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A Judge Agent Closes the Reliability Gap in AI-Generated Scientific Simulation

Software Engineering 2026-03-30 v1 Machine Learning

Abstract

Large language models can generate scientific simulation code, but the generated code silently fails on most non-textbook problems. We show that classical mathematical validation -- well-posedness, convergence, and error certification -- can be fully automated by a Judge Agent, reducing the silent-failure rate from 42% to 1.5% across 134 test cases spanning 12 scientific domains. The headline result comes from a prospective benchmark: 72 blinded tasks submitted by 12 independent scientists yield an 89% success rate (95% CI: [80%, 95%]) with automated error bounds, versus 53% without the Judge. On clinical CT (the only powered experiment, n = 200), the pipeline reaches 99% of expert quality. The residual 1.5% concentrates at bifurcation points where certifiability breaks down. We formalize this boundary through the simulability class S and introduce spec.md, a structured specification format that makes any scientific computation problem machine-readable and solver-independent. Code, data, and all 72 benchmark tasks are publicly archived.

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@article{arxiv.2603.25780,
  title  = {A Judge Agent Closes the Reliability Gap in AI-Generated Scientific Simulation},
  author = {Chengshuai Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.25780},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

36 pages, 5 figures, 22 tables, includes Supplementary Information

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