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VTO: Visual Tool Orchestration for Video Anomaly Detection

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arXiv:2608. 08219v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Video anomaly detection (VAD) is a critical yet challenging task due to the complex and diverse nature of real-world scenarios.

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