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Large language model (LLM) agents have shown increasing promise for collaborative task completion. However, existing multi-agent frameworks often rely on static workflows, fixed roles, and limited inter-agent communication, reducing their…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Chengxuan Xia , Qianye Wu , Sixuan Tian , Yilun Hao

Persistent language-model agents increasingly combine tool use, tiered memory, reflective prompting, and runtime adaptation. In such systems, behavior is shaped not only by current prompts but by mutable internal conditions that influence…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Krti Tallam

The ability of autonomous systems to provide explanations is important for supporting transparency and aiding the development of (appropriate) trust. Prior work has defined a mechanism for Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) agents to be able to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Michael Winikoff

We use model-free reinforcement learning, extensive simulation, and transfer learning to develop a continuous control algorithm that has good zero-shot performance in a real physical environment. We train a simulated agent to act optimally…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-03-09 M Ferguson , K. H. Law

Intelligent agents are able to make decisions based on different levels of granularity and duration. Recent advances in skill learning enabled the agent to solve complex, long-horizon tasks by effectively guiding the agent in choosing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Myunsoo Kim , Hayeong Lee , Seong-Woong Shim , JunHo Seo , Byung-Jun Lee

In cooperation, the workers must know how co-workers behave. However, an agent's policy, which is embedded in a statistical machine learning model, is hard to understand, and requires much time and knowledge to comprehend. Therefore, it is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-10-23 Yosuke Fukuchi , Masahiko Osawa , Hiroshi Yamakawa , Michita Imai

A Multi-Agent System is a distributed system where the agents or nodes perform complex functions that cannot be written down in analytic form. Multi-Agent Systems are highly connected, and the information they contain is mostly stored in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2011-12-01 Philippe De Wilde , Gerard Briscoe

This paper explores the potential of agentic AI in autonomously detecting and responding to anomalies within complex systems, emphasizing its ability to transform traditional, human-dependent anomaly management methods.

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Reza Vatankhah Barenji , Sina Khoshgoftar

Frontier AI systems require governance mechanisms that can verify internal alignment, not just behavioral compliance. Private governance mechanisms audits, certification, insurance, and procurement are emerging to complement public…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Aadit Sengupta , Pratinav Seth , Vinay Kumar Sankarapu

The growing complexity of software systems as well as changing conditions in their operating environment demand systems that are more flexible, adaptive and dependable. The service-oriented computing paradigm is in widespread use to support…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2010-11-12 Jorge Fox

We propose a novel approach to address one aspect of the non-stationarity problem in multi-agent reinforcement learning (RL), where the other agents may alter their policies due to environment changes during execution. This violates the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Yixiang Wang , Feng Wu

As more and more AI agents are used in practice, it is time to think about how to make these agents fully autonomous so that they can learn by themselves in a self-motivated and self-supervised manner rather than being retrained…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Bing Liu , Eric Robertson , Scott Grigsby , Sahisnu Mazumder

As AI systems evolve from static tools to dynamic agents, traditional categorical governance frameworks -- based on fixed risk tiers, levels of autonomy, or human oversight models -- are increasingly insufficient on their own. Systems built…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Zeynep Engin , David Hand

Systems such as sensor networks and teams of autonomous robots consist of multiple autonomous entities that interact with each other in a distributed, asynchronous manner. These entities need to keep track of the state of the system as it…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-07-09 Avi Pfeffer , Terry Tai

In this exploratory paper we introduce the problem of cognitive agents that learn how to modify their environment according to local sensing to reach a global goal. We concentrate on discrete dynamics (cellular automata) on a…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2026-04-14 Franco Bagnoli , Bassem Sellami , Amira Mouakher , Samira El Yacoubi

Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have enabled the development of AI agents that exhibit increasingly human-like behaviors, including planning, adaptation, and social dynamics across diverse, interactive, and open-ended…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-06-13 Lin Chen , Yunke Zhang , Jie Feng , Haoye Chai , Honglin Zhang , Bingbing Fan , Yibo Ma , Shiyuan Zhang , Nian Li , Tianhui Liu , Nicholas Sukiennik , Keyu Zhao , Yu Li , Ziyi Liu , Fengli Xu , Yong Li

Intelligent agents, such as robots, are increasingly deployed in real-world, human-centric environments. To foster appropriate human trust and meet legal and ethical standards, these agents must be able to explain their behavior. However,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Zhang Xi-Jia , Yue Guo , Shufei Chen , Simon Stepputtis , Matthew Gombolay , Katia Sycara , Joseph Campbell

This work contributes to developing an agent based on deep reinforcement learning capable of acting in a beyond visual range (BVR) air combat simulation environment. The paper presents an overview of building an agent representing a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Joao P. A. Dantas , Marcos R. O. A. Maximo , Takashi Yoneyama

Social norms are powerful formalism in coordinating autonomous agents' behaviour to achieve certain objectives. In this paper, we propose a dynamic normative system to enable the reasoning of the changes of norms under different…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-04-19 Xiaowei Huang , Ji Ruan , Qingliang Chen , Kaile Su

Significant digitalization of financial services in a short period of time has led to an urgent demand to have autonomous, transparent and real-time credit risk decision making systems. The traditional machine learning models are effective…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Chandra Sekhar Kubam