaBox-v2: A Unified Benchmark Platform for Meta-Black-Box Optimization
Zeyuan Ma, Yue-Jiao Gong, Hongshu Guo +11
Meta-Black-Box Optimization (MetaBBO) streamlines the automation of optimization algorithm design through meta-learning. It typically employs a bi-level structure: the meta-level p…
Diversity Optimization for Travelling Salesman Problem via Deep Reinforcement Learning
Qi Li, Zhiguang Cao, Yining Ma +2
Existing neural methods for the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) mostly aim at finding a single optimal solution. To discover diverse yet high-quality solutions for Multi-Solution…
ConfigX: Modular Configuration for Evolutionary Algorithms via Multitask Reinforcement Learning
Hongshu Guo, Zeyuan Ma, Jiacheng Chen +4
Recent advances in Meta-learning for Black-Box Optimization (MetaBBO) have shown the potential of using neural networks to dynamically configure evolutionary algorithms (EAs), enha…
Hierarchical Neural Constructive Solver for Real-world TSP Scenarios
Yong Liang Goh, Zhiguang Cao, Yining Ma +3
Existing neural constructive solvers for routing problems have predominantly employed transformer architectures, conceptualizing the route construction as a set-to-sequence learnin…
Symbol: Generating Flexible Black-Box Optimizers through Symbolic Equation Learning
Jiacheng Chen, Zeyuan Ma, Hongshu Guo +3
Recent Meta-learning for Black-Box Optimization (MetaBBO) methods harness neural networks to meta-learn configurations of traditional black-box optimizers. Despite their success, t…
Learning to Search Feasible and Infeasible Regions of Routing Problems with Flexible Neural k-Opt
Yining Ma, Zhiguang Cao, Yeow Meng Chee
In this paper, we present Neural k-Opt (NeuOpt), a novel learning-to-search (L2S) solver for routing problems. It learns to perform flexible k-opt exchanges based on a tailored act…
MetaBox: A Benchmark Platform for Meta-Black-Box Optimization with Reinforcement Learning
Zeyuan Ma, Hongshu Guo, Jiacheng Chen +5
Recently, Meta-Black-Box Optimization with Reinforcement Learning (MetaBBO-RL) has showcased the power of leveraging RL at the meta-level to mitigate manual fine-tuning of low-leve…
Neural Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization with Diversity Enhancement
Jinbiao Chen, Zizhen Zhang, Zhiguang Cao +4
Most of existing neural methods for multi-objective combinatorial optimization (MOCO) problems solely rely on decomposition, which often leads to repetitive solutions for the respe…