Hard decoding constraints improve small models’ tool use at the edge

The framework forces an initial planning call and restricts tool-name generation without retraining the underlying model.

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shanghai Landfun Information Technology

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Yu, Mu and Wu introduce PTC-Decoder, an inference-time framework for small language model agents operating offline under tight memory constraints.

6 billion to 2 billion parameters, on 200 real remote-sensing satellite tasks.

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From Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Landfun Information Technology

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Forcing SLMs to output plan and tool names through decoding constraints improves multi-step agent task reliability on edge devices.

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