arXiv:2509.14860cs.CVcs.AI2025-09

用多个智能体协作分析图像,提升分类准确率与可解释性。

MARIC: Multi-Agent Reasoning for Image Classification

  • 分三步:先定主题,再抓细节,最后综合判断。
  • 在4个数据集上超越现有方法,准确率显著提升。
  • 适合需要高可解释性的图像分类场景。

图像分类传统依赖参数密集型训练,需大规模标注数据和大量微调才能达到良好性能。尽管近期视觉语言模型(VLMs)缓解了部分约束,但仍受限于单次遍历的表示,难以捕捉视觉内容的互补信息。本文提出多智能体图像分类框架MARIC,将图像分类重构为协同推理过程。MARIC首先由概要智能体分析图像全局主题并生成目标提示;基于这些提示,三个视角智能体从不同视觉维度提取细粒度描述;最后,推理智能体通过集成反思步骤融合互补输出,生成统一表示用于分类。通过显式分解任务并鼓励反思式合成,MARIC克服了参数密集训练和单体VLM推理的局限。在4个不同的图像分类基准数据集上的实验表明,MARIC显著优于基线方法,验证了多智能体视觉推理在提升鲁棒性和可解释性方面的有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Image classification has traditionally relied on parameter-intensive model training, requiring large-scale annotated datasets and extensive fine tuning to achieve competitive performance. While recent vision language models (VLMs) alleviate some of these constraints, they remain limited by their reliance on single pass representations, often failing to capture complementary aspects of visual content. In this paper, we introduce Multi Agent based Reasoning for Image Classification (MARIC), a multi agent framework that reformulates image classification as a collaborative reasoning process. MARIC first utilizes an Outliner Agent to analyze the global theme of the image and generate targeted prompts. Based on these prompts, three Aspect Agents extract fine grained descriptions along distinct visual dimensions. Finally, a Reasoning Agent synthesizes these complementary outputs through integrated reflection step, producing a unified representation for classification. By explicitly decomposing the task into multiple perspectives and encouraging reflective synthesis, MARIC mitigates the shortcomings of both parameter-heavy training and monolithic VLM reasoning. Experiments on 4 diverse image classification benchmark datasets demonstrate that MARIC significantly outperforms baselines, highlighting the effectiveness of multi-agent visual reasoning for robust and interpretable image classification.

多智能体图像分类可解释性视觉推理

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