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This paper addresses the robust consensus problem under switching topologies. Contrary to existing methods, the proposed approach provides decentralized protocols that achieve consensus for networked multi-agent systems in a predefined…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-02 R. Aldana-López , D. Gómez-Gutiérrez , M. Defoort , J. D. Sánchez-Torres , A. J. Muñoz-Vázquez

In this paper, we investigate the consensus problem of second-order multiagent systems under directed graphs. Simple yet robust consensus algorithms that advance existing achievements in accounting for velocity and input constraints, agent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-02 Gang Wang , Zongyu Zuo , Chaoli Wang

For a multi-agent system state estimation resting upon noisy measurements constitutes a problem related to several application scenarios. Adopting the standard least-squares approach, in this work we derive both the (centralized) analytic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-22 Marco Fabris , Giulia Michieletto , Angelo Cenedese

Until now, distributed algorithms for rational agents have assumed a-priori knowledge of $n$, the size of the network. This assumption is challenged here by proving how much a-priori knowledge is necessary for equilibrium in different…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Yehuda Afek , Yishay Mansour , Shaked Rafaeli , Moshe Sulamy

The study of cooperation within social dilemmas has long been a fundamental topic across various disciplines, including computer science and social science. Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have significantly reshaped…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Chunjiang Mu , Hao Guo , Yang Chen , Chen Shen , Shuyue Hu , Zhen Wang

This paper extends off-policy reinforcement learning to the multi-agent case in which a set of networked agents communicating with their neighbors according to a time-varying graph collaboratively evaluates and improves a target policy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Wesley Suttle , Zhuoran Yang , Kaiqing Zhang , Zhaoran Wang , Tamer Basar , Ji Liu

Multi-agent systems have demonstrated exceptional performance in downstream tasks beyond diverse single agent baselines. A growing body of work has explored ways to improve their reasoning and collaboration, from vote, debate, to complex…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Yu Yao , Jiayi Dong , Yang Yang , Ju Li , Yilun Du

Effective coordination of agents actions in partially-observable domains is a major challenge of multi-agent systems research. To address this, many researchers have developed techniques that allow the agents to make decisions based on…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2011-09-28 P. S. Dutta , N. R. Jennings , L. Moreau

In this paper, we study cooperative multi-agent systems in which the target objective and the controls exercised by the agents are dependent on the choices they made at initial system time. Such systems have been investigated in several…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-07-03 Ge Guo , Wing Shing Wong , Zhongchang Liu

In this paper, we address the distributed average consensus problem over directed networks in open multi-agent systems (OMAS), where the stability of the network is disrupted by frequent agent arrivals and departures, leading to a…

Multilayer networks provide a more comprehensive framework for exploring real-world and engineering systems than traditional single-layer networks, consisting of multiple interacting networks. However, despite significant research in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-12 C. D. Rodríguez-Camargo , A. F. Urquijo-Rodríguez , E. A. Mojica-Nava

Multi-agent systems (MAS) have emerged as a prominent paradigm for leveraging large language models (LLMs) to tackle complex tasks. However, the mechanisms governing the effectiveness of MAS built upon publicly available LLMs, specifically…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Yuxuan Zhao , Sijia Chen , Ningxin Su

Multi-agent consensus problems can often be seen as a sequence of autonomous and independent local choices between a finite set of decision options, with each local choice undertaken simultaneously, and with a shared goal of achieving a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-05-12 David Kohan Marzagão , Luciana Basualdo Bonatto , Tiago Madeira , Marcelo Matheus Gauy , Peter McBurney

This paper brings cooperative protocols for multi-agent systems with agents having a finite state-space. Both scalar single-integrator consensus and general LTI systems synchronization are considered. Systems having a finite state-space…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-17 Kristian Hengster-Movrić , Šimon Lehký , Farnaz Adib Yaghmaie

Large language models (LLMs) often exhibit sycophancy: agreement with user stance even when it conflicts with the model's opinion. While prior work has mostly studied this in single-agent settings, it remains underexplored in collaborative…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Vira Kasprova , Amruta Parulekar , Abdulrahman AlRabah , Krishna Agaram , Ritwik Garg , Sagar Jha , Nimet Beyza Bozdag , Dilek Hakkani-Tur

In this note, we examine the problem of identifying the interaction geometry among a known number of agents, adopting a consensus-type algorithm for their coordination. The proposed identification process is facilitated by introducing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Marzieh Nabi-Abdolyousefi , Mehran Mesbahi

This paper gives a fresh look at network synchronization. Here we no longer analyze it from the view of mathematics, such as graph theory, while we probe into one from control theory. First, we analyze the synchronization region using the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Jilie Zhang

Distributed averaging is among the most relevant cooperative control problems, with applications in sensor and robotic networks, distributed signal processing, data fusion, and load balancing. Consensus and gossip algorithms have been…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-06 Christel Sirocchi , Alessandro Bogliolo

In this article, we establish orientation and connectivity based criteria for the agreement algorithm to achieve asymptotic consensus in the context of time-varying topology and communication delays. These criteria unify and extend many…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-03-11 Bernadette Charron-Bost

In many fields, and especially in the medical and social sciences and in recommender systems, data are gathered through clinical studies or targeted surveys. Participants are generally reluctant to respond to all questions in a survey or…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Mohammad Reza Gholami , Magnus Jansson , Erik G. Ström , Ali H. Sayed