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This is a collection of references and papers of **LLM4AD** (with focus on optimization algorithms). The Papers are sorted by time (first publicly available). \n\n**For more details, please see our survey paper:**\n*   [A Systematic Survey on Large Language Models for Algorithm Design](https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14716) (ACM Computing Surveys, 2025)\n```text\n@article{liu2025systematic,\n  author = {Liu, Fei and Yao, Yiming and Guo, Ping and Yang, Zhiyuan and Lin, Xi and Zhao, Zhe and Tong, Xialiang and Mao, Kun and Lu, Zhichao and Wang, Zhenkun and Yuan, Mingxuan and Zhang, Qingfu},\n  title = {A Systematic Survey on Large Language Models for Algorithm Design},\n  year = {2025},\n  journal = {ACM Computing Surveys}\n}\n```\n\n**Video Introductions and Slides:**\n*   [English Webinar (IEEE CIS)](https://cis.taskforce.ieee.org/esco/webinar-series/esco-webinar-26/)\n*   [Chinese Introduction (中文视频介绍)](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1XTJVz9Ew1)\n*   \n**Any suggestions and pull requests are welcomed!**\n\nIt is far from a comprehensive list. If you want to update the list:\n\n+ Fork, Add, and Merge\n+ Report an [issue](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt/issues)\n+ Contact Fei Liu (fliu36-c@my.cityu.edu.hk)\n  \n\nThe sharing principle of these references here is for research. If any authors do not want their paper to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.\n\n\n\n\n## Overview\n\n* [Platform](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#Platform)\n* [Course](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#Course)\n* [Tutorial](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#Tutorial&Workshop)\n* [Competition](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#Competition)\n* [Special Issues](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#SpecialIssues)\n* [Research Papers in Four Paradigms](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#PapersFourParadigms)\n* [Research Papers](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#Papers)\n  * [Review](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#Review)\n  * [Position Paper](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#position-paper)\n  * [Algorithm/Heuristic/Function Search](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#algorithm/heuristic/function-search)\n  * [LLM as optimizer](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#llm-as-optimizer)\n  * [Code Generation](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#code-generation)\n  * [Prompt Opt.](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#prompt-opt)\n  * [Machine Learning](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#machine-learning)\n  * [Science](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#science)\n  * [Industry](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#industry)\n* [Related Collections](https://github.com/FeiLiu36/LLM4Opt#related-collections)\n\n\n## Platform\n| Project                                         | Description                                     |\n|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|\n| [LLM4AD](https://github.com/Optima-CityU/LLM4AD)  | Open-source Python-based Platform leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for Automatic Algorithm Design (AD) with 100+ tasks and 10+ methods|\n| [BLADE](https://github.com/XAI-liacs/BLADE)  | Benchmarking LLM-driven Automated Design and Evolution of Iterative Optimization Heuristics|\n| [EASE](https://github.com/TBU-AILab/EASE)  | Effortless Algorithmic Solution Evolution is a framework that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate solutions (algorithms, text, images, etc.) based on user-defined parameters. 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