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Solving optimization problems in multi-agent systems (MAS) involves information exchange between agents. These solutions must be robust to delays and errors that arise from an unreliable wireless network which typically connects the MAS. In…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Arunselvan Ramaswamy , Adrian Redder , Daniel E. Quevedo

Large language models (LLMs) have enabled multi-agent systems (MAS) in which multiple agents argue, critique, and coordinate to solve complex tasks, making communication topology a first-class design choice. Yet most existing LLM-based MAS…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Boxuan Wang , Zhuoyun Li , Xiaowei Huang , Yi Dong

The objective of the invariant ellipsoid method is to minimize the smallest invariant and attractive set of a linear control system operating under the influence of bounded external disturbances. In this paper, this method is extended into…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Siyuan Wang , Andrey Polyakov , Min Li , Gang Zheng , Driss Boutat

While multi-agent systems (MAS) have demonstrated superior performance over single-agent approaches in complex reasoning tasks, they often suffer from significant computational inefficiencies. Existing frameworks typically deploy large…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Jingbo Wang , Sendong Zhao , Jiatong Liu , Haochun Wang , Wanting Li , Bing Qin , Ting Liu

This work considers multiple agents traversing a network from a source node to the goal node. The cost to an agent for traveling a link has a private as well as a congestion component. The agent's objective is to find a path to the goal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-24 Prashant Trivedi , Nandyala Hemachandra

The goal of this work is to propose an extension of the popular leader-follower framework for multi-agent collective tracking and formation maintenance in presence of a time- varying leader. In particular, the leader is persistently…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-12-20 Antonio Franchi , Paolo Robuffo Giordano

Agent faults pose a significant threat to the performance of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) algorithms, introducing two key challenges. First, agents often struggle to extract critical information from the chaotic state space…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Yuchen Shi , Huaxin Pei , Liang Feng , Yi Zhang , Danya Yao

Large Language Model-based Multi-Agent Systems (LLM-based MAS), where multiple LLM agents collaborate to solve complex tasks, have shown impressive performance in many areas. However, MAS are typically distributed across different devices…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Zhilun Zhou , Zihan Liu , Jiahe Liu , Qingyu Shao , Yihan Wang , Kun Shao , Depeng Jin , Fengli Xu

Algorithmic problem solving serves as a rigorous testbed for evaluating structured reasoning in AI coding systems, as it directly reflects a model's ability to perform structured reasoning in complex scenarios. Existing approaches…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Yuliang Xu , Xiang Xu , Yao Wan , Hu Wei , Tong Jia

We introduce the problem of minimal actuator placement in a linear control system so that a bound on the minimum control effort for a given state transfer is satisfied while controllability is ensured. We first show that this is an NP-hard…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Vasileios Tzoumas , Mohammad Amin Rahimian , George J. Pappas , Ali Jadbabaie

Motivated by online platforms such as job markets, we study an agent choosing from a list of candidates, each with a hidden quality that determines match value. The agent observes only a noisy ranking of the candidates plus a binary signal…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Kate Donahue , Nicole Immorlica , Brendan Lucier

In this paper, we discuss the methodology of generalizing the optimal control law from learned component tasks to unlearned composite tasks on Multi-Agent Systems (MASs), by using the linearity composition principle of linearly solvable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-24 Lin Song , Neng Wan , Aditya Gahlawat , Naira Hovakimyan , Evangelos A. Theodorou

In this paper, the optimal consensus problem for general nonlinear multi-agent systems is studied, where both leaderless and leader-follower cases are considered in a unified framework. The key idea is to convert consensus problems into…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Ziyuan Guo , Chuanzhi lv , Liping Zhang , Huanshui Zhang

This paper studies a class of distributed online convex optimization problems for heterogeneous linear multi-agent systems. Agents in a network, knowing only their own outputs, need to minimize the time-varying costs through neighboring…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Yang Yu , Xiuxian Li , Li Li , Lihua Xie

Despite the rich existing literature about minimax optimization in continuous settings, only very partial results of this kind have been obtained for combinatorial settings. In this paper, we fill this gap by providing a characterization of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Loay Mualem , Ethan R. Elenberg , Moran Feldman , Amin Karbasi

In this paper, we study a model reduction technique for leader-follower networked multi-agent systems defined on weighted, undirected graphs with arbitrary linear multivariable agent dynamics. In the network graph of this network, nodes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-11 Hidde-Jan Jongsma , Petar Mlinarić , Sara Grundel , Peter Benner , Harry L. Trentelman

Multi-agent systems (MAS) solve complex problems through coordinated autonomous entities with individual decision-making capabilities. While Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) enables these agents to learn intelligent strategies, it…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Xinren Zhang , Sixi Cheng , Zixin Zhong , Jiadong Yu

Automatic prompt optimization reduces manual prompt engineering, but relies on task performance measured on a small, often randomly sampled evaluation subset as its main source of feedback signal. Despite this, how to select that evaluation…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Jinming Nian , Zhiyuan Peng , Hongwei Shang , Dae Hoon Park , Yi Fang

A multi-agent AI system (MAS) is composed of multiple autonomous agents that interact, exchange information, and make decisions based on internal generative models. Recent advances in large language models and tool-using agents have made…

Coordinating multiple agents to collaboratively maximize submodular functions in unpredictable environments is a critical task with numerous applications in machine learning, robot planning and control. The existing approaches, such as the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Qixin Zhang , Zongqi Wan , Yu Yang , Li Shen , Dacheng Tao