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Multi-agent systems (MAS) have emerged as a prominent paradigm for leveraging large language models (LLMs) to tackle complex tasks. However, the mechanisms governing the effectiveness of MAS built upon publicly available LLMs, specifically…

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Multi-agent language systems are often built as hand-designed workflows, where agents are assigned semantic roles and communication protocols are specified in advance. We propose NeuroMAS, a method that first treats a multi-agent language…

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In this paper, we propose to incorporate the blackboard architecture into LLM multi-agent systems (MASs) so that (1) agents with various roles can share all the information and others' messages during the whole problem-solving process, (2)…

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Large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent systems (MASs) are a recent but rapidly evolving technology with the potential to transform chemical engineering by decomposing complex workflows into teams of collaborative agents with…

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The rise of large model-based AI agents has spurred interest in Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) for their capabilities in decision-making, collaboration, and adaptability. While the Model Context Protocol (MCP) addresses tool invocation and data…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Yuhan Zhu , Haojie Liu , Jian Wang , Bing Li , Zikang Yin , Yefei Liao

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) offer a powerful paradigm for solving complex problems, yet their performance is critically dependent on the design of their underlying collaboration topology. As MAS become increasingly deployed in web services…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Shiyuan Li , Yixin Liu , Yu Zheng , Mei Li , Quoc Viet Hung Nguyen , Shirui Pan

Recent advancements in Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated tremendous potential in diverse task scenarios. Nonetheless, existing agentic systems typically rely on predefined agent-role design…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Zhipeng Hou , Junyi Tang , Yipeng Wang

Multi-agent systems (MAS) enable complex reasoning by coordinating multiple agents, but often incur high inference latency due to multi-step execution and repeated model invocations, severely limiting their scalability and usability in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Xi Shi , Mengxin Zheng , Qian Lou

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have substantially evolved Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) capabilities, enabling systems that not only automate tasks but also leverage near-human reasoning capabilities. To achieve this,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Humza Sami , Mubashir ul Islam , Samy Charas , Asav Gandhi , Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon , Valerio Tenace

LLM-based multi-agent systems (MAS) have shown significant potential in tackling diverse tasks. However, to design effective MAS, existing approaches heavily rely on manual configurations or multiple calls of advanced LLMs, resulting in…

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Multi-agent systems (MAS) are widely prevalent and crucially important in numerous real-world applications, where multiple agents must make decisions to achieve their objectives in a shared environment. Despite their ubiquity, the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Dom Huh , Prasant Mohapatra

Large Language Model-based Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in complex tasks. However, manually designing optimal communication topologies is labor-intensive, while automated expansion methods often result…

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Multi-agent systems (MAS) demonstrate clear advantages in tackling complex problems by coordinating diverse agents and external tools. However, most existing orchestration methods rely on static workflows or serial agent scheduling, and are…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Wenzhen Yuan , Wutao Xiong , Fanchen Yu , Shengji Tang , Ting Liu , Tao Chen , Peng Ye , Yuzhuo Fu , Wanli Ouyang , Lei Bai

Several Multi-Agent System (MAS) metamodels and languages have been proposed in the literature to support the development of agent-based applications. MAS metamodels are used to capture a collection of concepts the relevant entities and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-11-29 Marx Viana , Paulo Alencar , Carlos Lucena

The consensus strategies used in collaborative multi-agent systems (MAS) face notable challenges related to adaptability, scalability, and convergence certainties. These approaches, including structured workflows, debate models, and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Rathin Chandra Shit , Sharmila Subudhi

How should multi-agent systems be designed, and can that design knowledge be captured in a form that is inspectable, revisable, and transferable? We introduce ABSTRAL, a framework that treats MAS architecture as an evolving natural-language…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Weijia Song , Jiashu Yue , Zhe Pang

Large language model multi-agent systems (LLM-MAS) offer a promising paradigm for harnessing collective intelligence to achieve more advanced forms of AI behaviour. While recent studies suggest that LLM-MAS can outperform LLM single-agent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Bohan Tang , Huidong Liang , Keyue Jiang , Xiaowen Dong

Large language model(LLM)-driven multi-agent systems(MAS) coordinate specialized agents through predefined interaction topologies and have shown promise for complex tasks such as competition-level code generation. Recent studies demonstrate…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Siyu Wang , Ruotian Lu , Zhihao Yang , Yuchao Wang , Yanzhou Zhang , Lei Xu , Qimin Xu , Guojun Yin , Cailian Chen , Xinping Guan

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) and autonomous agents have demonstrated remarkable capabilities across various domains. However, standalone agents frequently encounter limitations when handling complex tasks that demand…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Rennai Qiu , Chen Qian , Ran Li , Yufan Dang , Weize Chen , Cheng Yang , Yingli Zhang , Ye Tian , Xuantang Xiong , Lei Han , Zhiyuan Liu , Maosong Sun

Single-agent systems (SAS) have become the default pattern for LLM-driven scientific workflows, but routing planning, tool use, and synthesis through a single context window comes with a well-known cost: as tool specifications and…

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