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Reinforcement Learning Hyper-heuristic Achieves Optimal Runtime on LeadingOnes Benchmark

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A new paper rigorously analyzes the performance of Reinforcement Learning Hyper-heuristics (RLHH) on the LeadingOnes benchmark function. Previous research indicated RLHH struggled with this benchmark, but this study proves that with specific parameter settings, RLHH can achieve optimal expected runtime when using two random local search operators. Experimental results suggest this optimized RLHH outperforms the Generalised Random Gradient HH, which also has a proven optimal expected runtime. AI

IMPACT This research provides theoretical guarantees for the performance of RLHH on a specific benchmark, potentially informing the design of more efficient optimization algorithms.

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Reinforcement Learning Hyper-heuristic Achieves Optimal Runtime on LeadingOnes Benchmark

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  1. arXiv cs.NE (Neural & Evolutionary) TIER_1 English(EN) · Mengqing Xu ·

    On the Runtime Analysis of Reinforcement Learning Hyper-Heuristics

    Selection Hyper-heuristics (HHs) automate algorithmic design by selecting from a set of low-level heuristics which one to apply at each stage of the optimisation process. Several impressive results have been recently rigorously proven regarding the performance of selection hyper-…

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