@article{steinvariationalblackboxcombinatorialopt, title = {Stein Variational Black-Box Combinatorial Optimization}, author = {Thomas Landais and Olivier Goudet and Adrien Goëffon and Frédéric Saubion and Sylvain Lamprier}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2604.15837}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15837}, }