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Agent-based models (ABMs) are ubiquitous in research and industry. Currently, simulating ABMs involves at least some imperative (step-by-step) computer instructions. An alternative approach is declarative programming, in which a set of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2015-04-01 David Bruce Borenstein

The Multi Agent Based programming, modeling and simulation environment of NetLogo has been used extensively during the last fifteen years for educational among other purposes. The learning subject, upon interacting with the Users Interface…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-01-26 Aristotelis Gkiolmas , Anthimos Chalkidis , Maria Papaconstantinou , Zafar Iqbal , Constantine Skordoulis

In this paper, we reexamine prompt engineering for large language models through the lens of automata theory. We argue that language models function as automata and, like all automata, should be programmed in the languages they accept, a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Wei Dong

This paper introduces language-based agent control (LBAC), a new programming model for agentic applications that brings techniques from programming languages and language-based security to the problem of agent control. In conventional…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Timothy Zhou , Loris D'Antoni , Nadia Polikarpova

Computer games are very challenging to handle for traditional automated testing algorithms. In this paper we will look at intelligent agents as a solution. Agents are suitable for testing games, since they are reactive and able to reason…

Autonomous agents have become increasingly important for interacting with the real world. Android agents, in particular, have been recently a frequently-mentioned interaction method. However, existing studies for training and evaluating…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Yifan Xu , Xiao Liu , Xueqiao Sun , Siyi Cheng , Hao Yu , Hanyu Lai , Shudan Zhang , Dan Zhang , Jie Tang , Yuxiao Dong

In recent years, individual-based/agent-based modeling has been applied to study a wide range of applications, ranging from engineering problems to phenomena in sociology, economics and biology. Simulating such agent-based models over…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-30 Ping Liu , Giovanni Samaey , C. William Gear , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis

This paper introduces Agent-Based Auto Research, a structured multi-agent framework designed to automate, coordinate, and optimize the full lifecycle of scientific research. Leveraging the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) and…

This article proposes a methodology to model and simulate complex systems, based on IRM4MLS, a generic agent-based meta-model able to deal with multi-level systems. This methodology permits the engineering of dynamic multi-level agent-based…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2013-11-21 Jean-Baptiste Soyez , Gildas Morvan , Daniel Dupont , Rochdi Merzouki

A key problem in agent-based simulation is that integrating qualitative insights from multiple discipline experts is extremely hard. In most simulations, agent capabilities and corresponding behaviour needs to be programmed into the agent.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Vivek Nallur , Pedram Aghaei , Graham Finlay

Tool use has turned large language models (LLMs) into powerful agents that can perform complex multi-step tasks by dynamically utilising external software components. However, these tools must be implemented in advance by human developers,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Georg Wölflein , Dyke Ferber , Daniel Truhn , Ognjen Arandjelović , Jakob Nikolas Kather

We present app.build (https://github.com/neondatabase/appdotbuild-agent), an open-source framework that improves LLM-based application generation through systematic validation and structured environments. Our approach combines multi-layered…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Evgenii Kniazev , Arseny Kravchenko , Igor Rekun , James Broadhead , Nikita Shamgunov , Pranav Sah , Pratik Nichite , Ivan Yamshchikov

Agentic AI systems integrating large language models (LLMs) with reasoning and tooluse capabilities are transforming various domains - in particular, software development. In contrast, their application in chemical process flowsheet…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Pascal Schäfer , Lukas J. Krinke , Martin Wlotzka , Norbert Asprion

Agent Skill framework, now widely and officially supported by major players such as GitHub Copilot, LangChain, and OpenAI, performs especially well with proprietary models by improving context engineering, reducing hallucinations, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Yangjie Xu , Lujun Li , Lama Sleem , Niccolo Gentile , Yewei Song , Yiqun Wang , Siming Ji , Wenbo Wu , Radu State

Research in multi-agent teaming has increased substantially over recent years, with knowledge-based systems to support teaming processes typically focused on delivering functional (communicative) solutions for a team to act meaningfully in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Adam J. Hepworth , Daniel P. Baxter , Hussein A. Abbass

This paper presents aplib, a Java library for programming intelligent agents, featuring BDI and multi agency, but adding on top of it a novel layer of tactical programming inspired by the domain of theorem proving. Aplib is also implemented…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-11-13 I. S. W. B. Prasetya

Despite the effort of many researchers in the area of multi-agent systems (MAS) for designing and programming agents, a few years ago the research community began to take into account that common features among different MAS exists. Based…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Alejandro Zunino , Analia Amandi

LLM-based multi-agent systems (MAS) have demonstrated significant potential in enhancing single LLMs to address complex and diverse tasks in practical applications. Despite considerable advancements, the field lacks a unified codebase that…

Emergence and emergent behaviors are often defined as cases where changes in local interactions between agents at a lower level effectively changes what occurs in the higher level of the system (i.e., the whole swarm) and its properties.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Ricardo Vega , Connor Mattson , Daniel S. Brown , Cameron Nowzari

We introduce DeepABM, a framework for agent-based modeling that leverages geometric message passing of graph neural networks for simulating action and interactions over large agent populations. Using DeepABM allows scaling simulations to…