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LLMs Can Design Near-Optimal OR Algorithms

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 27, 2026 · UTC

We ask whether large language models (LLMs) can design effective algorithms for well-specified operations research (OR) problems. We study inventory control, queueing network control, and assortment optimization. We evaluate two levels of LLM use: at level 1, the model receives one problem instance and returns a solution for that instance; at level 2, it receives only the problem class description and broad parameter ranges, and returns an algorithm that maps instance parameters to solutions. Human input is minimal: we give one untuned prompt that describes the problem, and the model has acces

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