arXiv:2603. 24084v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Empirical evaluation in multi-objective search (MOS) has historically suffered from fragmentation, relying on heterogeneous problem instances with incompatible objective definitions that make cross-study comparisons difficult.
By Hadar Peer, Carlos Hernandez, Sven Koenig, Ariel Felner, Oren Salzman
arXiv:2406. 06629v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This survey examines key advancements in designing features to represent optimization problem instances, algorithm instances, and their interactions within the context of single-objective continuous black-box optimization.
By Gjorgjina Cenikj, Ana Nikolikj, Ga\v{s}per Petelin, Niki van Stein, Carola Doerr, Tome Eftimov
arXiv:2607. 24647v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI-driven autonomous research (AR) systems are becoming increasingly effective across a broad range of tasks.
By Haiqian Yang, Yuan Cao
arXiv:2605. 25246v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for optimization modeling and solver-code generation, yet practical operations research and optimization problems often require a harder capability: designing scalable algorithms that exploit problem structure and outperform direct formulation-and-solve baselines.
By Minwei Kong, Chonghe Jiang, Ao Qu, Wenbin Ouyang, Zhaoming Zeng, Xiaotong Guo, Zhekai Li, Junyi Li, Yi Fan, Xinshou Zheng, Xi Jing, Yikai Zhang, Zhiwei Liang, Seonghoo Kim, Runqing Yang, Zijian Zhou, Sirui Li, Han Zheng, Wangyang Ying, Ou Zheng, Chonghuan Wang, Jinglong Zhao, Hanzhang Qin, Cathy Wu, Paul Pu Liang, Jinhua Zhao, Hai Wang
arXiv:2603. 23800v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present a novel LLM-informed model-based planning framework, and a novel prompt selection method, for object search in partially-known environments.
By Abhishek Paudel, Abhish Khanal, Raihan I. Arnob, Shahriar Hossain, Gregory J. Stein
arXiv:2608. 04398v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Robotic planning often involves multiple objectives with complex priority relationships, such as safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
By Omar Muhammetkulyyev, Oren Salzman, Tichakorn Wongpiromsarn
arXiv:2606. 14763v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Real-time autonomous navigation in dynamic, unknown environments remains a fundamental challenge for mobile robotics.
By Lorenzo Ortolani, Gabriel Voss, Gabriele Beltrami, Francesco Dorati, Tommaso Felice Banfi
arXiv:2606. 05080v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Scientific and engineering progress is fundamentally a long-horizon iterative process: proposing changes, running experiments, measuring outcomes, and continuously refining artifacts.
By Zhangchen Xu, Junda Chen, Yue Huang, Dongfu Jiang, Jiefeng Chen, Hang Hua, Zijian Wu, Zheyuan Liu, Zexue He, Lichi Li, Shizhe Diao, Jiaxin Pei, Jinsung Yoon, Hao Zhang, Mengdi Wang, Radha Poovendran, Misha Sra, Alex Pentland, Zichen Chen
arXiv:2501. 17377v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising approach for solving Combinatorial Optimization (CO) problems, such as the 3D Bin Packing Problem (3D-BPP), Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), or Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), but these neural solvers often exhibit brittleness when facing distribution shifts.
By Han Fang, Paul Weng, Yutong Ban
arXiv:2603. 29730v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present mlr3mbo, a modular toolbox for Bayesian optimization in R.
By Marc Becker, Lennart Schneider, Martin Binder, Lars Kotthoff, Bernd Bischl
arXiv:2605. 04954v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Per-instance algorithm selection (PIAS) takes advantage of complementarity between a set of algorithms by deciding which algorithm to run on a given instance.
By Koen van der Blom, Diederick Vermetten
arXiv:2604. 09860v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The pursuit of general-purpose robotics has yielded impressive foundation models, yet simulation-based benchmarking remains a bottleneck due to rapid performance saturation and a lack of true generalization testing.
By Jenai Xuning Yang, Rishit Dagli, Alex Zook, Hugo Hadfield, Ankit Goyal, Stan Birchfield, Fabio Ramos, Jonathan Tremblay