Abstract
Instance-specific algorithm selection (AS) deals with the automatic selection of an algorithm from a fixed set of candidates most suitable for a specific instance of an algorithmic problem class, where "suitability" often refers to an algorithm's runtime. Over the past years, a plethora of algorithm selectors have been proposed. As an algorithm selector is again an algorithm solving a specific problem, the idea of algorithm selection could also be applied to AS algorithms, leading to a meta-AS approach: Given an instance, the goal is to select an algorithm selector, which is then used to select the actual algorithm for solving the problem instance. We elaborate on consequences of applying AS on a meta-level and identify possible problems. Empirically, we show that meta-algorithm-selection can indeed prove beneficial in some cases. In general, however, successful AS approaches have problems with solving the meta-level problem.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Faculties: | Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning |
Subjects: | 000 Computer science, information and general works > 004 Data processing computer science |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-91653-4 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 91653 |
Date Deposited: | 28. Mar 2022 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 12. Oct 2024 11:12 |