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The ultra large multi-agent systems are becoming increasingly popular due to quick decay of the individual production costs and the potential of speeding up the solving of complex problems. Examples include nano-robots, or systems of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-11-18 Manuela L. Bujorianu , Marius C. Bujorianu

In multi-agent systems, signal temporal logic (STL) is widely used for path planning to accomplish complex objectives with formal safety guarantees. However, as the number of agents increases, existing approaches encounter significant…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-18 Shiyu Cheng , Luyao Niu , Bhaskar Ramasubramanian , Andrew Clark , Radha Poovendran

A swarm robotic system consists of a team of robots performing cooperative tasks without any centralized coordination. In principle, swarms enable flexible and scalable solutions; however, designing individual control algorithms that can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Stefan Schupp , Francesco Leofante , Leander Behr , Erika Ábrahám , Armando Taccella

Open large language models (LLMs) have significantly advanced the field of natural language processing, showcasing impressive performance across various tasks.Despite the significant advancements in LLMs, their effective operation still…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Xuechen Liang , Yangfan He , Meiling Tao , Yinghui Xia , Jianhui Wang , Tianyu Shi , Jun Wang , JingSong Yang

Emergent cooperative functionality in active matter systems plays a crucial role in various applications of active swarms, ranging from pollutant foraging and collective threat detection to tissue embolization. In nature, animals like bats…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-05-26 Alexander Ziepke , Ivan Maryshev , Igor S. Aranson , Erwin Frey

Trust between humans and multi-agent robotic swarms may be analyzed using human preferences. These preferences are expressed by an individual as a sequence of ordered comparisons between pairs of swarm behaviors. An individual's preference…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Elena M Vella , Daniel A Williams , Airlie Chapman , Chris Manzie

A key challenge in artificial intelligence is the creation of systems capable of autonomously advancing scientific understanding by exploring novel domains, identifying complex patterns, and uncovering previously unseen connections in vast…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Alireza Ghafarollahi , Markus J. Buehler

Relational networks within a team play a critical role in the performance of many real-world multi-robot systems. To successfully accomplish tasks that require cooperation and coordination, different agents (e.g., robots) necessitate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Yasin Findik , Hamid Osooli , Paul Robinette , Kshitij Jerath , S. Reza Ahmadzadeh

This paper presents a proof-of concept study for demonstrating the viability of building collaboration among multiple agents through standard Q learning algorithm embedded in particle swarm optimisation. Collaboration is formulated to be…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-04-06 Mehmet Emin Aydin , Ryan Fellows

Theory of Mind (ToM)-an understanding of the mental states of others-is a key aspect of human social intelligence, yet, chatbots and LLM-based social agents do not typically integrate it. In this work, we demonstrate that LLMs that…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-14 EunJeong Hwang , Yuwei Yin , Giuseppe Carenini , Peter West , Vered Shwartz

Large language models (LLMs) possess extensive knowledge bases and strong reasoning capabilities, making them promising tools for complex, multi-agent planning in embodied environments. However, despite LLMs' advanced abilities and the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Xinran Li , Chenjia Bai , Zijian Li , Jiakun Zheng , Ting Xiao , Jun Zhang

Controllability of complex networks has been the focal point of many recent studies in the field of complexity. These landmark advances shed a new light on the dynamics of natural and technological complex systems. Here, we analyze the…

Biological Physics · Physics 2022-09-29 Mohammad Komareji , Roland Bouffanais

Recent advances in the intrinsic reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) have given rise to LLM-based agent systems that exhibit near-human performance on a variety of automated tasks. However, although these systems share…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Bingxi Zhao , Lin Geng Foo , Ping Hu , Christian Theobalt , Hossein Rahmani , Jun Liu

In this short note we propose using agentic swarms of virtual labs as a model of an AI Science Community. In this paradigm, each particle in the swarm represents a complete virtual laboratory instance, enabling collective scientific…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Ulisses Braga-Neto

Effective human-robot collaboration requires robot to adopt their roles and levels of support based on human needs, task requirements, and complexity. Traditional human-robot teaming often relies on a pre-determined robot communication…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Shipeng Liu , FNU Shrutika , Boshen Zhang , Zhehui Huang , Gaurav Sukhatme , Feifei Qian

Shepherding involves herding a swarm of agents (\emph{sheep}) by another a control agent (\emph{sheepdog}) towards a goal. Multiple approaches have been documented in the literature to model this behaviour. In this paper, we present a…

Semantic representation is a key enabler for several application domains, and the multi-agent systems realm makes no exception. Among the methods for semantically representing agents, one has been essentially achieved by taking a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Giampaolo Bella , Domenico Cantone , Carmelo Fabio Longo , Marianna Nicolosi-Asmundo , Daniele Francesco Santamaria

The emergence of multi-agent systems powered by large language models (LLMs) has unlocked new frontiers in complex task-solving, enabling diverse agents to integrate unique expertise, collaborate flexibly, and address challenges…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Jingbo Wang , Sendong Zhao , Haochun Wang , Yuzheng Fan , Lizhe Zhang , Yan Liu , Ting Liu

When agents collaborate on a task, it is important that they have some shared mental model of the task routines -- the set of feasible plans towards achieving the goals. However, in reality, situations often arise that such a shared mental…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Yuening Zhang , Brian C. Williams

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