arXiv AI

UMAS: System-Level Uncertainty Quantification for Multi-Agent LLM Systems

UMAS is a parameter‑free, cost‑neutral framework for system‑level uncertainty quantification in multi‑agent large language model systems. It estimates the credibility of inter‑agent influence using each generation’s intrinsic confidence, modulates uncertainty updates at each node, and aggregates these into a system‑level estimate. Evaluations on Debate and DyLAN show UMAS outperforms state‑of‑the‑art baselines by an average of 10.54 AUROC points and improves hallucination detection and answer selection, boosting MAS accuracy by up to 12.6 points on specific tasks.

arXiv Computation and Language
Aug 25

PropUQ-MAS: Propagation-Aware Uncertainty Quantification for LLM Multi-Agent Systems

PropUQ-MAS is a framework for uncertainty quantification in large language model (LLM) multi‑agent systems that models the system as a communication‑structured graph. It estimates the reliability of each step by combining local uncertainty with uncertainty inherited from upstream messages, addressing the risk of error propagation in inter‑agent communication. Experiments show consistent improvements in UQ metrics, with average gains of +6.10% in AUROC and +47.58% in PRR.

By Yaokun Liu, Yifan Liu, Daniel Yue Zhang, Ruichen Yao, Zelin Li, Dong Wang
arXiv AI
Aug 18

From Sequence to Structure: Relational Uncertainty Propagation for LLM Agents

The paper introduces RUPA, a trajectory‑level uncertainty quantification framework for large language model agents. RUPA models an agent’s execution as a directed graph of reasoning states, tool interactions, and environment feedback, then propagates uncertainty across this graph to capture long‑range dependencies. Experiments on benchmarks such as τ‑2, Terminal‑Bench‑2, and GAIA show that RUPA outperforms existing methods, enabling earlier failure detection and more reliable agent execution.

By Zhengzhao Ma. Boxi Cao, Yaojie Lu, Hongyu Lin, Xianpei Han, Le Sun
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 23

Confidence Composition for Multiagent Language Model Systems

The paper addresses the lack of system‑level confidence estimates in multiagent language model systems such as collaborative reasoning and debate. It introduces confidence composition methods, including confidence‑aware routing and log‑odds pooling, to combine agent confidences while maintaining selective utility and probabilistic reliability. Experiments on five benchmarks with diverse model pairs show that gated‑fusion techniques improve AUARC and Brier scores compared to single‑agent and standard debate baselines, and a shared dependence discount further enhances reliability.

By Ali Elahi, Michael J. Curry, Barbara Di Eugenio
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jun 22

The Origins of Stochasticity: Comprehensive Investigations on Uncertainty Quantification for Large Language Models

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have enabled sophisticated reasoning and content generation, yet their inherent stochasticity poses significant challenges for ensuring predictive credibility. While traditional uncertainty taxonomy paradigms, such as the dichotomy of aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties, provide conceptual foundations, they often fail to capture the multi-component and multi-stage nature of LLM generation and struggle to evaluate the effectiveness of various Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) methods.

arXiv AI
Oct 16

GraphACM: Graph-based Action Consistency Measurement for Uncertainty Quantification in LLM Agents

GraphACM introduces a graph-based framework to measure fine-grained action consistency in large language model agents. By merging equivalent states into a directed, action-labeled graph across multiple task rollouts, it enables comparisons of actions at shared decision points and defines node-level and global consistency metrics. Experiments on ALFWorld, AppWorld, and WebShop show that the global consistency score predicts task success with an AUROC of 0.811, outperforming prior consistency baselines and verbalized confidence.

By Yaxin Ma, Wenbo Zhang, Satya Krishna Pothapragada, Alina Zare