{"title":"Foundation models and intelligent decision-making: Progress, challenges, and perspectives.","authors":"Jincai Huang, Yongjun Xu, Qi Wang, Qi Cheems Wang, Xingxing Liang, Fei Wang, Zhao Zhang, Wei Wei, Boxuan Zhang, Libo Huang, Jingru Chang, Liantao Ma, Ting Ma, Yuxuan Liang, Jie Zhang, Jian Guo, Xuhui Jiang, Xinxin Fan, Zhulin An, Tingting Li, Xuefei Li, Zezhi Shao, Tangwen Qian, Tao Sun, Boyu Diao, Chuanguang Yang, Chenqing Yu, Yiqing Wu, Mengxian Li, Haifeng Zhang, Yongcheng Zeng, Zhicheng Zhang, Zhengqiu Zhu, Yiqin Lv, Aming Li, Xu Chen, Bo An, Wei Xiao, Chenguang Bai, Yuxing Mao, Zhigang Yin, Sheng Gui, Wentao Su, Yinghao Zhu, Junyi Gao, Xinyu He, Yizhou Li, Guangyin Jin, Xiang Ao, Xuehao Zhai, Haoran Tan, Lijun Yun, Hongquan Shi, Jun Li, Changjun Fan, Kuihua Huang, Ewen Harrison, Victor C M Leung, Sihang Qiu, Yanjie Dong, Xiaolong Zheng, Gang Wang, Yu Zheng, Yuanzhuo Wang, Jiafeng Guo, Lizhe Wang, Xueqi Cheng, Yaonan Wang, Shanlin Yang, Mengyin Fu, Aiguo Fei","doi":"10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100948","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intelligent decision-making (IDM) is a cornerstone of artificial intelligence (AI) designed to automate or augment decision processes. Modern IDM paradigms integrate advanced frameworks to enable intelligent agents to make effective and adaptive choices and decompose complex tasks into manageable steps, such as AI agents and high-level reinforcement learning. Recent advances in multimodal foundation-based approaches unify diverse input modalities-such as vision, language, and sensory data-into a cohesive decision-making process. Foundation models (FMs) have become pivotal in science and industry, transforming decision-making and research capabilities. Their large-scale, multimodal data-processing abilities foster adaptability and interdisciplinary breakthroughs across fields such as healthcare, life sciences, and education. This survey examines IDM's evolution, advanced paradigms with FMs and their transformative impact on decision-making across diverse scientific and industrial domains, highlighting the challenges and opportunities in building efficient, adaptive, and ethical decision systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":36121,"journal":{"name":"The Innovation","volume":"6 6","pages":"100948"},"PeriodicalIF":25.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12169281/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Innovation","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.100948","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/6/2 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Intelligent decision-making (IDM) is a cornerstone of artificial intelligence (AI) designed to automate or augment decision processes. Modern IDM paradigms integrate advanced frameworks to enable intelligent agents to make effective and adaptive choices and decompose complex tasks into manageable steps, such as AI agents and high-level reinforcement learning. Recent advances in multimodal foundation-based approaches unify diverse input modalities-such as vision, language, and sensory data-into a cohesive decision-making process. Foundation models (FMs) have become pivotal in science and industry, transforming decision-making and research capabilities. Their large-scale, multimodal data-processing abilities foster adaptability and interdisciplinary breakthroughs across fields such as healthcare, life sciences, and education. This survey examines IDM's evolution, advanced paradigms with FMs and their transformative impact on decision-making across diverse scientific and industrial domains, highlighting the challenges and opportunities in building efficient, adaptive, and ethical decision systems.
期刊介绍:
The Innovation is an interdisciplinary journal that aims to promote scientific application. It publishes cutting-edge research and high-quality reviews in various scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, materials, nanotechnology, biology, translational medicine, geoscience, and engineering. The journal adheres to the peer review and publishing standards of Cell Press journals.
The Innovation is committed to serving scientists and the public. It aims to publish significant advances promptly and provides a transparent exchange platform. The journal also strives to efficiently promote the translation from scientific discovery to technological achievements and rapidly disseminate scientific findings worldwide.
Indexed in the following databases, The Innovation has visibility in Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), PubMed Central, Compendex (previously Ei index), INSPEC, and CABI A&I.