arXiv:2608. 00270v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural Combinatorial Optimization (NCO) techniques have emerged as a highly efficient alternative to traditional exact algorithms for solving routing problems such as the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP).
By David Aguado, Daniel Fuertes, Carlos R. del-Blanco, Fernando Jaureguizar
arXiv:2601. 13465v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Graph neural networks are usually treated as auxiliaries for combinatorial optimization: they imitate algorithms, guide search, or supply scores to classical procedures.
By Yimeng Min, Carla P. Gomes
arXiv:2606. 19185v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a cornerstone of combinatorial optimization and arises in many practical scenarios.
By Bolin Shen, Ziwei Huang, Zhiguang Cao, Yushun Dong
arXiv:2606. 22776v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Non-autoregressive neural solvers amortize computation across traveling salesman problem (TSP) instances, but models trained on random Euclidean instances can degrade when the number or spatial distribution of nodes changes.
By Xiang Li
arXiv:2607. 09708v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Solving large-scale instances of the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) exactly is computationally expensive.
By Tianfeng Chen, Xianyue Li
arXiv:2412. 13858v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We investigate diffusion models to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem.
By Mickael Basson, Philippe Preux
arXiv:2503. 03137v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Constructive neural combinatorial optimization (NCO) offers a promising paradigm for solving vehicle routing problems (VRPs) by directly learning to construct approximate optimal solutions, thereby reducing reliance on expert knowledge for algorithm design.
By Changliang Zhou, Xi Lin, Zhenkun Wang, Qingfu Zhang
arXiv:2509. 24256v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The pretrain-transfer paradigm, which underpins the success of large language models (LLMs), has demonstrated the immense power of creating foundation models that learn generalizable representations from vast datasets.
By Yunhao Liang, Pujun Zhang, Yuan Qu, Jingyuan Yang, Shaochong Lin, Zuo-jun Max Shen
arXiv:2607. 18632v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automated Algorithm Selection (AS) aims to improve problem-solving performance by selecting, for each problem instance, the most suitable algorithm from a predefined portfolio.
By Zhaoxuan Li, Jiale Yang, Yifei Lu, Mustafa Misir
Automated Algorithm Selection (AS) aims to improve problem-solving performance by selecting, for each problem instance, the most suitable algorithm from a predefined portfolio. This is particularly relevant to the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), where solver performance is strongly instance-dependent.
arXiv:2607. 23854v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Humans often find good solutions to combinatorial optimization problems that are computationally hard even for advanced computer algorithms.
By Haijiang Yan, Jian-Qiao Zhu, Liqiang Huang, Ming Meng
arXiv:2606. 09343v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Neural combinatorial optimization has recently achieved strong results on the Euclidean Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) using generative models such as diffusion and consistency models.
By Micka\"el Basson (CRIStAL, Scool), Philippe Preux (CRIStAL, Scool)