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Towards Trustworthy Report Generation: A Deep Research Agent with Progressive Confidence Estimation and Calibration

Yi Yuan, Xuhong Wang, Shanzhe Lei · Apr 7, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains. While these agents promise to streamline information synthesis and knowledge exploration, existing evaluation frameworks-typically based on subjective dimensions-fail to capture a critical aspect of report quality: trustworthiness. In open-ended research scenarios where ground-truth answers are unavailable, current evaluation methods cannot effectively measure the epistemic confidence of generated content, making calibration difficult and leaving users susceptible to misleading or hallucinated information. To address this limitation, we propose a novel deep research agent that incorporates progressive confidence estimation and calibration within the report generation pipeline. Our system leverages a deliberative search model, featuring deep retrieval and multi-hop reasoning to ground outputs in verifiable evidence while assigning confidence scores to individual claims. Combined with a carefully designed workflow, this approach produces trustworthy reports with enhanced transparency. Experimental results and case studies demonstrate that our method substantially improves interpretability and significantly increases user trust.

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Evidence snippet: As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.

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Evidence snippet: As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.

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Evidence snippet: In open-ended research scenarios where ground-truth answers are unavailable, current evaluation methods cannot effectively measure the epistemic confidence of generated content, making calibration difficult and leaving users susceptible to misleading or hallucinated information.

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Evidence snippet: As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.

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Evidence snippet: As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.

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Evidence snippet: As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.

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Research Brief

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Key Takeaways

  • As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.
  • While these agents promise to streamline information synthesis and knowledge exploration, existing evaluation frameworks-typically based on subjective dimensions-fail to capture a…

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Research Summary

Contribution Summary

  • As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.
  • While these agents promise to streamline information synthesis and knowledge exploration, existing evaluation frameworks-typically based on subjective dimensions-fail to capture a critical aspect of report quality: trustworthiness.
  • To address this limitation, we propose a novel deep research agent that incorporates progressive confidence estimation and calibration within the report generation pipeline.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • As agent-based systems continue to evolve, deep research agents are capable of automatically generating research-style reports across diverse domains.
  • To address this limitation, we propose a novel deep research agent that incorporates progressive confidence estimation and calibration within the report generation pipeline.

Researcher Checklist

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