Method Discovery
Purpose
Discover the complete set of methods that have been proposed and evaluated for a given task. Uses a multi-pronged search strategy combining leaderboard scraping, academic search, citation chain traversal, and survey paper mining.
Input Schema
| Field |
Type |
Description |
| task_name |
string |
The target task (e.g., "text summarization", "node classification") |
| domain |
string |
Research domain (e.g., "NLP", "graph learning", "computer vision") |
| known_methods |
string[] |
Already-known methods to seed citation chain traversal |
Output Schema
{
"methods": [
{
"name": "string",
"aliases": ["string"],
"year": 2024,
"authors": "string",
"venue": "string",
"family": "string",
"key_innovation": "string",
"paper_id": "string",
"source": "leaderboard|paper|citation_chain|preprint|survey"
}
],
"search_log": {
"leaderboards_checked": ["string"],
"queries_issued": ["string"],
"citation_chains_from": ["string"],
"surveys_consulted": ["string"]
}
}
1---2name: method-discovery3description: Identify all relevant methods via literature, leaderboards, citation chains4---56# Method Discovery789## Purpose1011Discover the complete set of methods that have been proposed and evaluated for a given task. Uses a multi-pronged search strategy combining leaderboard scraping, academic search, citation chain traversal, and survey paper mining.1213## Input Schema1415| Field | Type | Description |16|-------|------|-------------|17| task_name | string | The target task (e.g., "text summarization", "node classification") |18| domain | string | Research domain (e.g., "NLP", "graph learning", "computer vision") |19| known_methods | string[] | Already-known methods to seed citation chain traversal |2021## Output Schema2223```json24{25 "methods": [26 {27 "name": "string",28 "aliases": ["string"],29 "year": 2024,30 "authors": "string",31 "venue": "string",32 "family": "string",33 "key_innovation": "string",34 "paper_id": "string",35 "source": "leaderboard|paper|citation_chain|preprint|survey"36 }37 ],38 "search_log": {39 "leaderboards_checked": ["string"],40 "queries_issued": ["string"],41 "citation_chains_from": ["string"],42 "surveys_consulted": ["string"]43 }44}45```