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Topological correctness plays a critical role in many image segmentation tasks, yet most networks are trained using pixel-wise loss functions, such as Dice, neglecting topological accuracy. Existing topology-aware methods often lack robust…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Laurin Lux , Alexander H. Berger , Alexander Weers , Nico Stucki , Daniel Rueckert , Ulrich Bauer , Johannes C. Paetzold

Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) is a popular choice for solving sequential anytime problems. However, it depends on a numeric feedback signal, which can be difficult to define. Real-time MCTS is a variant which may only rarely encounter…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-09-20 Tobias Joppen , Christian Wirth , Johannes Fürnkranz

Probabilistic search algorithms, such as Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), have proven very effective in solving sequential decision-making tasks under uncertainty. However, interpreting asymmetric search trees that incorporate bandit-based…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Siqi Lu , Mirsaleh Bahavarnia , Hiba Baroud , Yixuan Zhang , Hemant Purohit , Ayan Mukhopadhyay

Semi-supervised semantic segmentation (SSSS) is vital in computational pathology, where dense annotations are costly and limited. Existing methods often rely on pixel-level consistency, which propagates noisy pseudo-labels and produces…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-14 Ha-Hieu Pham , Minh Le , Han Huynh , Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le , Huy-Hieu Pham

We propose Monte Carlo Permutation Search (MCPS), a general-purpose Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) algorithm that improves upon the GRAVE algorithm. MCPS is relevant when deep reinforcement learning is not an option or when the computing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Tristan Cazenave

This work presents the first study of using the popular Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) method combined with dedicated heuristics for solving the Weighted Vertex Coloring Problem. Starting with the basic MCTS algorithm, we gradually…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Cyril Grelier , Olivier Goudet , Jin-Kao Hao

We explore how a general AI algorithm can be used for 3D scene understanding to reduce the need for training data. More exactly, we propose a modification of the Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) algorithm to retrieve objects and room layouts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Shreyas Hampali , Sinisa Stekovic , Sayan Deb Sarkar , Chetan Srinivasa Kumar , Friedrich Fraundorfer , Vincent Lepetit

The Collaborative Task Sequencing and Multi-Agent Path Finding (CTS-MAPF) problem requires agents to accomplish sequences of tasks while avoiding collisions, posing significant challenges due to its combinatorial complexity. This work…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Junkai Jiang , Yitao Xu , Ruochen Li , Shaobing Xu , Jianqiang Wang

Seeking effective neural networks is a critical and practical field in deep learning. Besides designing the depth, type of convolution, normalization, and nonlinearities, the topological connectivity of neural networks is also important.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Kun Yuan , Quanquan Li , Jing Shao , Junjie Yan

Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is a class of methods for solving complex decision-making problems through the synergy of Monte-Carlo planning and Reinforcement Learning (RL). The highly combinatorial nature of the problems commonly…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Tuan Dam , Carlo D'Eramo , Jan Peters , Joni Pajarinen

Time series clustering promises to uncover hidden structural patterns in data with applications across healthcare, finance, industrial systems, and other critical domains. However, without validated ground truth information, researchers…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Isabella Degen , Zahraa S Abdallah , Henry W J Reeve , Kate Robson Brown

As industries increasingly adopt large robotic fleets, there is a pressing need for computationally efficient, practical, and optimal conflict-free path planning for multiple robots. Conflict-Based Search (CBS) is a popular method for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Scott Fredriksson , Yifan Bai , Akshit Saradagi , George Nikolakopoulos

Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) has been proposed as a transformative approach to join-order optimization in database query processing, with recent frameworks such as AlphaJoin and HyperQO claiming to outperform traditional methods. However,…

This work investigates the Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) method combined with dedicated heuristics for solving the Weighted Vertex Coloring Problem. In addition to the basic MCTS algorithm, we study several MCTS variants where the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Cyril Grelier , Olivier Goudet , Jin-Kao Hao

Similarity search, the task of identifying objects most similar to a given query object under a specific metric, has gathered significant attention due to its practical applications. However, the absence of coordinate information to…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Yifan Zhu , Ruiyao Ma , Baihua Zheng , Xiangyu Ke , Lu Chen , Yunjun Gao

In this paper, we present a new algorithm for parallel Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS). It is based on the pipeline pattern and allows flexible management of the control flow of the operations in parallel MCTS. The pipeline pattern provides…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-04-04 S. Ali Mirsoleimani , Aske Plaat , Jaap van den Herik , Jos Vermaseren

The Minimum Consistent Subset (MCS) problem arises naturally in the context of supervised clustering and instance selection. In supervised clustering, one aims to infer a meaningful partitioning of data using a small labeled subset.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Aritra Banik , Mano Prakash Parthasarathi , Venkatesh Raman , Diya Roy , Abhishek Sahu

Competitive program generation aims to automatically produce correct and efficient solutions for programming-contest problems under strict time and memory constraints. Existing LLM-based approaches often fail to perform explicit algorithmic…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Minnan Wei , Xiang Chen , Xiaoshuai Niu , Siyu Chen

Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) methods have achieved great success in many Artificial Intelligence (AI) benchmarks. The in-tree operations become a critical performance bottleneck in realizing parallel MCTS on CPUs. In this work, we develop…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Yuan Meng , Rajgopal Kannan , Viktor Prasanna

In response to the lack of trust in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for sequential planning, we design a Computational Tree Logic-guided large language model (LLM)-based natural language explanation framework designed for the Monte Carlo Tree…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Ziyan An , Xia Wang , Hendrik Baier , Zirong Chen , Abhishek Dubey , Taylor T. Johnson , Jonathan Sprinkle , Ayan Mukhopadhyay , Meiyi Ma