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UrbanAgent framework uses multi-agent reasoning for urban profiling · 2 sources tracked

Researchers have introduced UrbanAgent, a novel framework for urban region profiling that moves beyond traditional multimodal representation learning. This agentic system utilizes independent agents for each data modality to perform collaborative reasoning, explicitly addressing cross-modal inconsistencies. UrbanAgent also incorporates active evidence acquisition and iterative reasoning, allowing agents to retrieve and verify external knowledge using tools, which is optimized through reinforcement learning. Experiments demonstrate that UrbanAgent significantly outperforms existing methods in estimating carbon emissions, GDP, and population, showing an average R2 improvement of 8.1% and strong generalization to unseen cities. AI

IMPACT This agentic approach to urban region profiling could improve the accuracy and generalization of AI models in complex, real-world data scenarios.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xixuan Hao, Yutian Jiang, Jiabo Liu, Yihang Yang, Guangyin Jin, Song Gao, Yuxuan Liang ·

    Multi-Agent Collaborative Reasoning with Tool-Augmented Evidence for Urban Region Profiling

    arXiv:2607.13558v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Urban region profiling constitutes a core problem in urban computing, supporting applications such as population estimation, economic assessment, and environmental monitoring. Existing methods typically formulate this task as multim…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Yuxuan Liang ·

    Multi-Agent Collaborative Reasoning with Tool-Augmented Evidence for Urban Region Profiling

    Urban region profiling constitutes a core problem in urban computing, supporting applications such as population estimation, economic assessment, and environmental monitoring. Existing methods typically formulate this task as multimodal representation learning, fusing heterogeneo…