@inproceedings{GanianHKM26, author = {Robert Ganian and Hung P. Hoang and Christian Komusiewicz and Nils Morawietz}, booktitle = {17th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference, {ITCS} 2026, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, January 27-30, 2026}, doi = {10.4230/LIPICS.ITCS.2026.66}, editor = {Shubhangi Saraf}, keywords = {COE, ParAI}, pages = {66:1–66:20}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum f{ü}r Informatik}, series = {LIPIcs}, title = {A Parameterized-Complexity Framework for Finding Local Optima}, url = {https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2026.66}, volume = {362}, year = {2026} }