让智能体迭代检索并动态更新知识,提升复杂问题求解能力。
Knowledge-Aware Iterative Retrieval for Multi-Agent Systems
- 通过内外知识分离,动态更新内部缓存以优化查询与证据选择
- 在多步问答任务中显著优于单步基线,复杂任务准确率提升明显
- 支持多智能体协作,难度越高优势越明显,适合高阶推理场景
我们提出一种由大语言模型驱动的新型智能体框架,通过迭代式查询优化与上下文证据筛选,利用动态演化的知识进行推理。系统核心在于将外部信息源与内部知识缓存解耦,并持续更新缓存以指导查询生成与证据选择。该设计有效缓解了偏见强化循环,实现可追踪的探索路径,平衡了信息广度与准确性。在多个开放域问答基准上评估,涵盖需多源信息融合的真实场景任务。结果表明,该系统无论任务难度如何,均优于单步基线;相较于传统迭代检索方法,在复杂任务中展现出更精准的基于证据推理和更高效率。系统还支持竞争性与协作性上下文共享,便于扩展为多智能体结构。随着任务难度增加,多智能体配置的优势愈发显著,收敛步数随难度增长,体现成本可控的可扩展性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We introduce a novel large language model (LLM)-driven agent framework, which iteratively refines queries and filters contextual evidence by leveraging dynamically evolving knowledge. A defining feature of the system is its decoupling of external sources from an internal knowledge cache that is progressively updated to guide both query generation and evidence selection. This design mitigates bias-reinforcement loops and enables dynamic, trackable search exploration paths, thereby optimizing the trade-off between exploring diverse information and maintaining accuracy through autonomous agent decision-making. Our approach is evaluated on a broad range of open-domain question answering benchmarks, including multi-step tasks that mirror real-world scenarios where integrating information from multiple sources is critical, especially given the vulnerabilities of LLMs that lack explicit reasoning or planning capabilities. The results show that the proposed system not only outperforms single-step baselines regardless of task difficulty but also, compared to conventional iterative retrieval methods, demonstrates pronounced advantages in complex tasks through precise evidence-based reasoning and enhanced efficiency. The proposed system supports both competitive and collaborative sharing of updated context, enabling multi-agent extension. The benefits of multi-agent configurations become especially prominent as task difficulty increases. The number of convergence steps scales with task difficulty, suggesting cost-effective scalability.
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