3 papers
cs.NE2026
PyVRP: LLM-Driven Metacognitive Heuristic Evolution for Hybrid Genetic Search in Vehicle Routing Problems
Manuj Malik, Jianan Zhou, Shashank Reddy Chirra +1
Designing high-performing metaheuristics for NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, such as the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), remains a significant challenge, often requirin…
cs.AI2026
On Discovering Algorithms for Adversarial Imitation Learning
Shashank Reddy Chirra, Jayden Teoh, Praveen Paruchuri +1
Adversarial Imitation Learning (AIL) methods, while effective in settings with limited expert demonstrations, are often considered unstable. These approaches typically decompose in…
cs.AI2025
Safety through feedback in Constrained RL
Shashank Reddy Chirra, Pradeep Varakantham, Praveen Paruchuri
In safety-critical RL settings, the inclusion of an additional cost function is often favoured over the arduous task of modifying the reward function to ensure the agent's safe beh…