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 ====== Retroformer: Retrospective Large Language Agents with Policy Gradient Optimization ====== ====== Retroformer: Retrospective Large Language Agents with Policy Gradient Optimization ======
  
-Retroformer introduces a principled framework for **reinforcing LLM agents by learning a retrospective model** that automatically refines agent prompts from environment feedback through policy gradient optimization.((https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02151)) Published by Yao et al. (2023) at ICLR 2024, it is among the first works to apply gradient-based optimization to language agent improvement.+Retroformer introduces a principled framework for **reinforcing LLM agents by learning a retrospective model** that automatically refines agent prompts from environment feedback through policy gradient optimization.((https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02151)) Published by Yao et al. (2023) at ICLR 2024(([[https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02151|Yao et al. (2023) - Retroformer: Retrospective Large Language Agents with Policy Gradient Optimization]])), it is among the first works to apply gradient-based optimization to language agent improvement.
  
 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
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 Most LLM agents use fixed prompts or rely on verbal self-reflection (e.g., Reflexion) without gradient-based learning. Retroformer addresses this gap by training a smaller, fine-tunable **retrospective model** that analyzes failed trajectories and generates improved reflections, optimized via policy gradients from actual environment rewards. Most LLM agents use fixed prompts or rely on verbal self-reflection (e.g., Reflexion) without gradient-based learning. Retroformer addresses this gap by training a smaller, fine-tunable **retrospective model** that analyzes failed trajectories and generates improved reflections, optimized via policy gradients from actual environment rewards.
  
-The key innovation: rather than hand-crafting reflection prompts or relying on LLM self-assessment, Retroformer **learns** to produce better reflections through reward-driven optimization.+The key innovation: rather than hand-crafting reflection prompts or relying on LLM self-assessment, Retroformer **learns** to produce better reflections through reward-driven optimization.(([[https://github.com/weirayao/Retroformer|Retroformer GitHub Repository]]))
  
 ===== Architecture ===== ===== Architecture =====
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   * Higher LoRA rank (e.g., r=4) yields slight additional gains in the retrospective model   * Higher LoRA rank (e.g., r=4) yields slight additional gains in the retrospective model
   * Outperforms non-gradient baselines (e.g., Reflexion) that use verbal-only feedback   * Outperforms non-gradient baselines (e.g., Reflexion) that use verbal-only feedback
-  * Enhanced performance on **HotPotQA** question answering validates cross-domain applicability+  * Enhanced performance on **HotPotQA** question answering validates cross-domain applicability(([[https://proceedings.iclr.cc/paper_files/paper/2024/file/29f421fbdcc82aeb349d784d3aaccdb3-Paper-Conference.pdf|ICLR 2024 Conference Paper]]))
  
 ===== Code Example ===== ===== Code Example =====
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         optimizer.step()         optimizer.step()
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-===== References ===== 
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-  * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02151|Yao et al. (2023) - Retroformer: Retrospective Large Language Agents with Policy Gradient Optimization]] 
-  * [[https://github.com/weirayao/Retroformer|Retroformer GitHub Repository]] 
-  * [[https://proceedings.iclr.cc/paper_files/paper/2024/file/29f421fbdcc82aeb349d784d3aaccdb3-Paper-Conference.pdf|ICLR 2024 Conference Paper]] 
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
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   * [[agent_finetuning|Agent Fine-tuning Methods]]   * [[agent_finetuning|Agent Fine-tuning Methods]]
   * [[fireact_agent_finetuning|FireAct: Agent Fine-tuning]]   * [[fireact_agent_finetuning|FireAct: Agent Fine-tuning]]
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 +===== References =====
  
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