@article{scientificdiscoveryasmetaoptimizationaco, title = {Scientific discovery as meta-optimization: a combinatorial optimization case study}, author = {Yuan-Hang Zhang and Chesson Sipling and Massimiliano Di Ventra}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.26728}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26728}, }