PRISM: A Predictive Protocol for Permutation Optimization via Landscape Diagnostics
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arXiv:2608.08344v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Permutation optimization arises whenever the components of a system are fixed but their ordering affects performance. We introduce PRISM, a predictive protocol for permutation optimization that measures a fitness landscape before selecting a search strategy. PRISM uses inexpensive landscape diagnostics, including one-step move autocorrelation and fitness-distance correlation, to predict useful mutation operators, identify when structured search is likely to outperform random sampling, and detect regimes in which search provides little advantage
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- arXiv:2608.08344v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Permutation optimization arises whenever the components of a system are fixed but their ordering affects performance.
- We introduce PRISM, a predictive protocol for permutation optimization that measures a fitness landscape before selecting a search strategy.
- PRISM uses inexpensive landscape diagnostics, including one-step move autocorrelation and fitness-distance correlation, to predict useful mutation operators, identify when structured search is likely to outperform random sampling, and detect regimes in which search provides little advantage
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