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Yanjiao Zhu

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Vehicle Routing Problem Meets Large Language Models: An Overview and Perspectives

The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a central optimization problem in artificial intelligence, logistics automation, transportation scheduling, and industrial decision-making. VRP and its variants are NP-hard, and practical routing tasks often combine time windows, vehicle capacities, pickup-and-delivery relations, dynamic requests, and other operational constraints, making both modeling and solving difficult. Large language models (LLMs) provide a flexible interface for routing optimization by processing natural-language requirements, generating code, reasoning over constraints, and interacting with external tools. This survey reviews LLM-driven research on VRP, covering the basic definition, main variants, major solver families, and LLM concepts needed for this topic. Existing studies are organized into three roles: modelers translate natural-language requirements into constraints and modeling code; designers generate heuristics, operators, or route plans; and coordinators organize tool calls, multi-agent collaboration, and connections with neural solvers. The survey also reviews standard benchmarks, real or near-real operational datasets, LLM-oriented evaluation frameworks, and two comparative experiments. The goal is to clarify current progress in LLM-assisted routing optimization and provide a structured reference for intelligent decision-making, advanced manufacturing, and industrial automation.

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Sparse Tensor CCA via Manifold Optimization for Multi-View Learning

Tensor canonical correlation analysis (TCCA) has garnered significant attention due to its effectiveness in capturing high-order correlations in multi-view learning. However, existing TCCA methods often underemphasize the characterization of individual structures and lack algorithmic convergence guarantees. In order to deal with these challenges, we propose a novel sparse TCCA model called STCCA-L, which integrates sparse regularization of canonical matrices and Laplacian regularization of multi-order graphs into the TCCA framework, thereby effectively exploiting the geometric structure of individual views. To solve this non-convex model, we develop an efficient alternating manifold proximal gradient algorithm based on manifold optimization, which avoids computationally expensive full tensor decomposition and leverages a semi-smooth Newton method for resolving the subproblem. Furthermore, we rigorously prove the convergence of the algorithm and analyze its complexity. Experimental results on eight benchmark datasets demonstrate the superior classification performance of the proposed method. Notably, on the 3Sources dataset, it achieves improvements of at least 4.50\% in accuracy and 6.77\% in F1 score over competitors. Our code is available at https://github.com/zhudafa/STCCA-L.

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A Novel Exploration of Diffusion Process based on Multi-types Galton-Watson Forests

Diffusion is a commonly used technique for spreading information from point to point on a graph. The rationale behind diffusion is not clear. And the multi-types Galton-Watson forest is a random model of population growth without space or any other resource constraints. In this paper, we use the degenerated multi-types Galton-Watson forest (MGWF) to interpret the diffusion process and establish an equivalent relationship between them. With the two-phase setting of the MGWF, one can interpret the diffusion process and the Google PageRank system explicitly. It also improves the convergence behaviour of the iterative diffusion process and Google PageRank system. We validate the proposal by experiment while providing new research directions.

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