Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning

As of 23 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 16 of 16 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2607.10738.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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Coverage vector

measured 16 of 16 reference resolution

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Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-07-14T09:37:32.415966Z

measured 16 of 16 standing notices

One-hop event checks from named stored sources.

Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-23T06:30:58.430688+00:00

measured 0 of 0 inbound itemization

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measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

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Reference resolution

16 of 16 outbound references displayed

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Outbound references

Observation 74956f69-23b4-4b9d-b1e7-9ad0331de9a9 · outbound

This paper cites Tianyu Fan, Xinyao Niu, Yuxiang Zheng, Fengji Zhang, Chengen Huang, Bei Chen, Junyang Lin, and Chao Huang.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Tianyu Fan, Xinyao Niu, Yuxiang Zheng, Fengji Zhang, Chengen Huang, Bei Chen, Junyang Lin, and Chao Huang

Reference 1

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-07-14T09:37:32.415966Z

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Observation 68814259-ca8e-46cd-a7ef-63d98ddf990d · outbound

This paper cites WebShaper: Agentically Data Synthesizing via Information-Seeking Formalization.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning WebShaper: Agentically Data Synthesizing via Information-Seeking Formalization

Reference 2

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-07-14T09:37:32.415966Z

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Observation aa2985e3-94aa-4c64-be43-107ccb1a6d6e · outbound

This paper cites This EMA acts as a low-pass filter, ensuring that the penalty only responds to sustained trends in over-refusal or under-refusal rather than tran- sient batch noise.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning This EMA acts as a low-pass filter, ensuring that the penalty only responds to sustained trends in over-refusal or under-refusal rather than tran- sient batch noise

Reference 3

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Observation 897754b3-fbe0-44e5-b3bf-1ab90c489c2d · outbound

This paper cites staircase.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning staircase

Reference 4

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Observation 95cae6c5-e639-4c02-9450-e95fe2fd3478 · outbound

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To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Unresolved cited work

Reference 5

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Observation 9abd2180-0e9a-4950-b56e-d48f13a03899 · outbound

This paper cites rationale.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning rationale

Reference 6

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Observation 9a93665a-1048-4bb4-95b1-329acbe1f56b · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Unresolved cited work

Reference 7

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-07-14T09:37:32.415966Z

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Observation 7c573d9f-5c39-4129-87ce-ebe5a09fa7f6 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Unresolved cited work

Reference 8

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Observation b60becae-62bb-46e4-8720-fd77b2b2356f · outbound

This paper cites Each atomic evidence represents one key piece of information.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Each atomic evidence represents one key piece of information

Reference 9

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Observation fdae9f1b-3967-42f0-b71b-4a23f84a93bc · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Unresolved cited work

Reference 10

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Observation 03f024fe-ebdc-4f4d-81bd-4d59c69ace48 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Unresolved cited work

Reference 11

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Observation b616ab73-7918-4ede-b3cd-87a534602610 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Unresolved cited work

Reference 12

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Observation 98abb067-a59c-4f8d-84a1-38bd03e510d1 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning Unresolved cited work

Reference 13

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Observation 8e854dc8-e786-4f54-a530-e5b9fd9de0fc · outbound

This paper cites covered_count.

To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning covered_count

Reference 14

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Observation aa8d10a5-8496-42cf-baa6-668873e3c8e3 · outbound

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To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ }, {

Reference 15

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Observation 3fdbca65-8311-4530-9ac0-e2d057f3b35e · outbound

This paper cites ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ ,→ }, {.

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Reference 16

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Pith citing papers

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