SimpleEvol: An Agent-Loop Framework for LLM-Driven Automated Heuristic Design with Minimal Human Priors.

arXiv:2609.37172v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools for automated heuristic design (AHD), enabling iterative generation and refinement of heuristics. However, the dominant paradigm embeds LLMs as narr