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StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

As of 6 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 0 of 0 outbound references and 29 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2505.15107.

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Group-in-Group Policy Optimization for LLM Agent Training cites this paper.

Group-in-Group Policy Optimization for LLM Agent Training StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 69

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ParallelSearch: Train your LLMs to Decompose Query and Search Sub-queries in Parallel with Reinforcement Learning cites this paper.

ParallelSearch: Train your LLMs to Decompose Query and Search Sub-queries in Parallel with Reinforcement Learning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 37

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Chain-of-Agents: End-to-End Agent Foundation Models via Multi-Agent Distillation and Agentic RL cites this paper.

Chain-of-Agents: End-to-End Agent Foundation Models via Multi-Agent Distillation and Agentic RL StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 60

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The Landscape of Agentic Reinforcement Learning for LLMs: A Survey cites this paper.

The Landscape of Agentic Reinforcement Learning for LLMs: A Survey StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 280

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Erase to Improve: Erasable Reinforcement Learning for Search-Augmented LLMs cites this paper.

Erase to Improve: Erasable Reinforcement Learning for Search-Augmented LLMs StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 39

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Observation bdd4d1db-c793-41da-ab9e-65725839cfbe · inbound

Beyond Correctness: Rewarding Faithful Reasoning in Retrieval-Augmented Generation cites this paper.

Beyond Correctness: Rewarding Faithful Reasoning in Retrieval-Augmented Generation StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 78

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TeaRAG: A Token-Efficient Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework cites this paper.

TeaRAG: A Token-Efficient Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 66

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Truncated Step-Level Sampling with Process Rewards for Retrieval-Augmented Reasoning cites this paper.

Truncated Step-Level Sampling with Process Rewards for Retrieval-Augmented Reasoning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 2025

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E3-TIR: Enhanced Experience Exploitation for Tool-Integrated Reasoning cites this paper.

E3-TIR: Enhanced Experience Exploitation for Tool-Integrated Reasoning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 31

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$\pi$-Play: Multi-Agent Self-Play via Privileged Self-Distillation without External Data cites this paper.

$\pi$-Play: Multi-Agent Self-Play via Privileged Self-Distillation without External Data StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 36

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PiCA: Pivot-Based Credit Assignment for Search Agentic Reinforcement Learning cites this paper.

PiCA: Pivot-Based Credit Assignment for Search Agentic Reinforcement Learning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 40

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PiCA: Pivot-Based Credit Assignment for Search Agentic Reinforcement Learning cites this paper.

PiCA: Pivot-Based Credit Assignment for Search Agentic Reinforcement Learning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 40

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Harnessing LLM Agents with Skill Programs cites this paper.

Harnessing LLM Agents with Skill Programs StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 13

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SD-Search: On-Policy Hindsight Self-Distillation for Search-Augmented Reasoning cites this paper.

SD-Search: On-Policy Hindsight Self-Distillation for Search-Augmented Reasoning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 30

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Search-E1: Self-Distillation Drives Self-Evolution in Search-Augmented Reasoning cites this paper.

Search-E1: Self-Distillation Drives Self-Evolution in Search-Augmented Reasoning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 18

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Search-E1: Self-Distillation Drives Self-Evolution in Search-Augmented Reasoning cites this paper.

Search-E1: Self-Distillation Drives Self-Evolution in Search-Augmented Reasoning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 18

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Trust Region On-Policy Distillation cites this paper.

Trust Region On-Policy Distillation StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 119

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Harness-1: Reinforcement Learning for Search Agents with State-Externalizing Harnesses cites this paper.

Harness-1: Reinforcement Learning for Search Agents with State-Externalizing Harnesses StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 110

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When Denser Credit Is Not Enough: Evidence-Calibrated Policy Optimization for Long-Horizon LLM Agent Training cites this paper.

When Denser Credit Is Not Enough: Evidence-Calibrated Policy Optimization for Long-Horizon LLM Agent Training StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 48

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Co-Evolving Skill Generation and Policy Optimization cites this paper.

Co-Evolving Skill Generation and Policy Optimization StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 94

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PBSD: Privileged Bayesian Self-Distillation for Long-Horizon Credit Assignment cites this paper.

PBSD: Privileged Bayesian Self-Distillation for Long-Horizon Credit Assignment StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

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PBSD: Privileged Bayesian Self-Distillation for Long-Horizon Credit Assignment cites this paper.

PBSD: Privileged Bayesian Self-Distillation for Long-Horizon Credit Assignment StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 18

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ReSum: Synergizing LLM Reasoning and Summarization with Reinforcement Learning cites this paper.

ReSum: Synergizing LLM Reasoning and Summarization with Reinforcement Learning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 60

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ReSum: Synergizing LLM Reasoning and Summarization with Reinforcement Learning cites this paper.

ReSum: Synergizing LLM Reasoning and Summarization with Reinforcement Learning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 60

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Group-Graph Policy Optimization for Long-Horizon Agentic Reinforcement Learning cites this paper.

Group-Graph Policy Optimization for Long-Horizon Agentic Reinforcement Learning StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 50

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Information Gain-based Rollout Policy Optimization: An Adaptive Tree-Structured Rollout Approach for Multi-Turn LLM Agents cites this paper.

Information Gain-based Rollout Policy Optimization: An Adaptive Tree-Structured Rollout Approach for Multi-Turn LLM Agents StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 26

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SearchOS-V1: Towards Robust Open-Domain Information-Seeking Agent Collaboration cites this paper.

SearchOS-V1: Towards Robust Open-Domain Information-Seeking Agent Collaboration StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 41

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EviSD: Evidence-Conditioned Self-Distillation for Search-Augmented Agents cites this paper.

EviSD: Evidence-Conditioned Self-Distillation for Search-Augmented Agents StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

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Fetch-then-Explore: Decoupling Selection from Extraction over a Persistent Workspace for Search Agents cites this paper.

Fetch-then-Explore: Decoupling Selection from Extraction over a Persistent Workspace for Search Agents StepSearch: Igniting LLMs Search Ability via Step-Wise Proximal Policy Optimization

Reference 124

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