On the Structural Memory of LLM Agents

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15266v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:30:00 GMT
• Title: On the Structural Memory of LLM Agents
• Authors: Ruihong Zeng, Jinyuan Fang, Siwei Liu, Zaiqiao Meng,
• Abstract summary: Memory plays a pivotal role in enabling large language model(LLM)-based agents to engage in complex and long-term interactions. This paper investigates how memory structures and memory retrieval methods affect the performance of LLM-based agents.
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• Abstract: Memory plays a pivotal role in enabling large language model~(LLM)-based agents to engage in complex and long-term interactions, such as question answering (QA) and dialogue systems. While various memory modules have been proposed for these tasks, the impact of different memory structures across tasks remains insufficiently explored. This paper investigates how memory structures and memory retrieval methods affect the performance of LLM-based agents. Specifically, we evaluate four types of memory structures, including chunks, knowledge triples, atomic facts, and summaries, along with mixed memory that combines these components. In addition, we evaluate three widely used memory retrieval methods: single-step retrieval, reranking, and iterative retrieval. Extensive experiments conducted across four tasks and six datasets yield the following key insights: (1) Different memory structures offer distinct advantages, enabling them to be tailored to specific tasks; (2) Mixed memory structures demonstrate remarkable resilience in noisy environments; (3) Iterative retrieval consistently outperforms other methods across various scenarios. Our investigation aims to inspire further research into the design of memory systems for LLM-based agents.

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