{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7156954790","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","title":"Revisable by Design: A Theory of Streaming LLM Agent Execution","display_name":"Revisable by Design: A Theory of Streaming LLM Agent Execution","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7156954790","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134812248","display_name":"Zhiyuan Zhai","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhai, Zhiyuan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134754432","display_name":"Ming Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Li, Ming","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134805735","display_name":"Xin Wang","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wang, Xin","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10456","display_name":"Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation","score":0.4228000044822693,"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":0.4228000044822693,"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/T11010","display_name":"Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge","score":0.10670000314712524,"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/T10772","display_name":"Distributed systems and fault tolerance","score":0.0617000013589859,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"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/interrupt","display_name":"Interrupt","score":0.6729000210762024},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.6227999925613403},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database-transaction","display_name":"Database transaction","score":0.49779999256134033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","score":0.4819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/action","display_name":"Action (physics)","score":0.48170000314712524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bounded-function","display_name":"Bounded function","score":0.4278999865055084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/core","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","score":0.4223000109195709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adaptation","display_name":"Adaptation (eye)","score":0.3781000077724457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/baseline","display_name":"Baseline (sea)","score":0.3553999960422516}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7954000234603882},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41661131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220764","display_name":"Interrupt","level":3,"score":0.6729000210762024},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.6227999925613403},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75949130","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848010","display_name":"Database transaction","level":2,"score":0.49779999256134033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.48170000314712524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.4650000035762787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34388435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267362","display_name":"Bounded function","level":2,"score":0.4278999865055084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2164484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5170150","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","level":2,"score":0.4223000109195709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139807058","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352374","display_name":"Adaptation (eye)","level":2,"score":0.3781000077724457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12725497","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q810247","display_name":"Baseline (sea)","level":2,"score":0.3553999960422516},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779662365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5416694","display_name":"Event (particle physics)","level":2,"score":0.3262999951839447},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182306322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779371","display_name":"Order (exchange)","level":2,"score":0.3253999948501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C72108876","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844565","display_name":"Transaction processing","level":3,"score":0.3244999945163727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3061000108718872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41550386","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529909","display_name":"Multi-agent system","level":2,"score":0.30149999260902405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.29490000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778744189","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4677551","display_name":"Active database","level":2,"score":0.28369998931884766},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48372109","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3913","display_name":"Binary number","level":2,"score":0.2799000144004822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780385302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367158","display_name":"Protocol (science)","level":3,"score":0.27810001373291016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17231256","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5156540","display_name":"Completeness (order theory)","level":2,"score":0.2676999866962433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112758219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16038819","display_name":"Duration (music)","level":2,"score":0.2630000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.25600001215934753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125411270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18653","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","level":2,"score":0.25049999356269836}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.23283","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","score":0.6137462854385376}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Current":[0],"LLM":[1,172],"agents":[2,173],"operate":[3],"under":[4,164],"an":[5,101,189],"implicit":[6],"but":[7],"universal":[8],"assumption:":[9],"execution":[10,64],"is":[11,104,161],"a":[12,18,37,42,73,81,98,151,183,202,205],"transaction":[13],"--":[14,129],"the":[15,20,30,58,135,140,148,156,177,180],"user":[16,66],"submits":[17],"request,":[19],"agent":[21,63,87],"works":[22],"in":[23,61],"isolation,":[24],"and":[25,48,56,65,95,119],"only":[26],"upon":[27],"completion":[28],"does":[29],"dialogue":[31],"resume.":[32],"This":[33],"forces":[34],"users":[35],"into":[36,204],"binary":[38],"choice:":[39],"wait":[40],"for":[41],"potentially":[43],"incorrect":[44],"output,":[45],"or":[46,93],"interrupt":[47],"lose":[49],"all":[50,175],"progress.":[51],"We":[52,76,109],"reject":[53],"this":[54,78,144],"assumption":[55],"propose":[57],"stream":[59],"paradigm,":[60],"which":[62],"intervention":[67],"are":[68,132],"concurrent,":[69],"interleaved":[70],"processes":[71],"sharing":[72],"bidirectional":[74],"channel.":[75],"formalize":[77],"paradigm":[79],"through":[80],"reversibility":[82],"taxonomy":[83],"that":[84,111,120,160],"classifies":[85],"every":[86],"action":[88,136],"as":[89],"Idempotent,":[90],"Reversible,":[91],"Compensable,":[92],"Irreversible,":[94],"arrive":[96],"at":[97],"core":[99],"conclusion:":[100],"agent's":[102],"flexibility":[103],"bounded":[105],"by":[106,143],"its":[107],"reversibility.":[108],"prove":[110],"conflicting":[112,121],"compensable":[113],"actions":[114,123],"impose":[115],"unavoidable":[116],"adaptation":[117],"costs":[118,131],"irreversible":[122],"make":[124],"full":[125],"specification":[126],"satisfaction":[127],"impossible":[128],"these":[130],"properties":[133],"of":[134,139,182,191,195],"space,":[137],"not":[138],"algorithm.":[141],"Guided":[142],"insight,":[145],"we":[146],"present":[147],"Revision":[149],"Absorber,":[150],"reactive":[152],"algorithm":[153],"based":[154],"on":[155,168],"Earliest-Conflict":[157],"Rollback":[158],"rule":[159],"structurally":[162],"optimal":[163],"mild":[165],"assumptions.":[166],"Experiments":[167],"StreamBench":[169],"with":[170],"real":[171],"validate":[174],"predictions:":[176],"Absorber":[178],"matches":[179],"quality":[181],"brute-force":[184],"full-restart":[185],"baseline":[186],"while":[187],"wasting":[188],"order":[190],"magnitude":[192],"fewer":[193],"steps":[194],"already-completed":[196],"work,":[197],"turning":[198],"mid-execution":[199],"revisions":[200],"from":[201],"dead-end":[203],"first-class":[206],"interaction.":[207]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-01T06:00:48.157686","created_date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00"}