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We introduce TAPAS (Task-based Adaptation and Planning using AgentS), a multi-agent framework that integrates Large Language Models (LLMs) with symbolic planning to solve complex tasks without the need for manually defined environment…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Harisankar Babu , Philipp Schillinger , Tamim Asfour

Recent advancements have enabled Large Language Models (LLMs) to function as agents that can perform actions using external tools. This requires registering, i.e., integrating tool information into the LLM context prior to taking actions.…

LLM-based agents are increasingly deployed to autonomously solve complex tasks, raising urgent needs for IP protection and regulatory provenance. While content watermarking effectively attributes LLM-generated outputs, it fails to directly…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Kaibo Huang , Jin Tan , Yukun Wei , Wanling Li , Zipei Zhang , Hui Tian , Zhongliang Yang , Linna Zhou

Autonomous machine learning agents have revolutionized scientific discovery, yet they remain constrained by a Generate-Execute-Feedback paradigm. Previous approaches suffer from a severe Execution Bottleneck, as hypothesis evaluation relies…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Jingsheng Zheng , Jintian Zhang , Yujie Luo , Yuren Mao , Yunjun Gao , Lun Du , Huajun Chen , Ningyu Zhang

Training large language models (LLMs) to reason via reinforcement learning (RL) significantly improves their problem-solving capabilities. In agentic settings, existing methods like ReAct prompt LLMs to explicitly plan before every action;…

Despite the potential of language model-based agents to solve real-world tasks such as web navigation, current methods still struggle with long-horizon tasks with complex action trajectories. In contrast, humans can flexibly solve complex…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Zora Zhiruo Wang , Jiayuan Mao , Daniel Fried , Graham Neubig

The recent advancement of autonomous agents powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) has demonstrated significant potential for automating tasks on mobile devices through graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Despite initial progress, these…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Yi Kong , Dianxi Shi , Guoli Yang , Zhang ke-di , Chenlin Huang , Xiaopeng Li , Songchang Jin

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into robotics has unlocked unprecedented capabilities in high-level task planning. However, most current systems operate in an open-loop fashion, where LLMs act as one-shot planners, rendering…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Anjali R. Menon , Rohit K. Sharma , Priya Singh , Chengyu Wang , Aurora M. Ferreira , Mateja Novak

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated exceptional abilities in reasoning for task planning. However, challenges remain under-explored for parallel schedules. This paper introduces a novel paradigm, plan-over-graph, in which the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Shiqi Zhang , Xinbei Ma , Zouying Cao , Zhuosheng Zhang , Hai Zhao

Multi-modal large language model (MLLM)-based web agents interact with webpage environments by generating actions based on screenshots of the webpages. In this work, we propose WebInject, a prompt injection attack that manipulates the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Xilong Wang , John Bloch , Zedian Shao , Yuepeng Hu , Shuyan Zhou , Neil Zhenqiang Gong

Web agents enable users to perform tasks on web browsers through natural language interaction. Evaluating web agents trajectories is an important problem, since it helps us determine whether the agent successfully completed the tasks.…

LLM-driven agents, particularly those using general frameworks like ReAct or human-inspired role-playing, often struggle in specialized domains that necessitate rigorously structured workflows. Fields such as remote sensing, requiring…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Kaiyu Li , Jiayu Wang , Zhi Wang , Hui Qiao , Weizhan Zhang , Deyu Meng , Xiangyong Cao

Developing autonomous agents for web-based tasks is a core challenge in AI. While Large Language Model (LLM) agents can interpret complex user requests, they often operate as black boxes, making it difficult to diagnose why they fail or how…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Orit Shahnovsky , Rotem Dror

Open data repositories hold potential for evidence-based decision-making, yet are inaccessible to non-experts lacking expertise in dataset discovery, schema mapping, and statistical analysis. Large language models show promise for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Sina Montazeri , Yunhe Feng , Kewei Sha

Large language model (LLM) agents typically rely on reactive decision-making paradigms such as ReAct, selecting actions conditioned on growing execution histories. While effective for short tasks, these approaches often lead to redundant…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Yihan , Wen , Xin Chen

As large language model (LLM)-based agents become increasingly integrated into daily digital interactions, their ability to reason across long interaction histories becomes crucial for providing personalized and contextually aware…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Andy Chung , Yichi Zhang , Kaixiang Lin , Aditya Rawal , Qiaozi Gao , Joyce Chai

As LLM agents transition from short, static problem solving to executing complex, long-horizon tasks in dynamic environments, the ability to handle user interruptions, such as adding requirement or revising goals, during mid-task execution…

Browser agents are increasingly deployed in long-horizon tasks, which require executing extended action chains to accomplish user goals. However, this prolonged execution process provides attackers with more opportunities to inject…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Zhichao Liu , Wenbo Pan , Haining Yu , Ge Gao , Tianqing Zhu , Xiaohua Jia

This paper proposes a highly robust autonomous agent framework based on the ReAct paradigm, designed to solve complex tasks through adaptive decision making and multi-agent collaboration. Unlike traditional frameworks that rely on fixed…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Zihao Wu

Run the same LLM agent on the same task twice: do you get the same behavior? We find the answer is often no. In a study of 3,000 agent runs across three models (Llama 3.1 70B, GPT-4o, and Claude Sonnet 4.5) on HotpotQA, we observe that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Aman Mehta