Selection-Based Structured Reasoning: Toward Efficient Multimodal Search Agents research paper by Carnegie Mellon University, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University · Reasoning · Oct 1, 2026 · 0 citations · 37 upvotes · unverified
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SSR improves multimodal agent efficiency by replacing free-form reasoning generation with a selection process from pre-specified reasoning candidates.
By Feiyu Gavin Zhu, Xiaoyu Zhu, Jiqi Yang and 9 more · arXiv 2610.01892 · PDF · Code
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SSR improves multimodal agent efficiency by replacing free-form reasoning generation with a selection process from pre-specified reasoning candidates.
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