agent/papers/items/2026-2607-00436-phreeqc-mcq-200-a-diagnostic-benchmark-for-tool-augmented-scientific-simulator-a.md

Paper: PHREEQC-MCQ-200: A Diagnostic Benchmark for Tool-Augmented Scientific Simulator Agents

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type: paper title: "PHREEQC-MCQ-200: A Diagnostic Benchmark for Tool-Augmented Scientific Simulator Agents" authors: Ke Zhang, Sahchit Chundur, Mohammad Javad Qomi, Maziar Raissi year: 2026 venue: arXiv url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00436 code_url: source: arxiv collected_at: 2026-07-08 published_at: 2026-07-01 updated_at: 2026-07-01 status: queued relevance: high topics:

• agent-evaluation
• rag
• tool-use
• world-model methods:

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collection_score: 16 collection_queries: tool-use

One-line Takeaway

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

Why Collected

• matched queries: tool-use
• inferred topics: agent-evaluation, rag, tool-use, world-model
• arXiv categories: cs.AI
• collection score: 16

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/2607.00436