Selection Hyper-heuristics Can Automatically Adjust the Learning Period to Optimally Solve Pseudo-Boolean Problems

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arXiv:2605.29916v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The Random Gradient hyper-heuristic was recently shown to be able to learn the optimal neighbourhood size when optimizing the LeadingOnes benchmark via the Randomised Local Search (RLS) meta-heuristic. However, for this to happen, a learning period of a certain length $\tau$ had to be used, differently from classic hyper-heuristics, which change their behaviour based on the success of only the previous iteration. In this paper, we show how to aut

Published 29 May 2026

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Title: Selection Hyper-heuristics Can Automatically Adjust the Learning Period to Optimally Solve Pseudo-Boolean Problems

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arXiv:2605.29916v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The Random Gradient hyper-heuristic was recently shown to be able to learn the optimal neighbourhood size when optimizing the LeadingOnes benchmark via the Randomised Local Search (RLS) meta-heuristic. However, for this to happen, a learning period of a certain length $\tau$ had to be used, differently from classic hyper-heuristics, which change their behaviour based on the success of only the previous iteration. In this paper, we show how to aut
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