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Multi-Agent System

Trends & Concepts

Populations of cooperating or competing agents.


Multi-agent systems coordinate multiple specialized agents with defined roles (e.g., planner, reviewer, executor).

  • Coordination: Negotiation, blackboard or message bus, voting mechanisms.
  • Advantages: Task distribution, fault tolerance, peer review leading to better quality.
  • Challenges: Costs, latency, stability, role drift.