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LLM framework for instance-wise OR formulation selection improves multi-warehouse inventory allocation at JD.com
Researchers propose a solver-guided LLM framework that selects among a library of MIP formulations for multi-warehouse inventory allocation on a per-instance basis, rather than applying a single fixed formulation. The system is trained via SFT, IPO preference optimization, and GRPO reinforcement learning using MIP solver evaluations as reward signals. Evaluated on real JD.com data, GRPO raises Hit Ratio@1 from 21.45% to 50.42% and achieves a 12.57 percentage point allocation accuracy gain over the incumbent baseline. The work demonstrates a practical pattern of using LLMs as meta-selectors over classical OR solvers in industrial logistics settings.
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Researchers introduce Agora, a framework that uses an incentive-compatible auction mechanism to dynamically route reasoning subtasks to the most capable expert models or tools, rather than relying on coarse-grained function matching. Agents bid based on 'rectified competence' to prevent overconfident solvers from capturing critical logic steps. Evaluations across five benchmarks show improvements over single-model, routing, and cascade baselines, with a controllable cost-quality trade-off via a single auction parameter.
LLawCo framework teaches embodied multi-agent LLMs to derive and follow cooperation laws
Researchers from MERL propose LLawCo (Learning Laws of Cooperation), a framework that enables embodied LLM-based agents to autonomously align with partners and task objectives in decentralized, partially observable environments. Agents reflect on past failures to extract misaligned behavioral patterns and derive high-level behavioral laws (e.g., 'Talk when necessary', 'Wait for partner'), which are incorporated into reasoning via supervised fine-tuning. The authors also introduce PARTNR-Dialog, a new large-scale multi-agent communicative planning benchmark, and report average success rate improvements of 4.5% on PARTNR-Dialog and 6.8% on TDW-MAT over state-of-the-art open-source communicative agent frameworks across four backbone LLMs.
Benchmark and study of LLM agents in deliberative multi-agent collaboration under partial observability
Researchers introduce a scalable benchmark for evaluating LLM agents on cooperative joint decision-making tasks where agents must exchange information under partial and asymmetric observations to reach a shared decision. A systematic evaluation of representative LLMs finds that state-of-the-art models still struggle with complex deliberative collaboration, failing in either information alignment or downstream reasoning even with external mathematical tools. Diagnostic analysis also reveals that deliberation can enable reflection and error correction, sometimes outperforming centralized baselines, offering a nuanced picture of multi-agent LLM capabilities.
OptiAgent: Multi-agent framework for end-to-end operations research optimization modeling
OptiAgent is a multi-agent LLM framework that converts natural language descriptions of Operations Research problems into solver-ready mathematical formulations and executable code. The architecture uses dedicated agents for extracting decision variables and constraints, with a multi-loop validation system featuring four specialized feedback mechanisms targeting distinct failure modes. The system claims state-of-the-art performance on 3 of 4 benchmarks spanning LP, MILP, and Nonlinear Programming tasks, while also improving transparency through auditable agent reasoning.
Failure Modes of Multi-Objective Prompt Optimization for LLM Judges
This paper investigates multi-objective prompt optimization for LLM-as-judge systems, testing five decomposition modes of textual gradient optimizers across varying levels of cross-task information sharing. In 6 of 10 configurations, optimization fails to improve over the initial prompt, with gradient specificity dropping 59% when multiple criteria are processed jointly. The authors identify two separable failure modes: gradient dilution at optimization time and instruction interference at inference time. These findings constrain the design space for customizing LLM judges via textual feedback across multiple evaluation criteria simultaneously.
LLMs reproduce human behavioral biases in route choice without explicit prospect-theoretic parameters
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LLM vs. first-year PhD student on EconCS research: workflow study using stable menus of public goods
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