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@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ # AFlow: Automating Agentic Workflow Generation
 
 AFlow is a framework for automatically generating and optimizing Agentic Workflows. It uses Monte Carlo tree search in a code-represented workflow space to find effective workflows, replacing manual development with machine effort. Our approach shows potential to outperform handcrafted workflows on various tasks.
 
-[Read our paper on arXiv](arxiv_link_here)
+[Read our paper on arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10762)
 
 [Insert performance graph/image here]
 
 ## Framework Components
 
 - **Node**: Basic unit of LLM invocation. See `action_node.py` for a flexible interface to control LLM, temperature, format, and prompt.
-- **Operator**: Predefined combinations of Nodes to enhance search efficiency.
-- **Workflow**: [Brief description needed]
-- **Optimizer**: [Brief description needed]
-- **Evaluator**: [Brief description needed]
+- **Operator**: Predefined combinations of Nodes to enhance search efficiency. Encapsulates common operations like Generate, Format, Review, Revise, Ensemble, Test, and Programmer.
+- **Workflow**: A sequence of LLM-invoking nodes connected by edges. Can be represented as graphs, neural networks, or code to express various execution structures.
+- **Optimizer**: Uses LLMs within a Monte Carlo Tree Search variant to explore and refine workflows. Iteratively selects, expands, evaluates, and updates workflows based on performance.
+- **Evaluator**: Assesses workflow performance on given tasks. Provides feedback to guide the optimization process towards more effective workflows.
 
 ## Datasets
 
@@ -24,14 +24,33 @@ ## Datasets
 
 ## Quick Start
 
-1. Configure your search in `optimize.py`
+1. Configure your search in `optimize.py`:
+   - Open `examples/aflow/scripts/optimize.py`
+   - Set the following parameters:
+     ```python
+     dataset = "HumanEval"  # Choose from: "HumanEval", "MBPP", "GSM8K", "MATH", "HotpotQA", "DROP" or your custom dataset name
+     question_type = "code"  # Choose from: "math", "code", "qa"
+     sample = 5  # Number of samples to use for optimization
+     check_convergence = True  # Whether to check for convergence
+     optimized_path = "path/to/optimized/workflows"  # Path to save optimized workflows
+     initial_round = 1  # Starting round number
+     max_rounds = 20  # Maximum number of optimization rounds
+     ```
+   - Adjust these parameters according to your specific requirements and dataset
 2. Set up parameters in `config/config2.yaml` (see `examples/aflow/config2.example.yaml` for reference)
+3. Set the operator you want to use in `optimize.py` and in `xxxx`
+4. Download the init round of six datasets and put them in `xxxxxx`
+5. Add your custom dataset and corresponding evaluation function:
 
-[Add any additional setup or running instructions]
+- Create a new Python file in the `examples/aflow/benchmark/` directory, named `{custom_dataset_name}.py`
+- Implement the following key functions in this new file:
+  - `load_data`: for loading the dataset
+  - `evaluate_problem`: for evaluating a single problem solution
+  - `evaluate_all_problems`: for evaluating all problems
+  - `save_results_to_csv`: for saving evaluation results
+  - `optimize_{custom_dataset_name}_evaluation`: main evaluation function that integrates the above functionalities
+- Add your custom dataset name and config val_list in `examples/aflow/scripts/evaluator.py`
 
-## Contributing
-
-[Instructions for contributing, if applicable]
 
 ## License
 
@@ -42,7 +61,10 @@ ## Citation
 If you use AFlow in your research, please cite our paper:
 
 ```
-[Citation details]
-```
-
-For more information, visit our [project website/documentation].
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+@article{zhang2024aflow,
+  title={AFlow: Automating Agentic Workflow Generation},
+  author={Zhang, Jiayi and Xiang, Jinyu and Yu, Zhaoyang and Teng, Fengwei and Chen, Xionghui and Chen, Jiaqi and Zhuge, Mingchen and Cheng, Xin and Hong, Sirui and Wang, Jinlin and others},
+  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.10762},
+  year={2024}
+}
+```
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