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ACAR

Adaptive Complexity Routing for Multi-Model Ensembles

arXiv 2602.21231

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What It Is

Measurement framework for multi-model orchestration using self-consistency variance routing. Evaluated on 1,510 tasks across 4 benchmarks with 7,550+ auditable runs.

The Problem

Most multi-model ensembles run full inference on every query regardless of difficulty. ACAR routes by measured complexity — skipping expensive ensembling when a single model is sufficient.

Approach

  • →Self-consistency variance as a proxy for query complexity
  • →Threshold-based routing: single model vs full ensemble dispatch
  • →Evaluated across MMLU, HotpotQA, MedQA, and LegalBench benchmarks
  • →Immutable experiment artifacts with full audit logs across 7,550+ runs

Results

  • ✓55.6% routing accuracy across 1,510 evaluation tasks
  • ✓Avoided full ensembling on 54.2% of tasks — significant cost reduction
  • ✓Evaluated on 4 benchmarks with 7,550+ auditable runs

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