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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

This paper develops a dynamical framework for adaptive coordination in systems of interacting agents referred to here as Feedback-Coupled Memory Systems (FCMS). Instead of framing coordination as equilibrium optimization or agent-centric…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Stefano Grassi

We focus on collaborative and federated black-box optimization (BBOpt), where agents optimize their heterogeneous black-box functions through collaborative sequential experimentation. From a Bayesian optimization perspective, we address the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Raed Al Kontar

The fast development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents provides a promising way for the realization of intelligent and customized wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a Wireless Multi-Agent System (WMAS), which can provide…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Jingchen Peng , Dingli Yuan , Boxiang Ren , Jie Fan , Hao Wu , Lu Yang

This paper considers the problem of dynamic average consensus algorithm design for a group of communicating agents. This problem consists of designing a distributed algorithm that enables a group of agents with communication and computation…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Solmaz S. Kia , Bryan Van Scoy , Jorge Cortes , Randy A. Freeman , Kevin M. Lynch , Sonia Martinez

Consensus formation is pivotal in multi-agent systems (MAS), balancing collective coherence with individual diversity. Conventional LLM-based MAS primarily rely on explicit coordination, e.g., prompts or voting, risking premature…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Zengqing Wu , Takayuki Ito

The rise of multi-agent systems powered by large language models (LLMs) and specialized reasoning agents exposes fundamental limitations in today's data management architectures. Traditional databases and data fabrics were designed for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Ioana Giurgiu , Michael E. Nidd

In large-scale systems there are fundamental challenges when centralised techniques are used for task allocation. The number of interactions is limited by resource constraints such as on computation, storage, and network communication. We…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Niall Creech , Natalia Criado Pacheco , Simon Miles

Multi-agent systems (MAS) built on large language models (LLMs) have shown strong performance across many tasks. Most existing approaches improve only one aspect at a time, such as the communication topology, role assignment, or LLM…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Tianjun Yao , Zhaoyi Li , Zhiqiang Shen

In this paper we propose a novel consensus protocol for discrete-time multi-agent systems (MAS), which solves the dynamic consensus problem on the max value, i.e., the dynamic max-consensus problem. In the dynamic max-consensus problem to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Diego Deplano , Mauro Franceschelli , Alessandro Giua

This paper presents a distributed adaptive control strategy for multi-agent systems with heterogeneous dynamics and collision avoidance. We propose an adaptive control strategy designed to ensure leader-following formation consensus while…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Armel Koulong , Ali Pakniyat

Multilayer networks provide a more comprehensive framework for exploring real-world and engineering systems than traditional single-layer networks, consisting of multiple interacting networks. However, despite significant research in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-12 C. D. Rodríguez-Camargo , A. F. Urquijo-Rodríguez , E. A. Mojica-Nava

Decision making in multi-agent systems (MAS) is a great challenge due to enormous state and joint action spaces as well as uncertainty, making centralized control generally infeasible. Decentralized control offers better scalability and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-01-28 Thomy Phan , Kyrill Schmid , Lenz Belzner , Thomas Gabor , Sebastian Feld , Claudia Linnhoff-Popien

This paper develops a novel approach to the consensus problem of multi-agent systems by minimizing a weighted state error with neighbor agents via linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control theory. Existing consensus control algorithms only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Liping Zhang , Juanjuan Xu , Huanshui Zhang , Lihua Xie

As large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent systems scale to handle increasingly complex tasks, balancing structural stability and dynamic adaptability becomes increasingly challenging. Existing systems typically adopt either…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Haoran Li , Shulun Chen , Shaoyuan Sun , Hanchen Wang

This paper proposes a quantum framework for the design of communication topologies in consensus-based multi-agent systems. The communication graph is selected online by solving a mixed-integer quadratic program (MIQP) that minimizes a cost…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-09 Milad Hasanzadeh , Amin Kargarian

Distributed algorithms of multi-agent coordination have attracted substantial attention from the research community; the simplest and most thoroughly studied of them are consensus protocols in the form of differential or difference…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-16 Anton V. Proskurnikov , Ming Cao

Decentralized planning is a key element of cooperative multi-agent systems for information gathering tasks. However, despite the high frequency of agent failures in realistic large deployment scenarios, current approaches perform poorly in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Nhat Nguyen , Duong Nguyen , Gianluca Rizzo , Hung Nguyen

This paper focuses on a multi-agent zeroth-order online optimization problem in a federated learning setting for target tracking. The agents only sense their current distances to their targets and aim to maintain a minimum safe distance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-12 Ege C. Kaya , M. Berk Sahin , Abolfazl Hashemi

Large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent systems have emerged as a powerful paradigm for enabling autonomous agents to solve complex tasks. As these systems scale in complexity, cost becomes an important consideration for practical…

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