The three system architectures differ sharply in computational cost, with MAS-CMD trading the highest rubric scores for the greatest latency and token usage¶
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q2 i? SAS was fastest and lightest (25±16 s; ~3.4k tokens; one request), MAS-Roles required roughly 3× the time and ~7× the tokens, and MAS-CMD used 272±168 s, ~71.6k tokens, and 13 requests. → Jiayi Wang 2025
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Jiayi Wang 2025¶
Jiayi Wang, Ruiwei Xiao, Xinying Hou, John Stamper. (2025). Enabling Multi-Agent Systems as Learning Designers: Applying Learning Sciences to AI Instructional Design. https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16659 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2508.16659
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Descriptive operational-efficiency analysis of generation statistics by system (Table 3). The article reports SAS at 25±16 s with ~3.4k tokens and one request, MAS-Roles at roughly 3× time and ~7× tokens, and "substantially greater latency and usage" for MAS-CMD.
"MAS-CMD traded the highest rubric scores for substantially greater latency and usage (272±168 s;∼71.6k tokens; 13 requests)."
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Related Claims¶
- Teachers qualitatively preferred MAS-CMD activities for creativity, real-world context, and classroom-ready completeness — related
- LLM-as-a-judge ratings found only small, incremental differences between systems, with ceiling effects on several criteria — related
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The three system architectures differ sharply in computational cost, with MAS-CMD trading the highest rubric scores for the greatest latency and token usage |
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The three system architectures differ sharply in computational cost, with MAS-CMD trading the highest rubric scores for the greatest latency and token usage |
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