MALLES: A Multi-agent LLMs-based Economic Sandbox with Consumer Preference Alignment

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17694v1
• Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:11:09 GMT
• Title: MALLES: A Multi-agent LLMs-based Economic Sandbox with Consumer Preference Alignment
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces a Multi-Agent Large Language Model-based Economic Sandbox (MALLES)<n>Central to our approach is a preference learning paradigm in which LLMs are economically aligned via post-training on extensive, heterogeneous transaction records.<n>Experiments demonstrate that our framework achieves significant improvements in product selection accuracy, purchase quantity prediction, and simulation stability.
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• Abstract: In the real economy, modern decision-making is fundamentally challenged by high-dimensional, multimodal environments, which are further complicated by agent heterogeneity and combinatorial data sparsity. This paper introduces a Multi-Agent Large Language Model-based Economic Sandbox (MALLES), leveraging the inherent generalization capabilities of large-sacle models to establish a unified simulation framework applicable to cross-domain and cross-category scenarios. Central to our approach is a preference learning paradigm in which LLMs are economically aligned via post-training on extensive, heterogeneous transaction records across diverse product categories. This methodology enables the models to internalize and transfer latent consumer preference patterns, thereby mitigating the data sparsity issues prevalent in individual categories. To enhance simulation stability, we implement a mean-field mechanism designed to model the dynamic interactions between the product environment and customer populations, effectively stabilizing sampling processes within high-dimensional decision spaces. Furthermore, we propose a multi-agent discussion framework wherein specialized agents collaboratively process extensive product information. This architecture distributes cognitive load to alleviate single-agent attention bottlenecks and captures critical decision factors through structured dialogue. Experiments demonstrate that our framework achieves significant improvements in product selection accuracy, purchase quantity prediction, and simulation stability compared to existing economic and financial LLM simulation baselines. Our results substantiate the potential of large language models as a foundational pillar for high-fidelity, scalable decision simulation and latter analysis in the real economy based on foundational database.

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