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Neural networks dominate the modern machine learning landscape, but their training and success still suffer from sensitivity to empirical choices of hyperparameters such as model architecture, loss function, and optimisation algorithm. In…

Population-based learning paradigms, including evolutionary strategies, Population-Based Training (PBT), and recent model-merging methods, combine fast within-model optimisation with slower population-level adaptation. Despite their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Giacomo Borghi , Hyesung Im , Lorenzo Pareschi

Reinforcement learning (RL) enables agents to take decision based on a reward function. However, in the process of learning, the choice of values for learning algorithm parameters can significantly impact the overall learning process. In…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-13 Adarsh Sehgal , Hung Manh La , Sushil J. Louis , Hai Nguyen

Optimizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) configurations for specific tasks is a complex and resource-intensive challenge. Motivated by this challenge, frameworks for RAG hyper-parameter optimization (HPO) have recently emerged, yet…

This paper introduces a novel hypergraph classification algorithm. The use of hypergraphs in this framework has been widely studied. In previous work, hypergraph models are typically constructed using distance or attribute based methods.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Samuel Barton , Adelle Coster , Diane Donovan , James Lefevre

This study presents a hybrid metaheuristic for the resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP), which integrates a genetic algorithm (GA) and a neighborhood search strategy (NS). The RCPSP consists of a set of activities that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Evgenii Goncharov

The paper explores the Biased Random-Key Genetic Algorithm (BRKGA) in the domain of logistics and vehicle routing. Specifically, the application of the algorithm is contextualized within the framework of the Vehicle Routing Problem with…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Paola Festa , Francesca Guerriero , Mauricio G. C. Resende , Edoardo Scalzo

In recent years, graph neural networks (GNNs) have gained increasing attention, as they possess the excellent capability of processing graph-related problems. In practice, hyperparameter optimisation (HPO) is critical for GNNs to achieve…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Yingfang Yuan , Wenjun Wang , Wei Pang

Deep neural networks have seen great success in recent years; however, training a deep model is often challenging as its performance heavily depends on the hyper-parameters used. In addition, finding the optimal hyper-parameter…

In this paper, we propose a hybrid model combining genetic algorithm and hill climbing algorithm for optimizing Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) on the CIFAR-100 dataset. The proposed model utilizes a population of chromosomes that…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-28 Krutika Sarode , Shashidhar Reddy Javaji

In many global Optimization Problems, it is required to evaluate a global point (min or max) in large space that calculation effort is very high. In this paper is presented new approach for optimization problem with subdivision labeling…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-07-23 Masoumeh Vali

Machine learning is a powerful method for modeling in different fields such as education. Its capability to accurately predict students' success makes it an ideal tool for decision-making tasks related to higher education. The accuracy of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-03 Leila Zahedi , Farid Ghareh Mohammadi , Shabnam Rezapour , Matthew W. Ohland , M. Hadi Amini

Most machine learning algorithms are configured by one or several hyperparameters that must be carefully chosen and often considerably impact performance. To avoid a time consuming and unreproducible manual trial-and-error process to find…

We introduce an improved version of Random Search (RS), used here for hyperparameter optimization of machine learning algorithms. Unlike the standard RS, which generates for each trial new values for all hyperparameters, we generate new…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-06 Adrian-Catalin Florea , Razvan Andonie

Machine learning methods usually depend on internal parameters -- so called hyperparameters -- that need to be optimized for best performance. Such optimization poses a burden on machine learning practitioners, requiring expert knowledge,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-04-03 Annika Stuke , Patrick Rinke , Milica Todorović

We have used Bayesian Optimisation (BO) to find hyper-parameters in an existing biologically plausible population neural network. The 8-dimensional optimal hyper-parameter combination should be such that the network dynamics simulate the…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2021-04-14 Mahak Kothari , Swapna Sasi , Jun Chen , Elham Zareian , Basabdatta Sen Bhattacharya

This paper proposes a new method for hyperparameter optimization (HPO) that balances exploration and exploitation. While evolutionary algorithms (EAs) show promise in HPO, they often struggle with effective exploitation. To address this, we…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Chul Kim , Inwhee Joe

We consider the strongly NP-hard single-machine coupled task scheduling problem with exact delays to minimize the makespan. In this problem, a set of jobs has to be scheduled, each composed of two tasks interspersed by an exact delay. Given…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Vítor A. Barbosa , Rafael A. Melo

Reinforcement Learning's high sensitivity to hyperparameters is a source of instability and inefficiency, creating significant challenges for practitioners. Hyperparameter Optimization (HPO) algorithms have been developed to address this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-18 Waël Doulazmi , Auguste Lehuger , Marin Toromanoff , Valentin Charraut , Thibault Buhet , Fabien Moutarde

Optimizing a neural network's performance is a tedious and time taking process, this iterative process does not have any defined solution which can work for all the problems. Optimization can be roughly categorized into - Architecture and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-16 Siddhartha Dhar Choudhury , Shashank Pandey , Kunal Mehrotra