DeALOG: Decentralized Multi-Agents Log-Mediated Reasoning Framework

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00996v1
• Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:26:52 GMT
• Title: DeALOG: Decentralized Multi-Agents Log-Mediated Reasoning Framework
• Abstract summary: DeALOG is a decentralized multi-agent framework for multimodal question answering.<n>It uses specialized agents: Table, Context, Visual, Summarizing and Verification.
• Score: 7.772295511115406
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Complex question answering across text, tables and images requires integrating diverse information sources. A framework supporting specialized processing with coordination and interpretability is needed. We introduce DeALOG, a decentralized multi-agent framework for multimodal question answering. It uses specialized agents: Table, Context, Visual, Summarizing and Verification, that communicate through a shared natural-language log as persistent memory. This log-based approach enables collaborative error detection and verification without central control, improving robustness. Evaluations on FinQA, TAT-QA, CRT-QA, WikiTableQuestions, FeTaQA, and MultiModalQA show competitive performance. Analysis confirms the importance of the shared log, agent specialization, and verification for accuracy. DeALOG, provides a scalable approach through modular components using natural-language communication.

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