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Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are becoming an important tool in modern computing applications. Accelerating their training is a major challenge and techniques range from distributed algorithms to low-level circuit design. In this survey, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Tal Ben-Nun , Torsten Hoefler

This paper proposes an end-to-end deep reinforcement learning approach for mobile robot navigation with dynamic obstacles avoidance. Using experience collected in a simulation environment, a convolutional neural network (CNN) is trained to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Guangda Chen , Lifan Pan , Yu'an Chen , Pei Xu , Zhiqiang Wang , Peichen Wu , Jianmin Ji , Xiaoping Chen

The orienteering problem (OP) is a combinatorial optimization problem that seeks a path visiting a subset of locations to maximize collected rewards under a limited resource budget. This article presents a systematic PRISMA-based review of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Songhao Shen , Yufeng Zhou , Qin Lei , Zhibin Wu

Recently, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) frameworks have shown potential for solving NP-hard routing problems such as the traveling salesman problem (TSP) without problem-specific expert knowledge. Although DRL can be used to solve…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Minsu Kim , Jinkyoo Park , Joungho Kim

Existing neural constructive solvers for routing problems have predominantly employed transformer architectures, conceptualizing the route construction as a set-to-sequence learning task. However, their efficacy has primarily been…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Yong Liang Goh , Zhiguang Cao , Yining Ma , Yanfei Dong , Mohammed Haroon Dupty , Wee Sun Lee

We address the problem of vehicle self-localization from multi-modal sensor information and a reference map. The map is generated off-line by extracting landmarks from the vehicle's field of view, while the measurements are collected…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-22 Nico Engel , Stefan Hoermann , Markus Horn , Vasileios Belagiannis , Klaus Dietmayer

In this work we focus on the well-known Euclidean Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP) and two highly competitive inexact heuristic TSP solvers, EAX and LKH, in the context of per-instance algorithm selection (AS). We evolve instances with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Moritz Seiler , Janina Pohl , Jakob Bossek , Pascal Kerschke , Heike Trautmann

In this paper, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method is proposed to address the problem of UAV navigation in an unknown environment. However, DRL algorithms are limited by the data efficiency problem as they typically require a huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Lei He , Nabil Aouf , James F. Whidborne , Bifeng Song

Deep reinforcement learning (RL) has proved to be a competitive heuristic for solving small-sized instances of traveling salesman problems (TSP), but its performance on larger-sized instances is insufficient. Since training on large…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-08 Wenbin Ouyang , Yisen Wang , Paul Weng , Shaochen Han

Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a classic NP-hard problem that has garnered significant attention from both academia and industry. While neural-based methods have shown promise for solving TSPs, they still face challenges in scaling to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Tongkai Lu , Shuai Ma , Chongyang Tao

Multi-objective orienteering problems (MO-OPs) are classical multi-objective routing problems and have received a lot of attention in the past decades. This study seeks to solve MO-OPs through a problem-decomposition framework, that is, a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Wei Liu , Rui Wang , Tao Zhang , Kaiwen Li , Wenhua Li , Hisao Ishibuchi

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has become a dominant deep-learning paradigm for tasks where complex policies are learned within reactive systems. Unfortunately, these policies are known to be susceptible to bugs. Despite significant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-12 Guy Amir , Davide Corsi , Raz Yerushalmi , Luca Marzari , David Harel , Alessandro Farinelli , Guy Katz

Deep neural networks (DNNs) play a crucial role in the field of machine learning, demonstrating state-of-the-art performance across various application domains. However, despite their success, DNN-based models may occasionally exhibit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Guy Amir , Osher Maayan , Tom Zelazny , Guy Katz , Michael Schapira

Deep learning approaches, known for their ability to model complex relationships and fast execution, are increasingly being applied to solve large optimization problems. However, existing methods often face challenges in simultaneously…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Zisheng Zhou , Dengyu Zheng , Zirui Chen , Shixiang Chen

Machine Learning models incorporating multiple layered learning networks have been seen to provide effective models for various classification problems. The resulting optimization problem to solve for the optimal vector minimizing the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-03 Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Tomas Pevny

Deep learning approaches have shown promising results in solving routing problems. However, there is still a substantial gap in solution quality between machine learning and operations research algorithms. Recently, another line of research…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Nasrin Sultana , Jeffrey Chan , Tabinda Sarwar , Babak Abbasi , A. K. Qin

Deep learning for distribution grid optimization can be advocated as a promising solution for near-optimal yet timely inverter dispatch. The principle is to train a deep neural network (DNN) to predict the solutions of an optimal power flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-09 Manish K. Singh , Sarthak Gupta , Vassilis Kekatos , Guido Cavraro , Andrey Bernstein

Miniaturized autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining popularity due to their small size, enabling new tasks such as indoor navigation or people monitoring. Nonetheless, their size and simple electronics pose severe challenges…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Matteo Risso , Francesco Daghero , Beatrice Alessandra Motetti , Daniele Jahier Pagliari , Enrico Macii , Massimo Poncino , Alessio Burrello

Using an enhanced Self-Organizing Map method, we provided suboptimal solutions to the Traveling Salesman Problem. Besides, we employed hyperparameter tuning to identify the most critical features in the algorithm. All improvements in the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Joao P. A. Dantas , Andre N. Costa , Marcos R. O. A. Maximo , Takashi Yoneyama

For the past couple of decades, numerical optimization has played a central role in addressing wireless resource management problems such as power control and beamformer design. However, optimization algorithms often entail considerable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Haoran Sun , Xiangyi Chen , Qingjiang Shi , Mingyi Hong , Xiao Fu , Nicholas D. Sidiropoulos