Can RL Improve Generalization of LLM Agents? An Empirical Study
By: Zhiheng Xi, Xin Guo, Jiaqi Liu, Jiazheng Zhang, Yutao Fan, Zhihao Zhang, Shichun Liu, Mingxu Chai, Xiaowei Shi, Yitao Zhai, Xunliang Cai, Tao Gui, Qi Zhang, Xuanjing Huang
Published: 2026-03-13
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Abstract
This empirical study investigates whether Reinforcement Learning (RL) can enhance the generalization capabilities of Large Language Model (LLM) agents. The research explores various RL techniques and their impact on LLM agents' performance across diverse and unseen tasks.