Reasoning Capacity in Multi-Agent Systems: Limitations, Challenges and Human-Centered Solutions

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Main Authors: Pezeshkpour, Pouya, Kandogan, Eser, Bhutani, Nikita, Rahman, Sajjadur, Mitchell, Tom, Hruschka, Estevam
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author Pezeshkpour, Pouya
Kandogan, Eser
Bhutani, Nikita
Rahman, Sajjadur
Mitchell, Tom
Hruschka, Estevam
author_facet Pezeshkpour, Pouya
Kandogan, Eser
Bhutani, Nikita
Rahman, Sajjadur
Mitchell, Tom
Hruschka, Estevam
contents Remarkable performance of large language models (LLMs) in a variety of tasks brings forth many opportunities as well as challenges of utilizing them in production settings. Towards practical adoption of LLMs, multi-agent systems hold great promise to augment, integrate, and orchestrate LLMs in the larger context of enterprise platforms that use existing proprietary data and models to tackle complex real-world tasks. Despite the tremendous success of these systems, current approaches rely on narrow, single-focus objectives for optimization and evaluation, often overlooking potential constraints in real-world scenarios, including restricted budgets, resources and time. Furthermore, interpreting, analyzing, and debugging these systems requires different components to be evaluated in relation to one another. This demand is currently not feasible with existing methodologies. In this postion paper, we introduce the concept of reasoning capacity as a unifying criterion to enable integration of constraints during optimization and establish connections among different components within the system, which also enable a more holistic and comprehensive approach to evaluation. We present a formal definition of reasoning capacity and illustrate its utility in identifying limitations within each component of the system. We then argue how these limitations can be addressed with a self-reflective process wherein human-feedback is used to alleviate shortcomings in reasoning and enhance overall consistency of the system.
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spellingShingle Reasoning Capacity in Multi-Agent Systems: Limitations, Challenges and Human-Centered Solutions
Pezeshkpour, Pouya
Kandogan, Eser
Bhutani, Nikita
Rahman, Sajjadur
Mitchell, Tom
Hruschka, Estevam
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
Remarkable performance of large language models (LLMs) in a variety of tasks brings forth many opportunities as well as challenges of utilizing them in production settings. Towards practical adoption of LLMs, multi-agent systems hold great promise to augment, integrate, and orchestrate LLMs in the larger context of enterprise platforms that use existing proprietary data and models to tackle complex real-world tasks. Despite the tremendous success of these systems, current approaches rely on narrow, single-focus objectives for optimization and evaluation, often overlooking potential constraints in real-world scenarios, including restricted budgets, resources and time. Furthermore, interpreting, analyzing, and debugging these systems requires different components to be evaluated in relation to one another. This demand is currently not feasible with existing methodologies. In this postion paper, we introduce the concept of reasoning capacity as a unifying criterion to enable integration of constraints during optimization and establish connections among different components within the system, which also enable a more holistic and comprehensive approach to evaluation. We present a formal definition of reasoning capacity and illustrate its utility in identifying limitations within each component of the system. We then argue how these limitations can be addressed with a self-reflective process wherein human-feedback is used to alleviate shortcomings in reasoning and enhance overall consistency of the system.
title Reasoning Capacity in Multi-Agent Systems: Limitations, Challenges and Human-Centered Solutions
topic Computation and Language
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01108