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HELENA framework enhances multi-agent systems with novel coordination

Researchers have introduced HELENA, a novel multi-agent system framework designed to enhance analytical capacity by integrating diverse reasoning paths while mitigating noise. HELENA constructs a composite graph from complementary topologies selected using Monte Carlo Tree Search and Determinantal Point Process. A hierarchical sparse coordination module then activates only necessary subgraphs, suppressing redundant information through compressed latent briefs. Experiments demonstrate HELENA achieves state-of-the-art results across eight benchmarks, including a significant average gain on MMLU-Pro. AI

IMPACT This framework could lead to more robust and comprehensive analysis in complex multi-agent scenarios.

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  1. arXiv cs.MA (Multiagent) TIER_1 English(EN) · Xiuquan Hou ·

    HELENA:Hierarchical Sparse Coordination over a Union of Complementary Topologies for MAS

    LLM-based multi-agent systems (MAS) typically optimize a single topology, restricting reasoning to a narrow trajectory and limiting comprehensive analytical capacity. Naively merging multiple topologies into a composite graph introduces redundant noise propagation across irreleva…