系统梳理多智能体辩论设计,构建可量化的分类框架。
Multi-Agent Debate Strategies: Survey, Taxonomy, and Challenges

- 提出三维分类体系:参与者、交互机制、共识协议
- 发现学界普遍采用固定连接与投票决策的单一模式
- 为可复现对比与自动化配置提供标准化蓝图
多智能体辩论(MAD)是一种提升大语言模型代理系统准确性和鲁棒性的有前景范式。它允许多个智能体交换论点、互相批判输出,并迭代收敛至解决方案。然而,现有研究碎片化严重,术语不一致,缺乏对MAD设计维度的严谨综述。本文对141项主要研究进行系统性文献回顾,提出一个包含三维度的分类体系:辩论参与者、交互机制和共识协议,辅以形式化符号描述具体配置。分析显示,该领域已隐性集中于一种狭窄设计模式——静态全连接拓扑、逐字信息交换、短期记忆与投票决议策略,这些选择更多是惯例而非系统比较结果;而其他潜在方案仍处于边缘。由于每个MAD设置涉及约十余个相互作用的设计决策,若未显式说明则跨研究比较不可靠。本文将该分类体系定位为研究景观的描述地图、可控基准测试的框架,未来或可发展为机器可读的MAD规范。建议将其形式化为可执行规格,以实现成本感知的基准测试与辩论配置的自动调优。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Multi-Agent Debate (MAD) is a promising paradigm for improving the accuracy and robustness of Large Language Model (LLM)-based agentic systems. It enables multiple agents to exchange arguments, critique each other's outputs, and iteratively converge towards a solution. However, research remains fragmented, with inconsistent terminology and no rigorous synthesis of MAD design dimensions. We present a systematic literature review characterizing 141 primary studies on MAD. We derive a three-dimensional taxonomy covering debate participants, the interaction mechanisms structuring the exchange, and the agreement protocols governing debate resolution, supported by formal notations to render MAD configurations. Our analysis reveals that the field has implicitly converged on a narrow design pattern - static, fully connected topologies, verbatim exchange, short-term memory and voting resolution strategies - adopted by convention rather than systematic comparison, while promising alternatives remain marginal. Because any MAD setting reflects roughly a dozen interacting design decisions, cross-study comparison is unreliable when these are left implicit. We position the taxonomy as a descriptive map of the research landscape, a framework for controlled benchmarking, and potentially as a schema for machine-readable MAD specifications. As future work, we propose formalizing it into an executable specification, enabling cost-aware benchmarking and automated tuning of debate configurations.
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