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Agentic AI workflows have emerged as a novel approach to unlocking the true potential of artificial intelligence (AI) by leveraging large language models (LLMs) and AI-based agents to automate complex tasks. This paradigm has gained significant attention in recent years, with various papers exploring its applications and benefits.

One of the key benefits of agentic AI workflows is their ability to automate complex tasks that require human intelligence, such as decision-making and problem-solving (Ye et al. 20231). By integrating LLMs with external tools, agentic workflows can endow processes with intelligence, enabling them to handle tasks that were previously beyond the capabilities of traditional robotic process automation (RPA) (Ye et al. 20231).

Agentic workflows can also generate high-quality data that surpasses the capabilities of underlying LLMs, by using flows with reflection and iteration, where agents can look back at solutions, generate critiques, and improve solutions (Mitra et al. 2024). This approach allows for automation of data generation workflows, reducing or eliminating the need for human intervention on some tasks.

Several papers have explored the potential of agentic AI workflows in various domains, including process automation (Ye et al. 20231)(Ye et al. 20233)(Berti et al. 2024), scientific workflows (Berti et al. 2024), and data generation (Mitra et al. 2024)(Zhang et al. 20242). For instance, the ProAgent framework has been proposed to integrate LLM-based agents into the workflow construction and execution process (Ye et al. 20231)(Ye et al. 20232)(Ye et al. 20233). This framework has been shown to be effective in automating complex decision-making processes and achieving efficiency and flexibility in process automation (Ye et al. 20231).

The AgWf paradigm has also been proposed to combine deterministic functions and non-deterministic functions (AI-based tasks) to take the best of the two worlds (Berti et al. 2024). AgWf(s) are deeply based on the divide-et-impera principle, in which difficult tasks are decomposed into manageable (by the LLM) units, with the overarching goal of increasing the quality of the overall result (Berti et al. 2024).

Moreover, the AFlow framework has been proposed to automate the design of agentic workflows by formulating the problem as a search process where an algorithm explores the search space to determine the optimal workflow configuration (Zhang et al. 20242). This framework allows for the optimization of node parameters and edge structures to maximize the evaluation function.

In addition, the AutoGen framework has been proposed to enable next-gen LLM applications through multi-agent conversation (Wu et al. 2023). This framework allows for the creation of highly capable agents that leverage the strengths of LLMs, tools, and humans to solve complex tasks.

Overall, the papers on agentic AI workflows demonstrate the potential of this paradigm in unlocking the true potential of AI by automating complex tasks and enabling the creation of highly capable agents (Zhang et al. 20241).

References
Qingyun Wu, Gagan Bansal, Jieyu Zhang, Yiran Wu, Beibin Li, Erkang Zhu et al. AutoGen: Enabling Next-Gen LLM Applications via Multi-Agent Conversation. 2023. .
Yining Ye, Xin Cong, Shizuo Tian, Jian Cao, Hao Wang, Yujia Qin et al. ProAgent: From Robotic Process Automation to Agentic Process Automation. 2023. arXiv.org.
Arindam Mitra, Luciano Del Corro, Guoqing Zheng, Shweti Mahajan, Dany Rouhana, Andres Codas et al. AgentInstruct: Toward Generative Teaching with Agentic Flows. 2024. arXiv.org.
Alessandro Berti, Mayssa Maatallah, U. Jessen, Michal Sroka, Sonia Ayachi Ghannouchi. Re-Thinking Process Mining in the AI-Based Agents Era. 2024. arXiv.org.
Jiayi Zhang, Jinyu Xiang, Zhaoyang Yu, Fengwei Teng, Xionghui Chen, Jiaqi Chen et al. AFlow: Automating Agentic Workflow Generation. 2024. arXiv.org.
Subject: computer science
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