Heuristics

Ask about this field

Recent momentum

emerging

0 papers in the last 28 days · 0.0% of indexed attention

Twelve weeks of publication activity for this topic as it is defined today.

Weekly history

Recent digests

What was published in this field, kept on the site without email delivery.

Period ending 2026-09-21

7 new papers

A weekly snapshot of new work published in Heuristics.

Period ending 2026-09-14

5 new papers

A weekly snapshot of new work published in Heuristics.

Period ending 2026-09-07

9 new papers

A weekly snapshot of new work published in Heuristics.

Inside this field

Focused directions

273 papers

Latest in Heuristics

Browse all topics →
CardsList

  1. Efficient Architecture Search under Leave-One-Subject-Out Evaluation

    Sep 18, 2026Heinke Hihn, Friedhelm SchwenkerNeural Architecture SearchSearch Algorithms

  2. Graph-Based Stochastic Power-UCT: Monte-Carlo Graph Search with Power Mean Estimation

    Sep 17, 2026Tung Tran, Viet Bao Mai, Hoang Ta +1Monte Carlo Tree SearchMarkov Decision Processes

  3. Evolution or Illusion? Rethinking Evaluation in LLM Evolutionary Search

    Sep 17, 2026Tal Oved, Roi Pony, Oshri Naparstek +1Evolutionary SearchSearch Algorithms

  4. Self Improvement via Fast Tree-search

    Sep 17, 2026Xinghong Fu, Aravinth Kulanthaivelu, Yutaro YamadaRecursive Self-ImprovementTree Search

  5. Online Robust Reinforcement Learning Through Monte-Carlo Planning

    Sep 16, 2026Tuan Dam, Kishan Panaganti, Brahim Driss +1Monte Carlo Tree SearchModel-Free Reinforcement Learning

  6. Learning-Guided Planning in Large Dynamic Action Spaces: Budgeted Tree Search for One-to-Many Mobile Charging

    Sep 15, 2026Liang-Ching Tao, Pi-Chung WangClassical PlanningPlanning Methods

  7. RiPPLE: Cross-Space Performance Prediction from Early Training for Neural Architecture Search

    Sep 14, 2026Yifan Yang, Zhaoyan Wang, Zheng Gao +2Neural Architecture SearchSearch Algorithms

  8. Probabilistic Focal Search: Accelerating Bounded-Suboptimal Search via Lower-Bound Advancement

    Sep 12, 2026Minh Vu Duc, Trung Le Huu, Hà Minh Hoàng +3Search AlgorithmsSalesman Problem

  9. RouteRepair: Instance-Level Failure Diagnosis and Targeted Repair in LLM-Based Automated Heuristic Design for Routing Optimization

    Sep 12, 2026Binghao Ji, Di Huang, Jiahui Fang +1Vehicle Routing ProblemHeuristics

  10. VertexCBF: Improving Neural Control Barrier Functions via Vertex-Restricted Control Search

    Sep 11, 2026Bojan Derajić, Sebastian Bernhard, Wolfgang HönigControl Barrier FunctionsNeural Control

  11. CoRA-NAS: Coarse Ranking and Anchor-Residual Refinement for Neural Architecture Search

    Sep 10, 2026Yifan Yang, Zhaoyan Wang, Zheng Gao +2Neural Architecture SearchIndependent Anchor Network

  12. Improving the Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detection with Weighted Conformal Prediction

    Sep 10, 2026Ann-Kristin Malz, Gregory Ashton, Nicolo ColomboGravitational WavesConformal Prediction

  13. Efficient Leakage-Free Neural Architecture Search under Leave-One-Subject-Out Evaluation

    Sep 10, 2026Heinke HihnNeural Architecture SearchSearch Algorithms

  14. The Surprising Effectiveness of Approximate Value Iteration in Self-Play

    Sep 8, 2026Raphael Boige, Amine Boumaza, Bruno ScherrerSelf-PlayMonte Carlo Tree Search

  15. Towards Numerical TOHTN Planning with SMT-based HTN-SAT Encoding

    Sep 3, 2026Gaspard Quenard, Takudzwa Togarepi, Damien Pellier +1SatisfiabilityClassical Planning

  16. Lose the Order, Keep the Hierarchy: Deordering HTN Plans

    Sep 3, 2026Takudzwa Togarepi, Gaspard Quenard, Damien Pellier +1Planning MethodsHierarchical

  17. From Prior-Guided Heuristics to Deployable Agents: Accelerating Demonstration-Driven Reinforcement Learning for Deadline-Constrained Network Control

    Sep 3, 2026Vincenzo Norman Vitale, Mohammad Solki, Antonia Maria Tulino +2Adaptive Traffic Signal ControlOptical Networks

  18. Towards Effective Structured Context Modeling for Conversational Recommender Systems via Dual-node Monte Carlo Tree Search

    Sep 1, 2026Jincheng Zhang, Chen Huang, Wenqiang Lei +2Recommender SystemsModel Preference

  19. One Policy Is Enough: Single-Agent Reinforcement Learning Outperforms Tree Search for Chemistry Tool Learning

    Aug 31, 2026Armin Dariani, Sifan Wu, Bang Liu +1Multi-Turn Tool-Use AgentMonte Carlo Tree Search

  20. When LLM Meets Tree Search: A Systematic View of Inference as Search in Large Language Models

    Aug 31, 2026Jiaqi Wei, Xiang Zhang, Yuejin Yang +10Tree SearchLarge Language Model Reasoning

  21. TsuGO: Probing Search Efficiency in LLM Reasoning via Go Life-and-Death Problems

    Aug 13, 2026Shunwen Bai, Ziping Ma, Chaoyang Zhang +4Large Language Model ReasoningReasoning Benchmark

  22. Recovering Wasted Compute in Autoresearch Agents

    Aug 11, 2026Au Kwok Chun, Abhigyan Acherjee, Amrutha Rao +4AutoresearchTree Search

  23. Reasoning Shortcuts and Value Symmetries: What Symmetry Permits, Architecture Realizes, and Optimization Selects

    Aug 11, 2026Xin XuSymmetryHeuristics

  24. MESA:Task-Adaptive Multi-Structure Evidence Selection for Long-Horizon Agent Memory

    Aug 10, 2026Beidi Zhao, Yaoqi Chen, Yuru Feng +10Long-Horizon AgentsHeuristic Search

  25. Adaptive Sequential Test Planning for Multi-Mechanism Reliability Qualification via Bayesian Monte Carlo Tree Search

    Aug 10, 2026Youssef A. Elhagrasy, Ian Hill, André IvanovMonte Carlo Tree SearchSequential Decision Making

  26. Idea Search: Guiding Tree Search with Ideas to Explore Diverse Scientific Methods

    Aug 9, 2026Xuefei Julie Wang, Hao Cui, Michael P. Brenner +1Tree SearchScientific Discovery

  27. Private Anytime Selective-Risk Certification for Federated Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Guarantees and Empirical Limits

    Aug 8, 2026Sanjeda Akter, Ibne Farabi Shihab, Anuj SharmaFinite-Sample CertificatesFedavg

  28. BONSAI: Evolvability-Guided Tree Search over Skills

    Aug 7, 2026Yash Priya Shastri, Anand Eswaran, Adnan Qidwai +2Skill EvolutionTree Search

  29. CEDAR: Agent-Orchestrated Tree Search for Goal-Directed Optimization of Complex Systems

    Aug 7, 2026Yingtao TianMonte Carlo Tree SearchTree Search

  30. Solver-Guided Reasoning for Mixed-Equilibrium Strategies

    Aug 7, 2026Han Wang, Philippe Beardsell, Boning Li +4EquilibriumMonte Carlo Tree Search

  31. MicroEvo: Knowledge-Guided LLM Sampling for Efficient Microarchitecture Design Space Exploration

    Aug 6, 2026Jia Xiong, Runkai Li, Chenxu Niu +11Evolutionary SearchNeural Architecture Search

  32. ArtAnno: Annotating Implicit Semantics in Artworks through LLM Agent-Driven Bidirectional Human-AI Augmentation

    Aug 5, 2026Xiaoyan Gu, Yifang Wang, Wenqing Zheng +6Human-Ai CollaborationHuman Annotators

  33. Approximate Multi-Objective Search Under Rulebooks

    Aug 5, 2026Omar Muhammetkulyyev, Oren Salzman, Tichakorn WongpiromsarnSearch AlgorithmsMulti-Objective Optimization

  34. string2string Studio: An Interactive, In-Browser Platform for String-to-String Algorithms

    Aug 4, 2026Mirac Suzgun, James Zou, Stuart M. Shieber +1Feature AlignmentDna

  35. Monte Carlo Tree Search for Table-to-Multimodal Report Generation

    Aug 4, 2026Teng Lin, Zhiyang Zhang, Yuyu Luo +1ReportMultimodal Generation

  36. Flying over The Uncertain Nature (FORTUNE): Intelligent and Humanistic 3D Path Planning for Low-Altitude Collaboration

    Aug 4, 2026Minghui Liwang, Wenhan Jia, Xinlei Yi +3Multi-Uav SystemsCoverage Path Planning

  37. Douyin Multimodal Embedding Model Technical Report

    Aug 3, 2026Haonan Chen, Chu Li, Zhicheng Wang +4Multimodal EmbeddingsMultimodal Learning

  38. RL-Lock: Reinforcement Learning for Generating Interlocking Assemblies

    Aug 3, 2026Xuyang Ma, Chaewoon Kim, Haonan Zhang +3Building BlocksMotion Generation

  39. Stochastic Sequential Search in Very-High-Dimensional Feature Selection

    Aug 2, 2026Petr Somol, Jiří GrimFeature SelectionHigh-Dimensional Data

  40. Neuro-Evolved Heuristics for Variable Gapped Common Subsequence Identification

    Aug 1, 2026Marko Djukanović, Christian Blum, Aleksandar Kartelj +2Feature AlignmentHeuristics

  41. A Heuristic Perspective on Debiasing Language Models

    Aug 1, 2026Tian Lan, Yemin Wang, Chuancheng Shi +6Large Language Model BiasBias Mitigation

  42. Loanword or Switch? The Annotation Boundary, Not the Model, Drives Kazakh-Russian Code-Switching Identification

    Aug 1, 2026Bogdan SavelyevCode-SwitchingRussian

  43. A Synthetically-accessible Universe of Chemically Recyclable Polymers

    Jul 31, 2026Anagha Savit, Wei Xiong, Harikrishna Sahu +3PolymerAutomated Synthesis Techniques

  44. QASP: Query-Adaptive Robust Vector Search Policy

    Jul 31, 2026Hakan Ferhatosmanoglu, Kushal Kumar, Tal Wagner +1Vector DatabaseSearch Algorithms

  45. Autonomous Repair for Multi-Agent Systems via Monte-Carlo Tree Search

    Jul 31, 2026Hanxiao Lu, Tianyi ZhangMulti-Agent SystemsMonte Carlo Tree Search

  46. MOSAIC: Adversarial Co-evolution of Specialist Heuristics and Problem Instances for LLM-based Automated Heuristic Design

    Jul 31, 2026Oguzhan Gungordu, Siheng Xiong, Faramarz FekriHeuristicsLlm-Driven

  47. Mining Verdict Boundaries for Neural Network Verification

    Jul 31, 2026Jiawei Ren, Guanqin Zhang, Zhenya Zhang +1Neural Network VerificationUpper Bounds

  48. Guiding Large Language Models with Genetic Programming-Evolved Heuristic Knowledge for Dynamic Multi-Mode Project Scheduling

    Jul 30, 2026Yuan Tian, Yi Mei, Mengjie ZhangLarge Language Model Decision-MakingHeuristics

  49. Belief-Guided Decision Making with Uncertainty Gating in the Game of Go

    Jul 29, 2026Mehrad Yaghoubi, Azam Bastanfard, Abbas Jalilvand +1Monte Carlo Tree SearchDecisions

  50. Surrogate assisted diversity estimation in neural ensemble search

    Jul 29, 2026Alexandr Udeneev, Petr Babkin, Oleg BakhteevNeural Architecture SearchEnsemble

  51. How Often Should a Recommender Call an LLM? Value-Weighted Routing, Monitoring, and Seasonal Robustness

    Jul 27, 2026Bhavtosh RathLarge Language Model RoutingRecommendation

  52. Efficiency Matters in Autonomous Research

    Jul 27, 2026Haiqian Yang, Yuan CaoAutoresearchSearch Algorithms

  53. What do Reward Models Memorize?

    Jul 27, 2026Ivo Verhoeven, Pushkar Mishra, Ekaterina ShutovaMemorizationDiscriminative

  54. Agent-UCT: Upper Confidence Bounds Applied to Trees for Agentic Workflow Optimization with Cost-Awareness

    Jul 27, 2026Yang Li, Hai Liu, Dian Shao +8Agentic WorkflowsAgentic Optimization

  55. VecTree-RAG: An Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework Combining Vector and Tree Retrieval for Efficiency and Accuracy

    Jul 25, 2026Xinyan Zhong, Yuwei Shi, Yuqi Wei +3Hievi-RagRetrieval-Augmented Generation Systems

  56. Learned Interventions in Lean 4 grind

    Jul 25, 2026Evan Wang, Simon Chess, Sophie Szeto +1TheoremHeuristics

  57. Invariant Discovery for Networked Systems

    Jul 24, 2026Hongyu Hè, Alexander Krentsel, Sylvia Ratnasamy +1Automatic Identification SystemIntrusion Detection

  58. Multi-primitive in-memory computing for Monte Carlo tree search

    Jul 24, 2026Tergel Molom-Ochir, Benjamin F. Morris, Yintao He +6Monte Carlo Tree SearchIn-Memory Computing

  59. Closed-Loop Generative Selection: Convergence, Memory, and Noisy Oracles

    Jul 24, 2026Konstantin Fackeldey, Christof SchütteDrug DesignSharp Joint-Kl Oracle Theory

  60. On the Runtime Analysis of Reinforcement Learning Hyper-Heuristics

    Jul 24, 2026Pietro S. Oliveto, Zhenyu Wang, Peizhou Wu +1HeuristicsHierarchical Reinforcement Learning