agent/papers/items/2026-2605-10870-remember-the-decision-not-the-description-a-rate-distortion-framework-for-agent-.md

Paper: Remember the Decision, Not the Description: A Rate-Distortion Framework for Agent Memory

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type: paper title: "Remember the Decision, Not the Description: A Rate-Distortion Framework for Agent Memory" authors: Mingxi Zou, Zhihan Guo, Langzhang Liang, Zhuo Wang, Qifan Wang, Qingsong Wen, Irwin King, Lizhen Qu, et al. year: 2026 venue: arXiv url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10870 code_url: source: arxiv collected_at: 2026-07-08 published_at: 2026-05-11 updated_at: 2026-05-11 status: queued relevance: high topics:

• agent-evaluation
• memory
• planning methods:

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collection_score: 13 collection_queries: language-agent

One-line Takeaway

Auto-collected from arXiv because it matched the Agent collection queries. Needs human skim.

Why Collected

• matched queries: language-agent
• inferred topics: agent-evaluation, memory, planning
• arXiv categories: cs.AI
• collection score: 13

Review Checklist

• Does this paper directly inform Agent architecture, evaluation, memory, tools, safety, coding agents, GUI/browser agents, or multi-agent workflows?
• Does it include a benchmark, dataset, code, or reproducible experimental setup?
• Should it be promoted from queued to skimmed or summarized?

Links

• arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10870