{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7160910442","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","title":"The Trap of Trajectory: Towards Understanding and Mitigating Spurious Correlations in Agentic Memory","display_name":"The Trap of Trajectory: Towards Understanding and Mitigating Spurious Correlations in Agentic Memory","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7160910442","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","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":"article"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5125503423","display_name":"Luoxi Tang","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tang, Luoxi","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135965906","display_name":"Rupali Rajendra Vaje","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vaje, Rupali Rajendra","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005332727","display_name":"\u5b5f\u5b87\u6865","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Meng, Yuqiao","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135997833","display_name":"Sakshi Sunil Narkar","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Narkar, Sakshi Sunil","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101895104","display_name":"Weicheng Ma","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0270-0612"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ma, Weicheng","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135981889","display_name":"Zeyu Ding","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ding, Zeyu","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5135936390","display_name":"Dazheng Zhang","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhang, Dazheng","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049713837","display_name":"Zerong Xi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6905-7860"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xi, Zhaohan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":8,"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/T12808","display_name":"Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices","score":0.16599999368190765,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12808","display_name":"Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices","score":0.16599999368190765,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10456","display_name":"Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation","score":0.12219999730587006,"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/T10906","display_name":"AI-based Problem Solving and Planning","score":0.08470000326633453,"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/spurious-relationship","display_name":"Spurious relationship","score":0.9688000082969666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/benchmark","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","score":0.6179999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","score":0.6092000007629395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognition","display_name":"Cognition","score":0.39100000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reuse","display_name":"Reuse","score":0.38199999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/context-effect","display_name":"Context effect","score":0.321399986743927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/episodic-memory","display_name":"Episodic memory","score":0.31130000948905945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/encoding","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","score":0.3010999858379364}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97256817","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1462316","display_name":"Spurious relationship","level":2,"score":0.9688000082969666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6409000158309937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185798385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161707","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","level":2,"score":0.6179999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6092000007629395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.4271000027656555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.39100000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206588197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846574","display_name":"Reuse","level":2,"score":0.38199999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.35510000586509705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3377000093460083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76188268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1783165","display_name":"Context effect","level":3,"score":0.321399986743927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88576662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18646","display_name":"Episodic memory","level":3,"score":0.31130000948905945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125411270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18653","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","level":2,"score":0.3010999858379364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777210771","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4927124","display_name":"Block (permutation group theory)","level":2,"score":0.2890999913215637},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21963081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11337567","display_name":"Working memory","level":3,"score":0.28130000829696655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779086471","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2051704","display_name":"False memory","level":3,"score":0.27970001101493835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.27149999141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C30390489","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4680748","display_name":"Adaptive memory","level":3,"score":0.2599000036716461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775858120","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3333604","display_name":"Memoria","level":3,"score":0.2556999921798706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106131492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3072260","display_name":"Filter (signal processing)","level":2,"score":0.25279998779296875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176649486","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2308807","display_name":"Memory management","level":3,"score":0.25099998712539673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776214188","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q408386","display_name":"Inference","level":2,"score":0.2508000135421753}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","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":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.09330","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":"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":{"Agentic":[0],"memory":[1,29,79,86,114,162],"enables":[2],"LLMs":[3],"to":[4],"persist":[5],"information":[6],"beyond":[7],"a":[8,22,106,153],"single":[9],"context":[10],"window":[11],"and":[12,33,71,119,141,155],"reuse":[13],"it":[14,19,54],"in":[15],"later":[16],"decisions,":[17],"but":[18,92],"also":[20],"introduces":[21],"new":[23],"vulnerability:":[24],"spurious":[25,65,96,127],"correlations,":[26],"where":[27],"retrieved":[28],"carries":[30],"miscorrelated":[31],"evidence":[32],"propagates":[34],"erroneous":[35],"reasoning":[36,88],"into":[37],"downstream":[38],"decisions.":[39],"Despite":[40],"the":[41,148],"widespread":[42],"use":[43],"of":[44,64],"agentic":[45,78,161],"memory,":[46],"this":[47,82],"risk":[48],"remains":[49],"largely":[50],"underexplored.":[51],"We":[52],"address":[53],"from":[55],"two":[56],"aspects.":[57],"First,":[58],"we":[59,103],"benchmark":[60,83],"several":[61],"canonical":[62],"types":[63,132],"patterns":[66,97,128],"identified":[67],"through":[68],"causal":[69],"structure":[70],"record":[72],"them":[73],"across":[74,112,129],"trajectory-level":[75],"memory.":[76],"Diagnosing":[77],"systems":[80],"on":[81,89,95,126,138],"reveals":[84],"that":[85,110],"improves":[87],"clean":[90,139],"inputs":[91,140],"amplifies":[93],"reliance":[94,125],"when":[98],"they":[99],"are":[100],"present.":[101],"Second,":[102],"propose":[104],"CAMEL,":[105],"plug-and-play":[107],"calibration":[108],"method":[109],"operates":[111],"diverse":[113],"architectures":[115],"at":[116],"both":[117],"write":[118],"retrieval":[120],"time.":[121],"CAMEL":[122,151],"consistently":[123],"reduces":[124],"all":[130],"three":[131],"while":[133],"preserving":[134],"or":[135],"improving":[136],"performance":[137],"staying":[142],"robust":[143],"under":[144],"adaptive":[145],"attacks":[146],"targeting":[147],"calibration.":[149],"Overall,":[150],"offers":[152],"principled":[154],"lightweight":[156],"solution":[157],"toward":[158],"more":[159],"reliable":[160],"deployment.":[163]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2026-05-13T00:00:00"}