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The effectiveness of the machine learning methods for real-world tasks depends on the proper structure of the modeling pipeline. The proposed approach is aimed to automate the design of composite machine learning pipelines, which is…

Machine Learning algorithms have been extensively researched throughout the last decade, leading to unprecedented advances in a broad range of applications, such as image classification and reconstruction, object recognition, and text…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Gustavo H. de Rosa , Mateus Roder , João Paulo Papa , Claudio F. G. dos Santos

Automatic heuristic design (AHD) has emerged as a promising paradigm for solving NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems (COPs). Recent works show that large language models (LLMs), when integrated into well-designed frameworks (i.e.,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Haoze Lv , Ning Lu , Ziang Zhou , Shengcai Liu

Metaheuristic algorithms are becoming an important part of modern optimization. A wide range of metaheuristic algorithms have emerged over the last two decades, and many metaheuristics such as particle swarm optimization are becoming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-04 Xin-She Yang

It is clear that the current attempts at using algorithms to create artificial neural networks have had mixed success at best when it comes to creating large networks and/or complex behavior. This should not be unexpected, as creating an…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-08-06 Sebastian Risi , Jinhong Zhang , Rasmus Taarnby , Peter Greve , Jan Piskur , Antonios Liapis , Julian Togelius

Algorithms for machine learning-guided design, or design algorithms, use machine learning-based predictions to propose novel objects with desired property values. Given a new design task -- for example, to design novel proteins with high…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Clara Fannjiang , Ji Won Park

Optimization is ubiquitous in our daily lives. In the past, (sub-)optimal solutions to any problem have been derived by trial and error, sheer luck, or the expertise of knowledgeable individuals. In our contemporary age, there thankfully…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Raphael Patrick Prager

The art of heuristic design has traditionally been a human pursuit. While Large Language Models (LLMs) can generate code for search heuristics, their application has largely been confined to adjusting simple functions within human-crafted…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Guorui Quan , Mingfei Sun , Manuel López-Ibáñez

Metaheuristic algorithms are often nature-inspired, and they are becoming very powerful in solving global optimization problems. More than a dozen of major metaheuristic algorithms have been developed over the last three decades, and there…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-05-19 Xin-She Yang

Real-world robotic tasks require complex reward functions. When we define the problem the robot needs to solve, we pretend that a designer specifies this complex reward exactly, and it is set in stone from then on. In practice, however,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-11-19 Jerry Zhi-Yang He , Anca D. Dragan

Heuristic design with large language models (LLMs) has emerged as a promising approach for tackling combinatorial optimization problems (COPs). However, existing approaches often rely on manually predefined evolutionary computation (EC)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Yiding Shi , Jianan Zhou , Wen Song , Jieyi Bi , Yaoxin Wu , Zhiguang Cao , Jie Zhang

Algorithm design is a laborious process and often requires many iterations of ideation and validation. In this paper, we explore automating algorithm design and present a method to learn an optimization algorithm, which we believe to be the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-06-07 Ke Li , Jitendra Malik

Heuristics are widely used for dealing with complex search and optimization problems. However, manual design of heuristics can be often very labour extensive and requires rich working experience and knowledge. This paper proposes Evolution…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Fei Liu , Xialiang Tong , Mingxuan Yuan , Xi Lin , Fu Luo , Zhenkun Wang , Zhichao Lu , Qingfu Zhang

We present a non-convex optimization algorithm metaheuristic, based on the training of a deep generative network, which enables effective searching within continuous, ultra-high dimensional landscapes. During network training, populations…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Jiaqi Jiang , Jonathan A. Fan

Bayesian optimal experimental design has immense potential to inform the collection of data so as to subsequently enhance our understanding of a variety of processes. However, a major impediment is the difficulty in evaluating optimal…

Computation · Statistics 2018-03-14 David J. Price , Nigel G. Bean , Joshua V. Ross , Jonathan Tuke

This study investigates the potential of hybrid metaheuristic algorithms to enhance the training of Probabilistic Neural Networks (PNNs) by leveraging the complementary strengths of multiple optimisation strategies. Traditional learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Piotr A. Kowalski , Szymon Kucharczyk , Jacek Mańdziuk

Metaheuristic algorithms are currently widely used to solve a variety of optimization problems across various industries. This article discusses the application of a metaheuristic algorithm to optimize the hierarchical architecture of an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Ruslan Zakirzyanov

Automated machine learning (AutoML) has democratized the design of machine learning based systems, by automating model selection, hyperparameter tuning and feature engineering. However, the high computational cost associated with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Edesio Alcobaça , André C. P. L. F. de Carvalho

Automated design synthesis has the potential to revolutionize the modern engineering design process and improve access to highly optimized and customized products across countless industries. Successfully adapting generative Machine…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-18 Lyle Regenwetter , Amin Heyrani Nobari , Faez Ahmed

The ongoing deep learning revolution has allowed computers to outclass humans in various games and perceive features imperceptible to humans during classification tasks. Current machine learning techniques have clearly distinguished…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Joshua Paul Powers