math.OC · 2026-09-08 · No. 109

Optimization and Control, 2026-09-08.

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    Ask Before You Optimize: Dynamic Pre-Formulation Clarification for Interactive Optimization

    Sihan Ge, Yichen Lin, Chenyu Zhou, Jianghao Lin, Tao Yao, Dongdong Ge

    math.OC · cs.AI

    Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to formulate optimization models from natural-language problem descriptions, yet realistic operations research (OR) requests are often incomplete: missing objectives, constraints, or business rules can change the resulting mathematical program. Existing evaluations largely assume a complete specification and therefore overlook whether an agent knows when clarification is needed before...

    arxiv.org/abs/2609.05258 · PDF

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