arXiv:2507.08960cs.MAcs.AI2025-07被引 8

只训练一个领导模型协调多个未训练同伴,提升推理效率与效果。

How to Train a Leader: Hierarchical Reasoning in Multi-Agent LLMs

  • 仅训练一个领导模型,通过自我评估合成同伴回答
  • 在BBH、MATH等数据集上显著优于单/多模型基线
  • 领导模型可独立使用,适合资源受限的推理场景

大型语言模型在复杂推理任务中表现优异,但进一步提升可通过融合多个模型的互补优势实现。现有多智能体方法常导致训练和推理成本过高。本文提出分层多智能体框架,仅训练单一领导模型来协调一群未经训练的同行智能体。为此,我们提出多智能体引导领导策略优化(MLPO),使领导模型无需辅助价值网络或显式反馈即可评估并整合智能体响应。经MLPO训练的领导模型在推理时与智能体团队协作表现更优,且在无团队支持的单智能体设置下也具备更强性能。在Big-Bench Hard(BBH)、MATH和MMLU上的实验表明,该框架相比单智能体与多智能体基线均有显著提升。结果证明,训练一个灵活的单一领导模型在多智能体推理系统中兼具高效性与有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved strong performance on a wide range of complex reasoning tasks, yet further gains are often possible by leveraging the complementary strengths of multiple models. While multi-agent frameworks can improve solution quality by leveraging multiple LLMs, existing methods are often computationally expensive, both at training and inference time. In this work, we introduce a hierarchical multi-agent framework that addresses these challenges by training only a single leader LLM to coordinate a team of untrained peer agents. To this end, we propose Multi-agent guided Leader Policy \textbf{O}ptimization (MLPO), a novel approach which trains the leader to evaluate and synthesize agent responses without auxiliary value networks or explicit agent feedback. Leaders trained with MLPO exhibit improved performance not only when interacting with the agent team at inference time, but also enjoy improved performance when deployed in single-agent settings without the team. Empirical results on Big-Bench Hard (BBH), MATH, and MMLU demonstrate that our framework achieves substantial performance improvements over both single-agent and multi-agent baselines. Our results highlight the effectiveness and efficiency of training a single, flexible leader for collaborative reasoning in multi-agent LLM systems.

多智能体推理增强领导模型高效训练

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