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Multi-Task Evolution for Zero-Shot Cross-Problem Generalization using LLMs
Zhuoliang Xie, Zhouliang Xie, Changliang Zhou +2
Designing effective heuristics for diverse combinatorial optimization problems requires substantial expertise and repeated search. Large language models (LLMs) automate heuristic g…
Understanding Evolution Strategies for LLM Reasoning: Broader Reasoning Coverage than GRPO
Yunpeng Ba, Zhi Zheng, Yue Xie +7
Evolution Strategies (ES) have recently emerged as a memory-efficient post-training paradigm for LLM reasoning. However, the optimization behavior of ES remains understudied, makin…
Hyper-ES: Effective Evolution Strategies for LLM Reasoning via Descent Direction Merging
Yu Gu, Zhi Zheng, Yunpeng Ba +3
Evolution Strategy (ES) is a promising alternative to gradient-based fine-tuning for resource-constrained Large Language Model (LLM) reasoning. However, directly applying ES to bil…
Survey on Neural Routing Solvers
Yunpeng Ba, Xi Lin, Changliang Zhou +7
Neural routing solvers (NRSs) that leverage deep learning to tackle vehicle routing problems have demonstrated notable potential for practical applications. By learning implicit he…
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…