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Optimization algorithms and large language models (LLMs) enhance decision-making in dynamic environments by integrating artificial intelligence with traditional techniques. LLMs, with extensive domain knowledge, facilitate intelligent…

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The application of Large Language Models (LLMs) for Automated Algorithm Discovery (AAD), particularly for optimisation heuristics, is an emerging field of research. This emergence necessitates robust, standardised benchmarking practices to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Niki van Stein , Anna V. Kononova , Haoran Yin , Thomas Bäck

With the rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs), LLM-based heuristic search methods have demonstrated strong capabilities in automated algorithm generation. However, their evolutionary processes often suffer from instability and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Yu-Nian Wang , Shen-Huan Lyu , Ning Chen , Jia-Le Xu , Baoliu Ye , Qingfu Zhang

Differential evolution (DE) algorithm is recognized as one of the most effective evolutionary algorithms, demonstrating remarkable efficacy in black-box optimization due to its derivative-free nature. Numerous enhancements to the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Xu Yang , Rui Wang , Kaiwen Li , Ling Wang

Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable capabilities, yet their improvement methods remain fundamentally constrained by human design. We present Self-Developing, a framework that enables LLMs to autonomously discover,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Yoichi Ishibashi , Taro Yano , Masafumi Oyamada

The fine-tuning of Large Language Models (LLMs) has enabled them to recently achieve milestones in natural language processing applications. The emergence of ever larger LLMs has paved the way for more efficient fine-tuning methods. Among…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Christophe Tribes , Sacha Benarroch-Lelong , Peng Lu , Ivan Kobyzev

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown strong capabilities in language understanding and reasoning across diverse domains. Recently, there has been increasing interest in utilizing LLMs not merely as assistants in optimization tasks, but…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Jie Zhao , Tao Wen , Kang Hao Cheong

Large Language Model (LLM)-based optimization has recently shown promise for autonomous problem solving, yet most approaches still cast LLMs as passive constraint checkers rather than proactive strategy designers, limiting their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Beidan Liu , Zhengqiu Zhu , Chen Gao , Tianle Pu , Yong Zhao , Wei Qi , Quanjun Yin

The rapid emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has precipitated a profound paradigm shift in Artificial Intelligence, delivering monumental engineering successes that increasingly impact modern society. However, a critical paradox…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Zeyu Gan , Ruifeng Ren , Wei Yao , Xiaolin Hu , Gengze Xu , Chen Qian , Huayi Tang , Zixuan Gong , Xinhao Yao , Pengwei Tang , Zhenxing Dou , Yong Liu

In this survey, we introduce Meta-Black-Box-Optimization~(MetaBBO) as an emerging avenue within the Evolutionary Computation~(EC) community, which incorporates Meta-learning approaches to assist automated algorithm design. Despite the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Zeyuan Ma , Hongshu Guo , Yue-Jiao Gong , Jun Zhang , Kay Chen Tan

We investigate the behaviour space of meta-heuristic optimisation algorithms automatically generated by Large Language Model driven algorithm discovery methods. Using the Large Language Evolutionary Algorithm (LLaMEA) framework with a GPT…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Niki van Stein , Haoran Yin , Anna V. Kononova , Thomas Bäck , Gabriela Ochoa

Large language models (LLMs) have shown impressive success in various applications. However, these models are often not well aligned with human intents, which calls for additional treatments on them; that is, the alignment problem. To make…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Jiale Cheng , Xiao Liu , Kehan Zheng , Pei Ke , Hongning Wang , Yuxiao Dong , Jie Tang , Minlie Huang

With the rapid development of natural language processing technology, large-scale language models (LLM) have achieved remarkable results in a variety of tasks. However, how to effectively train these huge models and improve their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Jiajing Chen , Bingying Liu , Xiaoxuan Liao , Jia Gao , Hongye Zheng , Yue Li

Optimization algorithms are widely employed to tackle complex problems, but designing them manually is often labor-intensive and requires significant expertise. Global placement is a fundamental step in electronic design automation (EDA).…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Xufeng Yao , Jiaxi Jiang , Yuxuan Zhao , Peiyu Liao , Yibo Lin , Bei Yu

Hyperparameter optimization is a crucial problem in Evolutionary Computation. In fact, the values of the hyperparameters directly impact the trajectory taken by the optimization process, and their choice requires extensive reasoning by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Leonardo Lucio Custode , Fabio Caraffini , Anil Yaman , Giovanni Iacca

Using AI to create autonomous researchers has the potential to accelerate scientific discovery. A prerequisite for this vision is understanding how well an AI model can identify the underlying structure of a black-box system from its…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Jiayi Geng , Howard Chen , Dilip Arumugam , Thomas L. Griffiths

Undeniably, Large Language Models (LLMs) have stirred an extraordinary wave of innovation in the machine learning research domain, resulting in substantial impact across diverse fields such as reinforcement learning, robotics, and computer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Xingyou Song , Yingtao Tian , Robert Tjarko Lange , Chansoo Lee , Yujin Tang , Yutian Chen

Large Language Models (LLMs) have unveiled remarkable capabilities in understanding and generating both natural language and code, but LLM reasoning is prone to hallucination and struggle with complex, novel scenarios, often getting stuck…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Antonio Jimeno Yepes , Pieter Barnard

Algorithm design is crucial for effective problem-solving across various domains. The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) has notably enhanced the automation and innovation within this field, offering new perspectives and promising…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Fei Liu , Yiming Yao , Ping Guo , Zhiyuan Yang , Zhe Zhao , Xi Lin , Xialiang Tong , Kun Mao , Zhichao Lu , Zhenkun Wang , Mingxuan Yuan , Qingfu Zhang

Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) are major methods for solving multiobjective optimization problems (MOPs). Many MOEAs have been proposed in the past decades, of which the search operators need a carefully handcrafted design…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Fei Liu , Xi Lin , Zhenkun Wang , Shunyu Yao , Xialiang Tong , Mingxuan Yuan , Qingfu Zhang