{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7138607991","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","title":"Analyze\u2013Compose\u2013Execute: A Dynamic Dialogue Framework for Multi-Agent Debate","display_name":"Analyze\u2013Compose\u2013Execute: A Dynamic Dialogue Framework for Multi-Agent Debate","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7138607991","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","pdf_url":null,"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://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129696222","display_name":"Wenyuan Gu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139759216","display_name":"Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","ror":"https://ror.org/04w9fbh59","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139759216"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I918919364","display_name":"Switch","ror":"https://ror.org/02yw51758","country_code":"CH","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}],"countries":["CH","CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wenyuan Gu","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139759216","https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129752680","display_name":"Haowen Wang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I143868143","display_name":"Anhui University","ror":"https://ror.org/05th6yx34","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Haowen Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I143868143"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011412438","display_name":"Jiale Han","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6477-0424"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I200769079","display_name":"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00q4vv597","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiale Han","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hong Kong University of Science and Technology"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129722839","display_name":"Xiang Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139759216","display_name":"Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","ror":"https://ror.org/04w9fbh59","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139759216"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I918919364","display_name":"Switch","ror":"https://ror.org/02yw51758","country_code":"CH","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}],"countries":["CH","CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xiang Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139759216","https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018614252","display_name":"Zhixuan Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-8060"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139759216","display_name":"Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","ror":"https://ror.org/04w9fbh59","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139759216"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I918919364","display_name":"Switch","ror":"https://ror.org/02yw51758","country_code":"CH","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}],"countries":["CH","CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhixuan Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139759216","https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129703533","display_name":"Hongru Xiao","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I116953780","display_name":"Tongji University","ror":"https://ror.org/03rc6as71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I116953780"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hongru Xiao","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I116953780"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129692439","display_name":"Bo Cheng","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139759216","display_name":"Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","ror":"https://ror.org/04w9fbh59","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139759216"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I918919364","display_name":"Switch","ror":"https://ror.org/02yw51758","country_code":"CH","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}],"countries":["CH","CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bo Cheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139759216","https://openalex.org/I918919364"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.57196791,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"40","issue":"36","first_page":"30825","last_page":"30833"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10456","display_name":"Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation","score":0.31690001487731934,"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"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10456","display_name":"Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation","score":0.31690001487731934,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10028","display_name":"Topic Modeling","score":0.20589999854564667,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12031","display_name":"Speech and dialogue systems","score":0.07079999893903732,"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/robustness","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","score":0.6274999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adaptability","display_name":"Adaptability","score":0.6007000207901001},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/action","display_name":"Action (physics)","score":0.5164999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/benchmark","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","score":0.39419999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.328000009059906}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7070000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.6274999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177606310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5674297","display_name":"Adaptability","level":2,"score":0.6007000207901001},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5164999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4194999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185798385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161707","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","level":2,"score":0.39419999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3529999852180481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.328000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.28279998898506165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.26919999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.2623000144958496},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.26190000772476196},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.2599000036716461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139807058","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352374","display_name":"Adaptation (eye)","level":2,"score":0.25839999318122864},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.2508000135421753}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","pdf_url":null,"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"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ojs.aaai.org:article/40340","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/40340","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"2159-5399","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40340","pdf_url":null,"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":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Multi-Agent":[0],"Debate":[1],"(MAD)":[2],"is":[3],"an":[4,149],"emerging":[5],"paradigm":[6],"that":[7],"leverages":[8],"the":[9,41,79,84,89,117,130,159],"reasoning":[10],"abilities":[11],"of":[12,49,92,145,153,163],"Large":[13],"Language":[14],"Models":[15],"(LLMs)":[16],"by":[17],"encouraging":[18],"them":[19],"to":[20,34,83,113,120],"collaboratively":[21],"solve":[22],"problems":[23],"through":[24],"human-like":[25],"discussions.":[26],"However,":[27],"current":[28,90],"MAD":[29],"methods":[30],"typically":[31],"constrain":[32],"agents":[33,76],"follow":[35],"fixed":[36],"discussion":[37,43,80,111],"pipelines,":[38],"repeatedly":[39],"applying":[40],"same":[42],"act":[44],"for":[45],"a":[46,70,99,110],"predetermined":[47],"number":[48],"rounds,":[50],"which":[51,75,106],"limits":[52],"their":[53],"effectiveness":[54,160],"and":[55,59,161],"adaptability":[56],"in":[57,74,116],"complex":[58],"diverse":[60],"tasks.":[61],"To":[62],"address":[63],"this":[64],"limitation,":[65],"we":[66],"propose":[67],"Analyze\u2013Compose\u2013Execute":[68],"(ACE),":[69],"novel":[71],"debate":[72],"framework":[73],"dynamically":[77],"execute":[78],"actions":[81],"according":[82],"dialogue":[85],"context.":[86],"By":[87],"analyzing":[88],"responses":[91],"agents,":[93],"ACE":[94,137],"selects":[95],"appropriate":[96],"acts":[97],"from":[98],"predefined":[100],"Atomic":[101],"Discussion":[102],"Acts":[103],"Library":[104],"(ADAL),":[105],"are":[107],"composed":[108],"into":[109],"action":[112],"be":[114],"executed":[115],"next":[118],"round,":[119],"enable":[121],"truly":[122],"dynamic":[123],"debate.":[124],"We":[125],"conduct":[126],"extensive":[127],"experiments":[128],"on":[129,142],"challenging":[131],"benchmark":[132],"Big-Bench":[133],"Hard":[134],"(BBH)":[135],"benchmark.":[136],"achieves":[138],"state-of-the-":[139],"art":[140],"results":[141],"17":[143],"out":[144],"23":[146],"tasks,":[147,157],"with":[148],"average":[150],"performance":[151],"gain":[152],"8.5%":[154],"across":[155],"all":[156],"demonstrating":[158],"robustness":[162],"our":[164],"approach.":[165]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-02T09:51:11.867554","created_date":"2026-03-18T00:00:00"}