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Human-supervision in multi-agent teams is a critical requirement to ensure that the decision-maker's risk preferences are utilized to assign tasks to robots. In stressful complex missions that pose risk to human health and life, such as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Sarah Al-Hussaini , Jason M. Gregory , Shaurya Shriyam , Satyandra K. Gupta

Literature on the modeling and simulation of complex adaptive systems (cas) has primarily advanced vertically in different scientific domains with scientists developing a variety of domain-specific approaches and applications. However,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-08-09 Muaz A. Niazi

We present a verification methodology for analysing the decision-making component in agent-based hybrid systems. Traditionally hybrid automata have been used to both implement and verify such systems, but hybrid automata based modelling,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-10-10 Louise A. Dennis , Michael Fisher , Nicholas K. Lincoln , Alexei Lisitsa , Sandor M. Veres

This paper discusses a model-based approach to testing as a vital part of software development. It argues that an approach using models as central development artifact needs to be added to the portfolio of software engineering techniques,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-09-24 Bernhard Rumpe

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

When designing systems that are complex, dynamic and stochastic in nature, simulation is generally recognised as one of the best design support technologies, and a valuable aid in the strategic and tactical decision making process. A…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-05-30 Peer-Olaf Siebers , Uwe Aickelin

Foundation model-enabled generative artificial intelligence facilitates the development and implementation of agents, which can leverage distinguished reasoning and language processing capabilities to takes a proactive, autonomous role to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Yue Liu , Sin Kit Lo , Qinghua Lu , Liming Zhu , Dehai Zhao , Xiwei Xu , Stefan Harrer , Jon Whittle

The design of agent-based models (ABMs) is often ad-hoc when it comes to defining their scope. In order for the inclusion of features such as network structure, location, or dynamic change to be justified, their role in a model should be…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Reiko Heckel , Alexander Kurz , Edmund Chattoe-Brown

Agentic AI increasingly intervenes proactively by inferring users' situations from contextual data yet often fails for lack of principled judgment about when, why, and whether to act. We address this gap by proposing a conceptual model that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Soyoung Jung , Daehoo Yoon , Sung Gyu Koh , Young Hwan Kim , Yehan Ahn , Sung Park

Test bots are automated testing tools that autonomously and periodically run a set of test cases that check whether the system under test meets the requirements set forth by the customer. The automation decreases the amount of time a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Linda Erlenhov , Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto , Martin Chukaleski , Samer Daknache

Recent progress in generative models has stimulated significant innovations in many fields, such as image generation and chatbots. Despite their success, these models often produce sketchy and misleading solutions for complex multi-agent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Zeyang Liu , Xinrui Yang , Shiguang Sun , Long Qian , Lipeng Wan , Xingyu Chen , Xuguang Lan

Despite the extensive use of the agent technology in the Supply Chain Management field, its integration with Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) tools still represents a promising field with several open research questions. Specifically,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2011-07-19 Luis Antonio de Santa-Eulalia , Sophie D'Amours , Jean-Marc Frayret

Interface agents powered by generative AI models (referred to as "agents") can automate actions based on user commands. An important aspect of developing agents is their user experience (i.e., agent experience). There is a growing need to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Jenny T. Liang , Titus Barik , Jeffrey Nichols , Eldon Schoop , Ruijia Cheng

As large language models (LLMs) continue to make significant strides, their better integration into agent-based simulations offers a transformational potential for understanding complex social systems. However, such integration is not…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-05-14 Onder Gurcan

Unit testing verifies the presence of faults in individual software components. Previous research has been targeting the automatic generation of unit tests through the adoption of random or search-based algorithms. Despite their…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Fabiano Pecorelli , Giovanni Grano , Fabio Palomba , Harald C. Gall , Andrea De Lucia

Emergence is a phenomenon taken for granted in science but also still not well understood. We have developed a model of artificial genetic evolution intended to allow for emergence on genetic, population and social levels. We present the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2015-05-19 Chris Marriott , Jobran Chebib

This study offers a new paradigm of individual-level modeling to address the grand challenge of incorporating human behavior in epidemic models. Using generative artificial intelligence in an agent-based epidemic model, each agent is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-12 Ross Williams , Niyousha Hosseinichimeh , Aritra Majumdar , Navid Ghaffarzadegan

Recently, Agentic AI has become an increasingly popular research field. However, we argue that current agent research practices lack standardization and scientific rigor, making it hard to conduct fair comparisons among methods. As a…

This methods article concerns analysing data generated from running experiments on agent based models to study industries and organisations. It demonstrates that when researchers study virtual ecologies they can and should discard…

Applications · Statistics 2024-09-27 Thomas Chesney , Tim Gruchman , Robert Pasley , Altricia Dawson , Stefan Gold

Problem definition: Accurately modeling consumer behavior in energy operations is challenging due to uncertainty, behavioral heterogeneity, and limited empirical data-particularly in low-frequency, high-impact events. While generative AI…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Cong Chen , Omer Karaduman , Xu Kuang