Scaling Combinatorial Optimization Neural Improvement Heuristics with Online Search and Adaptation

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Main Authors: Verdù, Federico Julian Camerota, Castelli, Lorenzo, Bortolussi, Luca
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author Verdù, Federico Julian Camerota
Castelli, Lorenzo
Bortolussi, Luca
author_facet Verdù, Federico Julian Camerota
Castelli, Lorenzo
Bortolussi, Luca
contents We introduce Limited Rollout Beam Search (LRBS), a beam search strategy for deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based combinatorial optimization improvement heuristics. Utilizing pre-trained models on the Euclidean Traveling Salesperson Problem, LRBS significantly enhances both in-distribution performance and generalization to larger problem instances, achieving optimality gaps that outperform existing improvement heuristics and narrowing the gap with state-of-the-art constructive methods. We also extend our analysis to two pickup and delivery TSP variants to validate our results. Finally, we employ our search strategy for offline and online adaptation of the pre-trained improvement policy, leading to improved search performance and surpassing recent adaptive methods for constructive heuristics.
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spellingShingle Scaling Combinatorial Optimization Neural Improvement Heuristics with Online Search and Adaptation
Verdù, Federico Julian Camerota
Castelli, Lorenzo
Bortolussi, Luca
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
We introduce Limited Rollout Beam Search (LRBS), a beam search strategy for deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based combinatorial optimization improvement heuristics. Utilizing pre-trained models on the Euclidean Traveling Salesperson Problem, LRBS significantly enhances both in-distribution performance and generalization to larger problem instances, achieving optimality gaps that outperform existing improvement heuristics and narrowing the gap with state-of-the-art constructive methods. We also extend our analysis to two pickup and delivery TSP variants to validate our results. Finally, we employ our search strategy for offline and online adaptation of the pre-trained improvement policy, leading to improved search performance and surpassing recent adaptive methods for constructive heuristics.
title Scaling Combinatorial Optimization Neural Improvement Heuristics with Online Search and Adaptation
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10163