Reward-Driven LLM Agent Workflows: Synthesizing POMDP Routing and Self-Correction for Autonomous Decision-Making

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.17038v1
• Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:51:41 GMT
• Title: Reward-Driven LLM Agent Workflows: Synthesizing POMDP Routing and Self-Correction for Autonomous Decision-Making
• Abstract summary: This paper addresses key technical challenges in current large language model (LLM) agent applications, including long-horizon planning, sparse reward attribution, and dynamic environmental interaction.<n>The proposed architecture is based on the synthesis of core AI paradigms: Visual, Language, Generative, Graph, Multimodal, Reinforcement, and Agent Intelligence.<n>Ultimately, the resulting architecture offers a practical, scalable reference framework for developing artificial intelligence technologies in complex, multi-step autonomous systems.
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• Abstract: This paper addresses key technical challenges in current large language model (LLM) agent applications, including long-horizon planning, sparse reward attribution, and dynamic environmental interaction, by designing and optimizing an intelligent agent workflow. The proposed architecture is based on the synthesis of core AI paradigms: Visual, Language, Generative, Graph, Multimodal, Reinforcement, and Agent Intelligence. Unlike conventional baseline models that rely on static prompting and lack robust perception-action loops, our approach introduces a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP) routing mechanism. This mechanism is augmented with an internal, self-correcting reward model that evaluates decision trajectories before execution. By integrating multimodal inputs and advanced reinforcement learning principles (such as proximal policy optimization and value function approximation), the agent maintains long-term structural memory and dynamically adapts its reasoning pathways to mitigate error accumulation. Empirical experiments on the ALFWorld embodied simulation environment and the WebShop online navigation benchmark demonstrate a 24.5% absolute improvement in task success rate and trajectory efficiency over mainstream baselines like the standard ReAct framework. Comprehensive ablation studies confirm the significant contribution of the reward-driven critique module in suppressing hallucination rates. This research bridges theoretical foundations of reinforcement learning and graph-based memory with autonomous agent workflows. Ultimately, the resulting architecture offers a practical, scalable reference framework for developing artificial intelligence technologies in complex, multi-step autonomous systems. Code is available at https://github.com/01Amez/RLAW_Implementation.

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