Harnessing Multiple Large Language Models: A Survey on LLM Ensemble
Harnessing Multiple Large Language Models: A Survey on LLM Ensemble
Zhijun Chen, Xiaodong Lu, Jingzheng Li, Pengpeng Chen, Zhuoran Li, Kai Sun, Yuankai Luo, Qianren Mao, Ming Li, Likang Xiao, Dingqi Yang, Yikun Ban, Hailong Sun
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Survey Track. Pages 7807-7816.
https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2026/867
LLM Ensemble---which involves the comprehensive use of multiple large language models (LLMs), each aimed at handling user queries during downstream inference, to benefit from their individual strengths---has gained substantial attention recently. The widespread availability of LLMs, coupled with their varying strengths and out-of-the-box usability, has profoundly advanced the field of LLM Ensemble. This paper presents the first systematic review of recent developments in LLM Ensemble. First, we introduce our taxonomy of LLM Ensemble and discuss several related research problems. Then, we provide a more in-depth classification of the methods under the broad categories of ``ensemble-before-inference, ensemble-during-inference, ensemble-after-inference'', and review relevant methods. Finally, we introduce related benchmarks and applications, summarize existing studies, and suggest future research directions. GitHub project link is: https://github.com/junchenzhi/Awesome-LLM-Ensemble.
Keywords:
SV: Agent-based and Multi-agent Systems
Agent-based and Multi-agent Systems: Other
Natural Language Processing: Applications
Machine Learning: Ensemble methods
