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most citedOptimizing Photonic Structures with Large Language Model Driven Algorithm Discovery

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cs.NE2026

Landscape-aware Automated Algorithm Design: An Efficient Framework for Real-world Optimization

Haoran Yin, Shuaiqun Pan, Zhao Wei +5

The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has opened new frontiers in automated algorithm design, giving rise to numerous powerful methods. However, these approaches retain critic…

cs.NE2026

Lens-descriptor guided evolutionary algorithm for optimization of complex optical systems with glass choice

Kirill Antonov, Teus Tukker, Tiago Botari +3

Designing high-performance optical lenses entails exploring a high-dimensional, tightly constrained space of surface curvatures, glass choices, element thicknesses, and spacings. I…

cs.AI2026

LLaMEA-SAGE: Guiding Automated Algorithm Design with Structural Feedback from Explainable AI

Niki van Stein, Anna V. Kononova, Lars Kotthoff +1

Large language models have enabled automated algorithm design (AAD) by generating optimization algorithms directly from natural-language prompts. While evolutionary frameworks such…

cs.AI2025

From Performance to Understanding: A Vision for Explainable Automated Algorithm Design

Niki van Stein, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bäck

Automated algorithm design is entering a new phase: Large Language Models can now generate full optimisation (meta)heuristics, explore vast design spaces and adapt through iterativ…

cs.NE2025

Behaviour Space Analysis of LLM-driven Meta-heuristic Discovery

Niki van Stein, Haoran Yin, Anna V. Kononova +2

We investigate the behaviour space of meta-heuristic optimisation algorithms automatically generated by Large Language Model driven algorithm discovery methods. Using the Large Lan…

cs.AI2025

Reasoning Capabilities of Large Language Models on Dynamic Tasks

Annie Wong, Thomas Bäck, Aske Plaat +2

Large language models excel on static benchmarks, but their ability as self-learning agents in dynamic environments remains unclear. We evaluate three prompting strategies: self-re…