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Shahaf Shperberg, Lior Siag, Nathan Sturtevant, Ariel Felner
Position Paper: On the Impact of Direction-Selection in BAE*
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BAE*, and the independently developed DIBBS, are state-of-the-art bidirectional heuristic search algorithms that exploit heuristic consistency to effi...

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This position paper tackles a critical efficiency concern within state-of-the-art bidirectional heuristic search algorithms, particularly BAE* and DIB...

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André Schidler, Stefan Szeider
Extracting Problem Structure with LLMs for Optimized SAT Local Search
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Encoding combinatorial problems in terms of propositional satisfiability (SAT) enables utilization of highly efficient SAT solvers for combinatorial s...

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This position paper introduces a compelling and novel approach to enhance SAT local search through the specialized application of Large Language Model...

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Zhihui Xie, Xu Liu, Shuai Li
Multi-armed Bandit Algorithms for the Boolean Satisfiability Problem: A Survey
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This paper provides a survey of recent literature on the use of multi-armed bandit algorithms to solve the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT), a wel...

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This survey paper addresses a highly relevant and impactful topic: the application of multi-armed bandit (MAB) algorithms to the Boolean Satisfiabilit...

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Jiaqi Tan, Yudong Luo, Jiaoyang Li, Hang Ma
Reevaluation of Large Neighborhood Search for MAPF: Findings and Opportunities
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Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) aims to arrange collision-free goal-reaching paths for a group of agents. Anytime MAPF solvers based on large neighbor...

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This paper presents a timely and critical reevaluation of Large Neighborhood Search (LNS) approaches for Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF). The authors...

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Dawson Tomasz, Richard Valenzano
Augmenting Exploration with Locally Greedy Probes
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Enhancing Greedy Best First Search (GBFS) with stochastic exploration will often greatly improve search performance. In this work, we show that one wa...

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This paper presents a compelling analysis of how stochastic exploration enhances Greedy Best First Search (GBFS), identifying that exploration often a...

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Takumi Shimoda, Alex Fukunaga
Decoupling Generation and Evaluation for Parallel Greedy Best-First Search
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In order to understand and control the search behavior of parallel search, recent work has proposed a class of constrained parallel greedy best-first...

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This paper tackles a pertinent challenge in the domain of parallel search, specifically concerning constrained parallel greedy best-first search algor...

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Daniel Koch, Stefan Funke
Guiding the Search for the Euclidean Shortest Path Problem
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We consider the problem of reducing the search space of algorithms which solve the Euclidean Shortest Path Problem by traversing a precomputed navigat...

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This work introduces a novel approach to optimize algorithms for the Euclidean Shortest Path Problem, specifically targeting those that navigate preco...

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Matej Husár, Jiří Švancara, Roman Barták
On Path Selection for Reduction-Based Solving of Multi-Agent Pathfinding Using Graph Pruning
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Multi-agent pathfinding is the task of navigating a set of mobile agents in a shared environment such that they avoid collisions. Finding an optimal s...

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This paper addresses a fundamental challenge in Multi-Agent Pathfinding (MAPF): the limitations of reduction-based algorithms when applied to larger p...

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Hasan Ferit Eniser, Songtuan Lin, Nicola Müller, Anastasia Isychev, Valentin Wüstholz, Isabel Valera, Jörg Hoffmann, Maria Christakis
Using Action-Policy Testing in RL to Reduce the Number of Bugs
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Reinforcement learning is becoming ever more prominent in solving combinatorial search problems, in particular ones where states are images. Prior wor...

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This paper presents a novel approach to improving the robustness of Reinforcement Learning policies by integrating action-policy testing directly into...

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Shizhe Zhao, Yancheng Wu, Zhongqiang Ren
Bi-Objective Search for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows and Vacant Penalties
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This paper investigates a Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows and Vacant Penalties (TSP-TW-VP), which plans a path to service a set of machin...

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The paper "Bi-Objective Search for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows and Vacant Penalties" investigates a significant extension to the...

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