# ShinkaEvolve: Towards Open-Ended And Sample-Efficient Program Evolution

*Source* · `src-lange-2025-shinkaevolve` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Preprint |
| authors | Robert Tjarko Lange, Yuki Imajuku, Edoardo Cetin |
| date | 2025-09-17 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19349 |
| arxiv | 2509.19349 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |
| notes | Open-source LLM program evolution; new state-of-the-art circle packing with about 150 samples versus thousands for earlier systems. |

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [LLM-guided evolutionary program search](../technique/alphaevolve-algorithm-discovery.md)

## Citation

Robert Tjarko Lange, Yuki Imajuku, Edoardo Cetin (2025-09-17). *ShinkaEvolve: Towards Open-Ended And Sample-Efficient Program Evolution*.  https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19349

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