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  1. Beyond LLM-GA: Secure Fluid Antenna Systems with ReEvo-Designed Memetic Algorithm

    Oct 7, 2026Hanyong Xu, Zhaolai Dang, Tong ZhangWireless CommunicationsMetaheuristic Optimization

    School of Information, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, China · Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aerospace Communication and Networking Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China

  2. GeoNest: Learning to Select Failure-Aware Neighborhoods for the Irregular Knapsack Problem in a Circular Container

    Sep 30, 2026Zhongman Du, Huiming Zhang, Linlin Yang +2Metaheuristic OptimizationCombinatorial Optimization

    Beihang University, Beijing, China · Communication University of China, Beijing, China · Hangzhou Innovation Institute of Beihang University, Hangzhou, China

  3. Adaptive Rotation for iSOMA: Geometry, Benchmarking, and Noise Robustness in Variational Quantum Objectives

    Sep 29, 2026Vojtěch Novák, Ivan ZelinkaStochastic OptimizationBlack-Box Optimization

    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. · IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, 708 00, Czech Republic. · Department of Informatics and Statistics, Marine Research Institute, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania.

  4. CMDO: A Cognitive Memory-Driven Optimization Algorithm for Adaptive Population-Based Search

    Sep 28, 2026Mohammed Yusuf Mujawar, Shahram Rahimi, Noorbakhsh Amiri GolilarzEvolutionary OptimizationBlack-Box Optimization

    Department of Computer Science The University of Alabama, AL, USA

  5. DCL-GPGLS: Dynamic Curriculum Learning for Genetic Programming Guided Local Search in Large-Scale Vehicle Routing

    Sep 21, 2026Saining Liu, Yi Mei, Mengjie ZhangMetaheuristic OptimizationGenetic Programming

    School of Engineering and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  6. Genetic Programming with Behaviour-based Niching for Learning Guided Local Search in Vehicle Routing Problems

    Sep 21, 2026Saining Liu, Yi Mei, Mengjie ZhangAutomated Heuristic DesignMetaheuristic Optimization

    School of Engineering and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  7. A Metaheuristic Optimization Framework for Discrete Optimization under Strict Time Limits

    Sep 16, 2026Umut Çalıkyılmaz, Nitin Nayak, Sven GroppeMetaheuristic OptimizationCombinatorial Optimization

    University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany · TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

  8. Learning to Optimize UAV Path Planning for Data Sensing in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Sep 15, 2026Sijie Ma, Zeyuan Ma, Weijia Cao +4Robotic Data CollectionMetaheuristic Optimization

    South China University of Technology · South China Normal University · Information Research Institute, CAS +2

  9. Learning-Augmented Optimization for Strategic Two-Echelon Spare Parts Network Design

    Sep 14, 2026Donato Maragno, Marco Caserta, Alberto Sinigaglia +3Surrogate-Assisted OptimizationMetaheuristic Optimization

    Amazon RME · IE University, Department of Operations · Reinforcement Learning Research Lab, UniPD

  10. MAAPO:an innovative membrane algorithm based on artificial protozoa optimizer for multilevel threshold image segmentation

    Sep 14, 2026Xiaopeng Wang, Vaclav Snasel, Seyedali Mirjalili +1Metaheuristic Optimization

    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic · Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Optimisation, Torrens University Australia, Brisbane, Australia · School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

  11. 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 +1Automated Program RepairAutomated Heuristic Design

    Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 211189.

  12. frb100-40 After Two Decades: An Optimality Certificate and a Preregistered Search Study

    Sep 2, 2026Onur UğurluCombinatorial OptimizationMetaheuristic Optimization

    İzmir Bakırçay University

  13. Implicit Q-learning-bootstrapped ant colony optimization for maritime moving-target observation scheduling with agile satellites

    Aug 25, 2026He Wang, Junyu Wu, Yeye Liu +5Metaheuristic OptimizationLearning to Optimize

    College of Intelligent Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China · School of Electrical and Control Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China · School of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China

  14. Mycelial Search: A Graph-Structured Metaheuristic for Continuous Optimisation

    Aug 24, 2026Mohammad Mahdi DehshibiMetaheuristic OptimizationIsing Optimization

  15. LLM-Guided Graph Generation for Structure-Based Local Improvement Methods

    Aug 13, 2026Hai Xia, Vaidyanathan Peruvemba Ramaswamy, Stefan SzeiderAutomated Heuristic DesignMetaheuristic Optimization

    Algorithms and Complexity Group, TU Wien, Austria

  16. Large-scale Testing Global Optimization Methods with Black-box Adversarial Attacks

    Aug 13, 2026Wojciech Zarzecki, Jarosław ArabasEvolutionary OptimizationBenchmark Design

    Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Computer Science

  17. Scalable High-Fidelity Macromolecular Docking for GPU-Accelerated Supercomputers

    Aug 7, 2026Xiangyu Meng, Peng Chen, Mingzhen Li +7GPU Kernel OptimizationGPU Acceleration

    College of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Intelligent Oil & Gas Industrial Software, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China · A*STAR Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing, Singapore · RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan +2

  18. Linear Proposal Operators and Stochastic Search Geometry in SOMA and Differential Evolution

    Jul 31, 2026Vojtěch Novák, Ivan ZelinkaDifferential EvolutionEvolutionary Optimization

    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic · IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic · Department of Informatics and Statistics, Marine Research Institute, Klaipeda University, Lithuania

  19. LM-GRASP: Instance-Specific Language Models for Combinatorial Construction via Online Imitation Learning

    Jul 30, 2026Mohand Mezmaz, Grégoire DanoyMetaheuristic OptimizationCombinatorial Optimization

    SnT, University of Luxembourg

  20. Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Neighborhood Search for Arrival-Departure Track Utilization Adjustment under Short-Term Disturbances

    Jul 27, 2026Xiaobin Li, Wuming Lei, Yanbin Gao +1Evolutionary OptimizationIntelligent Transportation Systems

    School of Transportation Engineering East China Jiaotong University Nanchang, Jiangxi 330038, China

  21. KAYROS: An Anytime and Exact Open-Source Solver for Duration-Minimization Time-Dependent Vehicle Routing. A Technical Report and a Case Study in Human-AI Engineering

    Jul 25, 2026Florian RascoussierMetaheuristic OptimizationVehicle Routing

    IMT Atlantique, Lab-STICC, CNRS, UMR 6285 (équipe DECIDE) and INSA Lyon, Inria, CITI, UR3720, 69621 Villeurbanne, France.

  22. MEMENTO: Memory-Guided Memetic Code-as-Policy Evolution

    Jul 24, 2026Alkis Sygkounas, Victor Aregbede, Amy Loutfi +1Metaheuristic OptimizationLarge Language Model-Guided Optimization

    Center for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems (AASS), Örebro University, Sweden · Örebro University, 70281 Örebro, Sweden · Linköing University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden

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

    Jul 24, 2026Pietro S. Oliveto, Zhenyu Wang, Peizhou Wu +1Reinforcement LearningAutomated Heuristic Design

    Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China

  24. When Is Heterogeneous Distance-Decay Facility Location Tractable? A Structural Classification, Exact Methods, and a Real-World Study

    Jul 18, 2026Zhou He, T. C. E. Cheng, Jichang DongMetaheuristic OptimizationCombinatorial Optimization

    School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, N606-3, #3 Zhongguancun Nanyitiao, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China · Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China

  25. Transformer-Guided Swarm Intelligence for Frugal Neural Architecture Search

    Jul 13, 2026Romain AmigonMetaheuristic OptimizationNeural Architecture Search

    Universit´e du Qu´ebec `a Chicoutimi (UQAC) Saguenay, Canada

  26. Embark Now: User Demand Oriented Framework for Multi-day Urban Travel Itinerary Planning

    Jul 12, 2026Rongbo Qi, Yaqi Zhang, Shijun Yan +3Metaheuristic Optimization

    College of Computer Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, Tianjin, China. · Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, Jiangxi, China. · College of Software, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, Tianjin, China.

  27. POO-LPSP: Parallel Osprey Optimized Least Penalty-Squared Prioritization Methods for Priority Derivation in the Analytic Hierarchy Process

    Jul 8, 2026Kevin Kam Fung YuenMetaheuristic OptimizationMulti-Criteria Decision Analysis

    School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Sunway, Malaysia

  28. QDEvo: A Multi-Objective Quality-Diversity Framework for Automated Heuristic Design

    Jul 6, 2026Nam Do Khanh, Nhat Nguyen Tran Minh, Dat Pham Vu Tuan +2Automated Algorithm DiscoveryAutomated Heuristic Design

    Hanoi University of Science and Technology Hanoi, Vietnam · George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, USA

  29. Robust Metaheuristics under Uncertainty for Berth Allocation and Quay Crane Assignment: A Review

    Jul 6, 2026Peilan Xu, Yang Li, Wenjian LuoMetaheuristic OptimizationDecision-Making under Uncertainty

    School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China · Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Security Intelligence Technologies, Institute of Cyberspace Security, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China

  30. A Policy Decomposition Framework for Dynamic Order Fulfillment Operations

    Jul 4, 2026Gal Neria, Michal Tzur, Marlin W. UlmerMetaheuristic OptimizationSupply Chain Management

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, MA, USA · School of Industrial and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel · Otto-von-Guericke Universitat Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany