{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7137801981","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300","title":"Evolving Generalist Virtual Agents with Generative and Associative Memory","display_name":"Evolving Generalist Virtual Agents with Generative and Associative Memory","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7137801981","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300","pdf_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/38300/42262","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191458","display_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"2159-5399","issn":["2159-5399","2374-3468"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320058","host_organization_name":"Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320058"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/38300/42262","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129662451","display_name":"Zhenkui Zhang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Zhenkui Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129748207","display_name":"Wendong Bu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wendong Bu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033407215","display_name":"Kaihang Pan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kaihang Pan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101292109","display_name":"Bingchen Miao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9028-9058"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bingchen Miao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129695311","display_name":"Wenqiao Zhang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wenqiao Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101477058","display_name":"Guoming Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3131-6916"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guoming Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129708591","display_name":"Wei Ji","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I881766915","display_name":"Nanjing University","ror":"https://ror.org/01rxvg760","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wei Ji","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanjing University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanjing University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129717483","display_name":"Rui Tang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802279603","display_name":"Vencore (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00sjx7d61","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2802279603"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Tang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Manycore Inc"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Manycore Inc","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802279603"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129732404","display_name":"Juncheng Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Juncheng Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129648045","display_name":"Siliang Tang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Siliang Tang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":10,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5129662451"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.01098097,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"40","issue":"15","first_page":"13006","last_page":"13014"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11714","display_name":"Multimodal Machine Learning Applications","score":0.4896000027656555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11714","display_name":"Multimodal Machine Learning Applications","score":0.4896000027656555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10709","display_name":"Social Robot Interaction and HRI","score":0.08829999715089798,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10462","display_name":"Reinforcement Learning in Robotics","score":0.07169999927282333,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generative-grammar","display_name":"Generative grammar","score":0.7038000226020813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.5565000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generalization","display_name":"Generalization","score":0.5396999716758728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/associative-property","display_name":"Associative property","score":0.46209999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mechanism","display_name":"Mechanism (biology)","score":0.45350000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/recall","display_name":"Recall","score":0.4169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.40139999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/core","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","score":0.4002000093460083}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7337999939918518},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39890363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36108","display_name":"Generative grammar","level":2,"score":0.7038000226020813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.5565000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177148314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170084","display_name":"Generalization","level":2,"score":0.5396999716758728},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5336999893188477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159423971","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177251","display_name":"Associative property","level":2,"score":0.46209999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89611455","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804646","display_name":"Mechanism (biology)","level":2,"score":0.45350000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100660578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18733","display_name":"Recall","level":2,"score":0.4169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.40139999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2164484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5170150","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","level":2,"score":0.4002000093460083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.3765000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53442348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q745101","display_name":"Content-addressable memory","level":3,"score":0.37549999356269836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167966045","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532625","display_name":"Generative model","level":3,"score":0.32100000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2983526489","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133500","display_name":"Associative learning","level":2,"score":0.31610000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139807058","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352374","display_name":"Adaptation (eye)","level":2,"score":0.3158000111579895},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137293760","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3621696","display_name":"Language model","level":2,"score":0.29109999537467957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197914299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18650","display_name":"Semantic memory","level":3,"score":0.2678000032901764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.2648000121116638},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184337299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437428","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.26420000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.2597000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40506919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7452469","display_name":"Sequence learning","level":2,"score":0.25690001249313354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76399640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189401","display_name":"Virtual memory","level":4,"score":0.25529998540878296}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300","pdf_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/38300/42262","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191458","display_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"2159-5399","issn":["2159-5399","2374-3468"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320058","host_organization_name":"Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320058"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i15.38300","pdf_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/38300/42262","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191458","display_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"2159-5399","issn":["2159-5399","2374-3468"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320058","host_organization_name":"Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320058"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1781607827","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62272411","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322927","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335787","display_name":"Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7137801981.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7137801981.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Generalist":[0],"Virtual":[1],"Agents":[2],"(GVAs)":[3],"powered":[4],"by":[5,20,66],"Multimodal":[6],"Large":[7],"Language":[8],"Models":[9],"(MLLMs)":[10],"exhibit":[11],"impressive":[12],"capabilities.":[13],"However,":[14],"their":[15],"long-term":[16],"learning":[17],"is":[18],"hampered":[19],"a":[21,24,63,74,87,112],"core":[22],"limitation:":[23],"failure":[25],"to":[26,96,110,132],"evolve":[27],"beyond":[28],"existing":[29],"trajectories.":[30],"This":[31],"stems":[32],"from":[33,54,146],"memory":[34,76,89],"systems":[35],"that":[36,70,92,106,125],"treat":[37],"experiences":[38,72],"as":[39],"isolated":[40],"fragments":[41],"and":[42,100,114,122,143],"rely":[43],"on":[44,120],"brittle":[45],"semantic":[46],"retrieval,":[47],"preventing":[48],"the":[49,67],"synthesis":[50],"of":[51,117],"novel":[52,94,141],"solutions":[53,95],"disparate":[55],"knowledge.":[56],"To":[57],"address":[58],"this,":[59],"we":[60],"introduce":[61],"CA3Mem,":[62],"framework":[64],"inspired":[65],"human":[68],"hippocampus":[69],"organizes":[71],"into":[73],"structured":[75],"graph.":[77],"Leveraging":[78],"this":[79],"graph,":[80],"CA3Mem":[81,126],"features":[82],"two":[83],"key":[84],"innovations:":[85],"1)":[86],"generative":[88],"recombination":[90],"mechanism":[91],"synthesizes":[93],"drive":[97],"agent":[98,129],"evolution,":[99],"2)":[101],"an":[102],"associative":[103],"retrieval":[104],"algorithm":[105],"employs":[107],"spreading":[108],"activation":[109],"recall":[111],"comprehensive":[113],"contextually-aware":[115],"set":[116],"experiences.":[118],"Experiments":[119],"OSWorld":[121],"WebArena":[123],"demonstrate":[124],"significantly":[127],"enhances":[128],"capabilities,":[130],"leading":[131],"marked":[133],"improvements":[134],"in":[135],"long-horizon":[136],"planning,":[137],"compositional":[138],"generalization":[139],"for":[140],"tasks,":[142],"continuous":[144],"adaptation":[145],"experience.":[147]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-04-21T08:09:41.155169","created_date":"2026-03-18T00:00:00"}