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LLMs and Bayesian Optimization combine for efficient MIP solver configuration

Researchers have developed GRIMIP, a novel framework that combines Large Language Models (LLMs) with Bayesian Optimization (BO) to efficiently configure Mixed-integer programming (MIP) solvers. This hybrid approach allows LLMs to act as probabilistic surrogates within the BO loop, reducing the cost of search and evaluation. GRIMIP demonstrated a significant improvement, achieving over 40% reduction in Primal-Dual Integral on challenging instances across seven benchmarks, outperforming existing methods like SMAC and other LLM-assisted BO techniques. AI

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LLMs and Bayesian Optimization combine for efficient MIP solver configuration

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Tianshu Yu ·

    GRIMIP: A General Framework for Instance-Specific Configuration of MIP Solvers Using LLMs

    Configuring the hyperparameters of Mixed-integer programming (MIP) solvers is a high-dimensional, instance-dependent optimization problem where suboptimal settings can degrade solving time by orders of magnitude. Default configurations are often suboptimal, while traditional tuni…