Scientific discovery as meta-optimization: a combinatorial optimization case study

arXiv:2606.26728 · cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.MA · Submitted 2026-06-25 · Read on arXiv

cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.MA

Submitted: 2026-06-25

Updated: 2026-10-17

Comments: 33 pages, 4 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Combinatorial Optimization — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Large Language Models (LLMs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 8 episodes
• Objective Function — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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