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  1. A machine-checked proof of the Dong-Yang classification of optimal (n,4) binary codes for BSCs

    Sep 12, 2026Shenghao Yang, Yanyan DongSource-Channel CodingBinary

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

    Sep 12, 2026Minh Vu Duc, Trung Le Huu, Hà Minh Hoàng +3Conflict-Based SearchOptimal

  3. Optimal Value Inference for Reinforcement Learning

    Sep 9, 2026Nan Lu, Ethan Lee, James M. Robins +2Value FunctionsBellman Equation

  4. Non-Adaptive 1-Bit Mean Estimation: Minimax Rates and the Sample-Interval Tradeoff

    Sep 8, 2026Ivan Lau, Jonathan ScarlettOptimal Sample ComplexityEstimators

  5. La Agente \'Optima: Towards Agentic Self-Driving Laboratories

    Sep 7, 2026Marcel Müller, Jiaru Bai, Willi Gottstein +14Historical Optimization ExperiencesBayesian Optimization

  6. Advances in Machine Learning for Directed Evolution: A Five-Year Retrospective

    Sep 2, 2026Bruce J. WittmannProtein DesignEvolution

  7. LLMs Can Design Near-Optimal OR Algorithms

    Aug 27, 2026Jackie BaekAlgorithmic ReasoningLarge Language

  8. Keep, Customize, or Exit: Default Design and Token Pricing in LLM Reasoning Services

    Aug 13, 2026Ahmet Bugra Gundogan, Yigit Turkmen, Melih BastopcuLLM Reasoning MethodsToken-Level Uncertainty

  9. AtumAI: A Principled Framework for Agentic Generation of Datacenter Control-Plane Policies

    Aug 3, 2026Qiushi Lin, Chaojie Zhang, Íñigo Goiri +3Artificial Intelligence Data CentersData Centers

  10. Learning to Persuade Privately Informed Receivers

    Jul 30, 2026I. Arda Vurankaya, Ufuk TopcuPersuasionInformation-Theoretic Limits

  11. Try Once, Then Optimal: De-Redundified Procedure Memory for Cross-Episode Exploration Amortization

    Jul 26, 2026Haizhou Ge, Haochen Ouyang, Zhixing Chen +6Episodic MemoryCuriosity-Driven Exploration

  12. DASH Robot: Minimalistic Design and Optimal Aerial-Terrestrial Locomotion via Contact-Implicit Control

    Jul 20, 2026Ryan Gomes Paiva, Conrad Ho, Jiarong Kang +3Aerial RobotsQuadrupedal Locomotion

  13. Minimum Time Dubins Airplane Paths with Asymmetric Climb Rates

    Jul 17, 2026Jaeyoung Lim, Giuseppe LoiannoOptimalAsymmetric

  14. Asymptotical Analysis of the (1+(λ,λ)) GA Escape Time from Local Optima on Jump Functions

    Jul 15, 2026Anton V. Eremeev, Valentin A. TopchiiGenetic AlgorithmsAsymptotics

  15. Nonlinear Axiomatic Attribution for Cooperative Games

    Jul 10, 2026Weida Li, Zhuanghua Liu, Yaoliang Yu +1Shapley ValueArea Under The Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve

  16. Matching Markets meet Cumulative Prospect Theory: Towards Optimal and Adversarially Robust Learning

    Jun 18, 2026Ananya Kunisetty, Avishek GhoshMatching MarketsOptimal

  17. Sim2Schedule: A Simulator-Guided LLM Framework for Autonomous Open-Pit Mine Scheduling

    Jun 9, 2026Mustavi Ibne Masum, Thiago Eustaquio Alves de Oliveira, Mahzabeen EmuFlexible Job-Shop SchedulingMixed-Integer Linear Programming

  18. Duality for Optimal Multi-Item, Multi-Bidder Auction Design: Revenue Certificates through Deep Learning

    Jun 8, 2026Yanchen Jiang, David C. Parkes, Tonghan WangFirst-Price AuctionsPrimal-Dual Methods

  19. Combinatorial Landscape Analysis for Dominating Set and Vertex Coloring

    Jun 5, 2026Johanna Gasse, Antonia Heinen, Felix Knöfel +2Maximum Independent SetOptimization Landscape

  20. The Montparnasse Algorithm for RNA Design

    May 25, 2026Tristan CazenaveMessenger RnaMolecular Optimization

  21. Multiple Neural Operators Achieve Near-Optimal Rates for Multi-Task Learning

    May 21, 2026Adrien Weihs, Hayden SchaefferProbabilistic Operator LearningNeural Operators

  22. From Sequential Nodes to GPU Batches: Parallel Branch and Bound for Optimal k-Sparse GLMs

    May 21, 2026Jiachang Liu, Andrea LodiMulti-Gpu SystemsOptimal

  23. Self-Distillation is Optimal Among Spectral Shrinkage Estimators in Spiked Covariance Models

    May 18, 2026Radu Lecoiu, Debarghya Mukherjee, Pragya SurEstimatorsCovariance Estimation

  24. Multi-Agent Cooperative Transportation: Optimal and Efficient Task Allocation and Path Finding

    May 15, 2026Ning Zhou, Nikolai W. F. Bode, Edmund R. HuntMulti-Agent Path FindingPatient-To-Room Assignment Problem

  25. Optimal Pattern Detection Tree for Symbolic Rule-Based Classification

    May 14, 2026Young-Chae Hong, Yangho ChenDecision TreesData Mining

  26. Optimal FALQON for Quantum Approximate Optimization via Layer-wise Parameter Tuning

    May 8, 2026Michael Mancini, Shabnam SodagariQuantum Approximate Optimization AlgorithmQuantum

  27. Exploring the non-convexity in machine learning using quantum-inspired optimization

    May 8, 2026Kandula Eswara Sai Kumar, Parth Dhananjay Danve, Abhishek Chopra +1Quantum AnnealingNonconvex

  28. Near-optimal and Efficient First-Order Algorithm for Multi-Task Learning with Shared Linear Representation

    May 1, 2026Shihong Ding, Fangyu Du, Cong FangMulti--Task LearningCompact Matrix Factorization

  29. Optimal Stop-Loss and Take-Profit Parameterization for Autonomous Trading Agent Swarm

    Apr 29, 2026Nathan Li, Aikins Laryea, Yigit IhlamurOptimal StoppingSwarms

  30. Near-Optimal Cryptographic Hardness of Learning With Homogeneous Halfspaces Under Gaussian Marginals

    Apr 29, 2026Jizhou Huang, Brendan JubaHomomorphic EncryptionOptimal Sample Complexity

  31. GCImOpt: Learning efficient goal-conditioned policies by imitating optimal trajectories

    Apr 24, 2026Jon Goikoetxea, Jesús F. PalaciánImitation LearningGoal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning

  32. SLAM as a Stochastic Control Problem with Partial Information: Optimal Solutions and Rigorous Approximations

    Apr 23, 2026Ilir Gusija, Fady Alajaji, Serdar YükselSimultaneous Localization And MappingPartially Observable Markov Decision Process

  33. On The Mathematics of the Natural Physics of Optimization

    Apr 19, 2026I. M. RossConstrained OptimizationOptimal Control

  34. Beyond the Bellman Fixed Point: Geometry and Fast Policy Identification in Value Iteration

    Apr 19, 2026Donghwan LeeBellman EquationValue Functions

  35. Stein Variational Black-Box Combinatorial Optimization

    Apr 17, 2026Thomas Landais, Olivier Goudet, Adrien Goëffon +2Black-Box OptimizationOptimal

  36. Variable Search Stepsize for Randomized Local Search in Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization

    Feb 5, 2026Xuepeng Ren, Maocai Wang, Guangming Dai +4Parallel Continuous Local SearchMulti-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm

  37. Near-optimal estimates for the \ell^p-Lipschitz constants of deep random ReLU neural networks

    Jun 24, 2025Sjoerd Dirksen, Patrick Finke, Paul Geuchen +2Rectified Linear Unit NetworksLipschitz Constant

  38. Silver Rate Is (Almost) Optimal for Gradient Descent

    Date pendingYuhan Ye, Kaizhao LiuLarge Step SizesGradient Descent