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MarsRL: Advancing Multi-Agent Reasoning System via Reinforcement Learning with Agentic Pipeline Parallelism

arXiv 2511.11373 ↗First posted 14 Nov 2025cs.AIcited by 4

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Abstract (arXiv)

Recent progress in large language models (LLMs) has been propelled by reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) and test-time scaling. However, the limited output length of LLMs constrains the depth of reasoning attainable in a single inference process. Multi-agent reasoning systems offer a promising alternative by employing multiple agents including Solver, Verifier, and Corrector, to iteratively refine solutions. While effective in closed-source models like Gemini 2.5 Pro, they struggle to generalize to open-source models due to insufficient critic and correction capabilities. To address this, we propose MarsRL, a novel reinforcement learning framework with agentic pipeline parallelism, designed to jointly optimize all agents in the system. MarsRL introduces agent-specific reward mechanisms to mitigate reward noise and employs pipeline-inspired training to enhance efficiency in handling long trajectories. Applied to Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507, MarsRL improves AIME2025 accuracy from 86.5% to 93.3% and BeyondAIME from 64.9% to 73.8%, even surpassing Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507. These findings highlight the potential of MarsRL to advance multi-agent reasoning systems and broaden their applicability across diverse reasoning tasks.

Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Reasoning for agents, planning and code, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 16 of its 19 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 14 Nov 2025.

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  1. 2025How to Train a Leader: Hierarchical Reasoning in Multi-Agent LLMs11 Jul
  2. 2024OpenAI o1 System Card21 Dec

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  2. 2025UloRL:An Ultra-Long Output Reinforcement Learning Approach for Advancing Large Language Models' Reasoning Abilitiescited by 11

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  1. 2026Collaborative Multi-Agent Test-Time Reinforcement Learning for Reasoning
  2. 2025MARS: Co-evolving Dual-System Deep Research via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
  3. 2025AgentRL: Scaling Agentic Reinforcement Learning with a Multi-Turn, Multi-Task Framework
  4. 2025Agent-as-Tool: A Study on the Hierarchical Decision Making with Reinforcement Learning
  5. 2025PipelineRL: Faster On-policy Reinforcement Learning for Long Sequence Generation
  6. 2026A Survey of Agentic Reasoning for Large Language Models: Towards Recursively Self-Improving and Collective Agents
  7. 2025OPTAGENT: Optimizing Multi-Agent LLM Interactions Through Verbal Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Reasoning
  8. 2025AutoTool: Dynamic Tool Selection and Integration for Agentic Reasoning