The field of large language model (LLM) agents is rapidly advancing, with a focus on improving their capabilities in complex tasks and environments. Recent developments have centered around enhancing the planning and optimization abilities of LLM agents, enabling them to better adapt to new information and efficiently utilize past experiences. Techniques such as hierarchical search, predictive value models, and lookahead search have been proposed to address the challenges of optimizing LLM agents. Additionally, there is a growing interest in applying LLMs to various domains, including design structure matrix optimization, chip design, and self-regulated learning. These advancements have the potential to significantly improve the performance and efficiency of LLM agents in a wide range of applications. Noteworthy papers in this area include AgentSwift, which introduces a comprehensive framework for efficient LLM agent design, and Mirage-1, which proposes a hierarchical multimodal skills module for long-horizon task planning. OPT-BENCH is also a notable benchmark for evaluating LLM agents on large-scale search space optimization problems.
Advancements in Large Language Model Agents
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AgentSwift: Efficient LLM Agent Design via Value-guided Hierarchical Search
carps: A Framework for Comparing N Hyperparameter Optimizers on M Benchmarks
Compound AI Systems Optimization: A Survey of Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions
ORFS-agent: Tool-Using Agents for Chip Design Optimization
Atomic-to-Compositional Generalization for Mobile Agents with A New Benchmark and Scheduling System
Improving LLM Agent Planning with In-Context Learning via Atomic Fact Augmentation and Lookahead Search
Large Language Models for Design Structure Matrix Optimization
SRLAgent: Enhancing Self-Regulated Learning Skills through Gamification and LLM Assistance
Mirage-1: Augmenting and Updating GUI Agent with Hierarchical Multimodal Skills
IDEA: Augmenting Design Intelligence through Design Space Exploration
OPT-BENCH: Evaluating LLM Agent on Large-Scale Search Spaces Optimization Problems