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ImprovEvolve uses LLM-evolved subroutines for complex optimization

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Researchers have developed ImprovEvolve, a new method that combines basin-hopping search with LLM-evolved subroutines for complex optimization problems. This approach differs from previous LLM-guided evolutionary computation by evolving specialized operators for initialization, local improvement, and perturbation, rather than a monolithic program. ImprovEvolve has demonstrated success in discovering novel mathematical constructions, including new state-of-the-art packings for hexagons, improving bounds for the second autocorrelation inequality, and achieving significant improvements in spherical codes. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more efficient discovery of novel mathematical constructions and solutions to complex optimization problems.

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ImprovEvolve uses LLM-evolved subroutines for complex optimization

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Alexey Kravatskiy, Valentin Khrulkov, Ivan Oseledets ·

    ImprovEvolve: Basin-Hopping Meets LLM-Guided Evolutionary Search

    arXiv:2602.10233v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: LLM-guided evolutionary computation, most notably AlphaEvolve, has been remarkably successful in discovering novel mathematical constructions by solving challenging optimization problems. The standard approach is to evolve…

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