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We present Mem-$\pi$, a framework for adaptive memory in large language model (LLM) agents, where useful guidance is generated on demand rather than retrieved from external memory stores. Existing memory-augmented agents typically rely on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Xiaoqiang Wang , Chao Wang , Hadi Nekoei , Christopher Pal , Alexandre Lacoste , Spandana Gella , Bang Liu , Perouz Taslakian

Long-context LLMs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems process information passively, deferring state tracking, contradiction resolution, and evidence aggregation to query time, which becomes brittle under ultra long streams…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Kehao Zhang , Shangtong Gui , Sheng Yang , Wei Chen , Yang Feng

Existing large language model (LLM) based memory systems apply universal, static policies that overlook a fundamental reality: the contexts that are worth storing in memory are different across users. This misalignment wastes limited memory…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Yeonjun In , Wonjoong Kim , Sangwu Park , Kanghoon Yoon , Chanyoung Park

Current generation of memory-augmented neural networks has limited scalability as they cannot efficiently process data that are too large to fit in the external memory storage. One example of this is lifelong learning scenario where the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-12 Hyunwoo Jung , Moonsu Han , Minki Kang , Sungju Hwang

Long-context Large Language Models, despite their expanded capacity, require careful working memory management to mitigate attention dilution during long-horizon tasks. Yet existing approaches rely on external mechanisms that lack awareness…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Yuxiang Zhang , Jiangming Shu , Ye Ma , Xueyuan Lin , Shangxi Wu , Jitao Sang

In this paper, we introduce a novel learning paradigm for Adaptive Large Language Model (LLM) agents that eliminates the need for fine-tuning the underlying LLMs. Existing approaches are often either rigid, relying on static, handcrafted…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Huichi Zhou , Yihang Chen , Siyuan Guo , Xue Yan , Kin Hei Lee , Zihan Wang , Ka Yiu Lee , Guchun Zhang , Kun Shao , Linyi Yang , Jun Wang

The incorporation of memory into agents is essential for numerous tasks within the domain of Reinforcement Learning (RL). In particular, memory is paramount for tasks that require the use of past information, adaptation to novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Egor Cherepanov , Nikita Kachaev , Artem Zholus , Alexey K. Kovalev , Aleksandr I. Panov

Long-horizon interactions between users and LLM-based assistants necessitate effective memory management, yet current approaches face challenges in training and evaluation of memory. Existing memory benchmarks rely on static, off-policy…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Cheng Jiayang , Dongyu Ru , Lin Qiu , Yiyang Li , Xuezhi Cao , Yangqiu Song , Xunliang Cai

Consider a discrete memoryless multiple source with $m$ components of which $k \leq m$ possibly different sources are sampled at each time instant and jointly compressed in order to reconstruct all the $m$ sources under a given distortion…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-15 Vinay Praneeth Boda , Prakash Narayan

Simulating dementia patients with large language models (LLMs) is challenging due to the need to jointly model cognitive impairment, emotional dynamics, and nonverbal behaviors over long conversations. We present DemMA, an expert-guided…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Yutong Song , Jiang Wu , Kazi Sharif , Honghui Xu , Nikil Dutt , Amir Rahmani

LLM-based agents have been extensively applied across various domains, where memory stands out as one of their most essential capabilities. Previous memory mechanisms of LLM-based agents are manually predefined by human experts, leading to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Zeyu Zhang , Quanyu Dai , Rui Li , Xiaohe Bo , Xu Chen , Zhenhua Dong

Deep search has recently emerged as a promising paradigm for enabling agents to retrieve fine-grained historical information without heavy memory pre-managed. However, existing deep search agents for memory system repeat past error…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Xinyuan Wang , Wenyu Mao , Junkang Wu , Xiang Wang , Xiangnan He

Memory-Augmented Generation (MAG) extends Large Language Models with external memory to support long-context reasoning, but existing approaches largely rely on semantic similarity over monolithic memory stores, entangling temporal, causal,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Dongming Jiang , Yi Li , Guanpeng Li , Bingzhe Li

Long-term memory is critical for dialogue systems that support continuous, sustainable, and personalized interactions. However, existing methods rely on continuous summarization or OpenIE-based graph construction paired with fixed…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Yijie Zhong , Yunfan Gao , Haofen Wang

Recent advances in large language models have driven the emergence of intelligent agents operating in open-world, multimodal environments. To support long-term reasoning, such agents are typically equipped with external memory systems.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Rongjie Jiang , Jianwei Wang , Gengda Zhao , Chengyang Luo , Kai Wang , Wenjie Zhang

Memory-augmented LLM agents offer an appealing shortcut to continual learning: rather than updating model parameters, they accumulate experience in external memory, seemingly sidestepping the stability-plasticity dilemma of parametric…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Qisheng Hu , Quanyu Long , Wenya Wang

Large language models (LLMs) increasingly serve as the central control unit of AI agents, yet current approaches remain limited in their ability to deliver personalized interactions. While Retrieval Augmented Generation enhances LLM…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Rebecca Westhäußer , Wolfgang Minker , Sebatian Zepf

Large language model (LLM) agents require long-term user memory for consistent personalization, but limited context windows hinder tracking evolving preferences over long interactions. Existing memory systems mainly rely on static,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Derong Xu , Shuochen Liu , Pengfei Luo , Pengyue Jia , Yingyi Zhang , Yi Wen , Yimin Deng , Wenlin Zhang , Enhong Chen , Xiangyu Zhao , Tong Xu

To tackle long-context reasoning tasks without the quadratic complexity of standard attention mechanisms, approaches based on agent memory have emerged, which typically maintain a dynamically updated memory when linearly processing document…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Baibei Ji , Xiaoyang Weng , Juntao Li , Zecheng Tang , Yihang Lou , Min Zhang

Long-term agent memory is increasingly multimodal, yet existing evaluations rarely test whether agents preserve the visual evidence needed for later reasoning. In prior work, many visually grounded questions can be answered using only…