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Tackling GNARLy Problems: Graph Neural Algorithmic Reasoning Reimagined through Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2509. 18930v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Neural algorithmic reasoning (NAR) is a paradigm that trains neural networks to execute classic algorithms by supervised learning.

arXiv AI
Aug 25

Which Algorithms Can Graph Neural Networks Learn?

arXiv:2602.13106v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In recent years, there has been growing interest in understanding neural architectures' ability to learn to execute discrete algorithms, a li...

By Solveig Wittig, Antonis Vasileiou, Robert R. Nerem, Timo Stoll, Floris Geerts, Yusu Wang, Christopher Morris
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

Imitation Learning for Connection-Tableau Construction

The paper presents an approach to automated theorem proving by framing the construction of clausal connection tableaux as a policy in a transition system. It introduces a graph neural network that scores proof edits based on structure, trained via imitation learning from existing proofs. Experiments on M2k, MPTP2078-bushy, and TPTP v9.2.1 show that the learned policies solve up to 46% more problems than leanCoP and find proofs in an order of magnitude fewer steps.

By Fredrik R{\o}mming, Mantas Bak\v{s}ys, Martin S. Fixman, Sean B. Holden
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 23

Deep Reinforcement Learning on Item-Compatibility Graphs for One-Dimensional Bin Packing

The paper introduces a novel end‑to‑end, size‑agnostic graph reinforcement learning framework for the one‑dimensional bin packing problem (1D‑BPP). It models packing as a Markov decision process on an item‑compatibility graph, where a graph neural network actor‑critic policy learns to merge compatible partial bins. Empirical results on the BPPLIB benchmark show that the learned policy reduces the mean optimality gap of a constructive heuristic from 2.66 % to 2.31 %, performs competitively against other learned methods, and outperforms a state‑of‑the‑art learned solver on the hardest benchmark family.

By M. Asl{\i} Ayd{\i}n
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jun 24

MiniOpt: Reasoning to Model and Solve General Optimization Problems with Limited Resources

Achieving strong optimization generalization across diverse optimization problems while requiring limited training resources remains a challenging problem for optimization-oriented large language models (LLMs). Existing approaches typically rely on large-scale supervised datasets, costly reasoning annotations, and expensive intermediate step verification, resulting in substantial training overhead.

arXiv AI
Jul 2

Selective Expert Guidance for Effective and Diverse Exploration in Reinforcement Learning of LLMs

arXiv:2510. 04140v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) has become a widely adopted technique for enhancing the reasoning ability of Large Language Models (LLMs).

By Zishang Jiang, Jinyi Han, Tingyun Li, Xinyi Wang, Sihang Jiang, Jiaqing Liang, Zhaoqian Dai, Shuguang Ma, Fei Yu, Yanghua Xiao
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 11

From Connectivity to Rewards: Dense Reward Learning with Directed State Graphs

The paper introduces Graph-Guided Quasimetric Dense Reward (G2QDR), a framework that learns a state connectivity model to predict pairwise connectivity strengths in asymmetric environments. These strengths are converted into scalar auxiliary dense rewards, offering continuous guidance across hierarchical levels. G2QDR can be integrated into any existing Goal-Conditioned Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning architecture and shows empirical performance improvements in sparse reward settings with modest computational cost.

By Shuyuan Zhang, Zihan Wang, Xiao-Wen Chang, Doina Precup
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 25

MiniOpt: Reasoning to Model and Solve General Optimization Problems with Limited Resources

arXiv:2606. 25832v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Achieving strong optimization generalization across diverse optimization problems while requiring limited training resources remains a challenging problem for optimization-oriented large language models (LLMs).

By Ke Zhao, Zixiang Di, Hong Qian, Xiang Shu, Yaolin Wen, Qitao Shi, Bingdong Li, Xingyu Lu, Xiangfeng Wang, Jun Zhou, Ke Tang, Yang Yu
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 4

Learning Constraints-Based Adaptive Hypergraph Neural Networks for Solving Vehicle Routing Problems

The paper presents an end‑to‑end framework that uses constraint‑oriented hypergraphs and reinforcement learning to solve vehicle routing problems. It introduces a dynamic hyperedge reconstruction strategy for better hypergraph representation and a double‑pointer attention decoder for iterative solution generation. Experiments on benchmark datasets show that the method removes the need for complex heuristic operators while improving solution quality.

By Zhenwei Wang, Tiehua Zhang, Jing Liu, Heng Yu, Kaizhu Huang, Ruibin Bai