arxivcs.NEcs.AIcs.CL2026-07-06
QDEvo: A Multi-Objective Quality-Diversity Framework for Automated Heuristic Design
Nam Do Khanh, Nhat Nguyen Tran Minh, Dat Pham Vu Tuan, Long Doan, Binh Huynh Thi Thanh
The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) with evolutionary computation has emerged as a powerful paradigm for automated heuristic design in combinatorial optimization. However, existing approaches suffer from mode collapse, converging to homogeneous populations that lack s…