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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

A software agent may be a member of a Multi-Agent System (MAS) which is collectively performing a range of complex and intelligent tasks. In the hospital, scheduling decisions are finding difficult to schedule because of the dynamic changes…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-06-11 G. Mageshwari , E. Grace Mary Kanaga

In this paper, we explore using deep reinforcement learning for problems with multiple agents. Most existing methods for deep multi-agent reinforcement learning consider only a small number of agents. When the number of agents increases,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-05-24 Arbaaz Khan , Clark Zhang , Daniel D. Lee , Vijay Kumar , Alejandro Ribeiro

This paper studies the optimal resource allocation problem within a multi-agent network composed of both autonomous agents and humans. The main challenge lies in the globally coupled constraints that link the decisions of autonomous agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-04 Yichen Yao , Ryan Mbagna Nanko , Yue Wang , Xuan Wang

Many potential applications of reinforcement learning in the real world involve interacting with other agents whose numbers vary over time. We propose new neural policy architectures for these multi-agent problems. In contrast to other…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-03 Matthew A. Wright , Roberto Horowitz

We consider a multi-agent optimal resource sharing problem that is represented by a linear program. The amount of resource to be shared is fixed, and agents belong to a population that is characterized probabilistically so as to allow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-29 Alessandro Falsone , Kostas Margellos , Jacopo Zizzo , Maria Prandini , Simone Garatti

Problem solving (e.g., drug design, traffic engineering, software development) by task forces represents a substantial portion of the economy of developed countries. Here we use an agent-based model of cooperative problem solving systems to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2016-02-23 José F. Fontanari

Multi-agent systems (MAS) have demonstrated significant effectiveness in addressing complex problems through coordinated collaboration among heterogeneous agents. However, real-world environments and task specifications are inherently…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Xinkui Zhao , Yifan Zhang , Sai Liu , Naibo Wang , Guanjie Cheng , Yueshen Xu , Chang Liu , Shuiguang Deng , Jianwei Yin

We present a framework combining hierarchical and multi-agent deep reinforcement learning approaches to solve coordination problems among a multitude of agents using a semi-decentralized model. The framework extends the multi-agent learning…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-12-25 Saurabh Kumar , Pararth Shah , Dilek Hakkani-Tur , Larry Heck

Large language models (LLMs) have enabled remarkable advances in automated task-solving with multi-agent systems. However, most existing LLM-based multi-agent approaches rely on predefined agents to handle simple tasks, limiting the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Guangyao Chen , Siwei Dong , Yu Shu , Ge Zhang , Jaward Sesay , Börje F. Karlsson , Jie Fu , Yemin Shi

Multi-agent optimization problems with many objective functions have drawn much interest over the past two decades. Many works on the subject minimize the sum of objective functions, which implicitly carries a decision about the problem…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-05 Maude J. Blondin , Matthew Hale

Intelligent agent systems in real-world agricultural scenarios must handle diverse tasks under multimodal inputs, ranging from lightweight information understanding to complex multi-step execution. However, most existing approaches rely on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Bo Yang , Yu Zhang , Yunkui Chen , Lanfei Feng , Xiao Xu , Nueraili Aierken , Shijian Li

Agent-based modeling is a powerful simulation technique to understand the collective behavior and microscopic interaction in complex financial systems. Recently, the concept for determining the key parameters of the agent-based models from…

Statistical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2017-03-21 T. T. Chen , B. Zheng , Y. Li , X. F. Jiang

In this paper, we consider the problem of allocating human operator assistance in a system with multiple autonomous robots. Each robot is required to complete independent missions, each defined as a sequence of tasks. While executing a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-09 Yifan Cai , Abhinav Dahiya , Nils Wilde , Stephen L. Smith

Despite recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs), complex Software Engineering (SE) tasks require more collaborative and specialized approaches. This concept paper systematically reviews the emerging paradigm of LLM-based…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Yongjian Tang , Thomas Runkler

A wide range of applications require or can benefit from collaborative behavior of a group of agents. The technical challenge addressed in this chapter is the development of a decentralized control strategy that enables each agent to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-02-26 Zhen Kan , John M. Shea , Warren E. Dixon

In this short position paper we highlight our ongoing work on verifiable heterogeneous multi-agent systems and, in particular, the complex (and often non-functional) issues that impact the choice of structure within each agent.

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Louise Dennis , Marie Farrell , Michael Fisher

Crisis management is a complex problem raised by the scientific community currently. Decision support systems are a suitable solution for such issues, they are indeed able to help emergency managers to prevent and to manage crisis in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-06-03 Fahem Kebair , Frédéric Serin

In this paper, we investigate a constrained optimal coordination problem for a class of heterogeneous nonlinear multi-agent systems described by high-order dynamics subject to both unknown nonlinearities and external disturbances. Each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Yutao Tang , Ding Wang

Assignment problems are a classic combinatorial optimization problem in which a group of agents must be assigned to a group of tasks such that maximum utility is achieved while satisfying assignment constraints. Given the utility of each…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Joshua Holder , Natasha Jaques , Mehran Mesbahi