Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent Framework

The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to substantial investment in enhancing their capabilities and expanding their feature sets. Despite these developments, a critical gap remains between model sophistication and their dependable deployment in real-world applications. A key...

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Main Authors: Ahmed M. Darwish, Essam A. Rashed, Ghada Khoriba
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description The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to substantial investment in enhancing their capabilities and expanding their feature sets. Despite these developments, a critical gap remains between model sophistication and their dependable deployment in real-world applications. A key concern is the inconsistency of LLM-generated outputs in production environments, which hinders scalability and reliability. In response to these challenges, we propose a novel framework that integrates custom-defined, rule-based logic to constrain and guide LLM behavior effectively. This framework enforces deterministic response boundaries while considering the model’s reasoning capabilities. Furthermore, we introduce a quantitative performance scoring mechanism that achieves an 85.5% improvement in response consistency, facilitating more predictable and accountable model outputs. The proposed system is industry-agnostic and can be generalized to any domain with a well-defined validation schema. This work contributes to the growing research on aligning LLMs with structured, operational constraints to ensure safe, robust, and scalable deployment.
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spelling doaj-art-1f3d886202ee43bca7515dedcb9c3ac82025-08-20T03:58:29ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892025-06-0116751710.3390/info16070517Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent FrameworkAhmed M. Darwish0Essam A. Rashed1Ghada Khoriba2School of Information Technology and Computer Science, Nile University, Giza 3242020, EgyptGraduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo, Kobe 650-0047, JapanSchool of Information Technology and Computer Science, Nile University, Giza 3242020, EgyptThe rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to substantial investment in enhancing their capabilities and expanding their feature sets. Despite these developments, a critical gap remains between model sophistication and their dependable deployment in real-world applications. A key concern is the inconsistency of LLM-generated outputs in production environments, which hinders scalability and reliability. In response to these challenges, we propose a novel framework that integrates custom-defined, rule-based logic to constrain and guide LLM behavior effectively. This framework enforces deterministic response boundaries while considering the model’s reasoning capabilities. Furthermore, we introduce a quantitative performance scoring mechanism that achieves an 85.5% improvement in response consistency, facilitating more predictable and accountable model outputs. The proposed system is industry-agnostic and can be generalized to any domain with a well-defined validation schema. This work contributes to the growing research on aligning LLMs with structured, operational constraints to ensure safe, robust, and scalable deployment.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/16/7/517spoken dialogue systemsevaluation and metricstask-orientedbias/toxicityfactualityapplications
spellingShingle Ahmed M. Darwish
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Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent Framework
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spoken dialogue systems
evaluation and metrics
task-oriented
bias/toxicity
factuality
applications
title Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent Framework
title_full Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent Framework
title_fullStr Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent Framework
title_full_unstemmed Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent Framework
title_short Mitigating LLM Hallucinations Using a Multi-Agent Framework
title_sort mitigating llm hallucinations using a multi agent framework
topic spoken dialogue systems
evaluation and metrics
task-oriented
bias/toxicity
factuality
applications
url https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/16/7/517
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