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Traditional clustering algorithms often struggle with high-dimensional and non-uniformly distributed data, where low-density boundary samples are easily disturbed by neighboring clusters, leading to unstable and distorted clustering…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Qi Li , Jun Wang

In this paper we study consensus-based optimization (CBO), a versatile, flexible and customizable optimization method suitable for performing nonconvex and nonsmooth global optimizations in high dimensions. CBO is a multi-particle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Konstantin Riedl

Self-evolution is a central research topic in enabling large language model (LLM)-based agents to continually improve their capabilities after pretraining. Recent research has witnessed a transition from reinforcement learning (RL)-free to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Xiangyuan Xue , Yifan Zhou , Guibin Zhang , Zaibin Zhang , Yijiang Li , Chen Zhang , Zhenfei Yin , Philip Torr , Wanli Ouyang , Lei Bai

Large language models (LLMs) based Agents are increasingly pivotal in simulating and understanding complex human systems and interactions. We propose the AI-Agent School (AAS) system, built around a self-evolving mechanism that leverages…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Sheng Jin , Haoming Wang , Zhiqi Gao , Yongbo Yang , Bao Chunjia , Chengliang Wang

A new technique of global optimization and its applications in particular to neural networks are presented. The algorithm is also compared to other global optimization algorithms such as Gradient descent (GD), Monte Carlo (MC), Genetic…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-12-18 Homayoun Valafar , Okan K. Ersoy , Faramarz Valafar

Nowadays, we are immersed in tens of newly-proposed evolutionary and swam-intelligence metaheuristics, which makes it very difficult to choose a proper one to be applied on a specific optimization problem at hand. On the other hand, most of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-27 Hamid Reza Boveiri , Raouf Khayami

Reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as an effective approach for enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs), especially in scenarios where supervised fine-tuning (SFT) falls short due to limited…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Jian Xiong , Jingbo Zhou , Jingyong Ye , Qiang Huang , Dejing Dou

Modern optimization strategies such as evolutionary algorithms, ant colony algorithms, Bayesian optimization techniques, etc. come with several parameters that steer their behavior during the optimization process. To obtain high-performing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Furong Ye , Diederick L. Vermetten , Carola Doerr , Thomas Bäck

To find all extreme points of multimodal functions is called extremum problem, which is a well known difficult issue in optimization fields. Applying ant colony optimization (ACO) to solve this problem is rarely reported. The method of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2009-11-18 Chao-Yang Pang , Hui Liu , Xia Li , Yun-Fei Wang , Ben-Qiong Hu

Adaptive Curriculum Sequencing (ACS) is essential for personalized online learning, yet current approaches struggle to balance complex educational constraints and maintain optimization stability. This paper proposes a Memetic Walrus…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Qionghao Huang , Lingnuo Lu , Xuemei Wu , Fan Jiang , Xizhe Wang , Xun Wang

In the crowded environment of bio-inspired population-based metaheuristics, the Salp Swarm Optimization (SSO) algorithm recently appeared and immediately gained a lot of momentum. Inspired by the peculiar spatial arrangement of salp…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Mauro Castelli , Luca Manzoni , Luca Mariot , Marco S. Nobile , Andrea Tangherloni

Addressing collective issues in social development requires a high level of social cohesion, characterized by cooperation and close social connections. However, social cohesion is challenged by selfish, greedy individuals. With the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-06-12 Lei Shi , Zhixue He , Chen Shen , Jun Tanimoto

Federated optimization studies the problem of collaborative function optimization among multiple clients (e.g. mobile devices or organizations) under the coordination of a central server. Since the data is collected separately by each…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-06 Chuanhao Li , Chong Liu , Yu-Xiang Wang

Single-agent reinforcement learning algorithms in a multi-agent environment are inadequate for fostering cooperation. If intelligent agents are to interact and work together to solve complex problems, methods that counter non-cooperative…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Ted Fujimoto , Arthur Paul Pedersen

In modern logistics management systems, route planning requires high efficiency. The Open Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (OCVRP) deals with finding optimal delivery routes for a fleet of vehicles serving geographically distributed…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Assem Omar , Youssef Omar , Marwa Solayman , Hesham Mansour

We propose a Self-Regulated Swarm (SRS) algorithm which hybridizes the advantageous characteristics of Swarm Intelligence as the emergence of a societal environmental memory or cognitive map via collective pheromone laying in the landscape…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Vitorino Ramos , Carlos Fernandes , Agostinho C. Rosa

A Multi-Cohort Intelligence (Multi-CI) metaheuristic algorithm in emerging socio-inspired optimization domain is proposed. The algorithm implements intra-group and inter-group learning mechanisms. It focusses on the interaction amongst…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-06 Apoorva S Shastri , Anand J Kulkarni

To construct a robot that can walk as efficiently and steadily as humans or other legged animals, we develop an enhanced elitist-mutated ant colony optimization~(EACO) algorithm with genetic and crossover operators in real-time applications…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-12 Jingan Yang , Yang Peng

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated strong capabilities in complex reasoning tasks, while recent prompting strategies such as Chain-of-Thought (CoT) have further elevated their performance in handling complex logical problems.…

Can artificial agents benefit from human conventions? Human societies manage to successfully self-organize and resolve the tragedy of the commons in common-pool resources, in spite of the bleak prediction of non-cooperative game theory. On…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Panayiotis Danassis , Zeki Doruk Erden , Boi Faltings