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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)"”.
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Provisioning of secure Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) based on trust contracts
… (ISC) mechanism that enhances the capability of agents to protect themselves against compromised entities in Multi-Agent system. To realize the framework, two tasks were carried out namely ® a simulation of an agent based system was created and trust accuracy levels based on the proposed …
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SKYAPI: structural-aware orchestration for LLM-based multi-agent systems
… Models (LLMs) has catalyzed the development of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) capable of autonomous reasoning and complex workflow execution. These systems heavily rely on third-party inference APIs, where providers exhibit significant heterogeneity in latency and pricing. However, existing API …
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An upgradeable agent-based model to explore non-linearity and intangibles in peacekeeping operations
… procedures and equipment with combat operations, agent-based models have been developed, used and exploited for many years. Modeling and simulation of PKO, however, is still in a very early stage. This thesis develops an agent-based model to analyze PKO. Unlike many other multi-agent systems …
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Multi-agent Coordination Algorithms for Pursuit-Evasion
The real-world application of multi-agent systems (MAS) is still challenging and limited, despite the exclusive advantage of MAS over single agent systems. The multi-agent coordination or swarm intelligence is a paramount concern. Based on pursuit-evasion games, this thesis investigates the safe …
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Multi Agent Systems for the Active Management of Electrical Distribution Networks
… approach for an SSEZ, realised through the Multi Agent Systems (MAS) technology, is proposed due to the advantages that can potentially be realised in the areas of: (i) scalability and openness, (ii) reliability and resilience and (iii) communications efficiency. A FIPA-compliant MAS-based …
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Data-driven Estimation of Low-Power Long-Range Signal Parameters by an Unauthenticated Agent using Software Radio
Many large-scale distributed Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) exchange information over low- power communication networks. In such scenarios, agents communicate intermittently with each other, often with limited power and over unlicensed spectrum bands that are susceptible to interference, eavesdropping, …
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Distributed Control Of Multi-Agent Systems Using Biologically-Inspired Reinforcement Learning
… we investigate the real-time flocking control of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in presence of system uncertainties and dynamic environment. To handle the impacts from system uncertainties and dynamic environment, a novel reinforcement learning technique, which is appropriate for real-time …
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An adaptive domain-independent agents-based tutor for Web-based supplemental learning environments
… Interactive Video Tutor (PIVoT) is a Web-based multimedia resource for college-level Newtonian mechanics. The Personal Tutor (PT) is an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) integrated into PIVoT, assisting students and teachers in navigating through, understanding, and assessing PIVoT's educational …
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An investigation into the use, application and evaluation of intelligent agents
… by the theme of the application of intelligent agents. The first project covers the development of RAPIDO, a rapid prototyping toolkit for the development and evaluation of agent applications. The papers and technical reports included for this project look at the implementation and application …
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SLO-aware optimization and stateful orchestration for LLM systems
… from simple text generation to complex, multi-turn agentic workflows. As these applications become increasingly sensitive to latency and dependencies, existing serving systems—which primarily optimize for aggregate throughput—fail to meet application-specific Service Level Objectives …
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Plan Acquisition Through Intentional Learning in BDI Multi-Agent Systems
Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), a technique emanating from Distributed Artificial Intelligence, is a suitable technique to study complex systems. They make it possible to represent and simulate both elements and interrelations of systems in a variety of domains. The most commonly used approach to …
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A multi-agent system for automated post-fault disturbance analysis
… of the Protection Engineering Diagnostic Agents (PEDA) decision support architecture capable of automating all aspects of post-fault disturbance analysis. An essential component within this architecture is an alarm processor developed specifically to assist protection engineers with the …
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An Agent-based Platform for Demand Response Implementation in Smart Buildings
… is to design, develop and deploy the Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) - together with control algorithms - that enable demand response (DR) implementation at the customer level, focusing on both residential and commercial customers. For residential applications, the main objective is to …
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In-Flight Testing & Verification of an Adaptive Distributed Fault-Tolerant Control Architecture
<p>The interest in utilizing multi-agent systems (MAS) has increased in the aerospace industry. Its scalability, efficiency, robustness, fault tolerance, and cost-effectiveness make it ideal for performing real-world missions that require more than one agent. However, in completing the tasks, the …
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Application of Intermediate Multi-Agent Systems to Integrated Algorithmic Composition and Expressive Performance of Music
We investigate the properties of a new Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) for computer-aided composition called IPCS (pronounced “ipp-siss”) the Intermediate Performance Composition System which generates expressive performance as part of its compositional process, and produces emergent melodic structures …
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Agoric computation: trust and cyber-physical systems
… Adopting the computational perspective of multi-agent systems (MAS) as a technological abstraction married with the engineering perspective of cyber-physical systems (CPS) has provided fertile ground for designing, developing and deploying software applications in smart automated context …
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Distributed optimization in multi-agent systems: applications to distributed regression
The context for this work is cooperative multi-agent systems (MAS). An agent is an intelligent entity that can measure some aspect of its environment, process information and possibly influence the environment through its action. A cooperative MAS can be defined as a loosely coupled network of …
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A Hybrid multi-agent architecture and heuristics generation for solving meeting scheduling problem
Agent-based computing has attracted much attention as a promising technique for application domains that are distributed, complex and heterogeneous. Current research on multi-agent systems (MAS) has become mature enough to be applied as a technology for solving problems in an increasingly wide …
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Control of large distributed systems using games with pure strategy nash equilibria
… mechanisms for optimisation in large distributed systems cannot be constructed based on traditional methods of control because they are typically characterised by distributed information and costly and/or noisy communication. Furthermore, noisy observations and dynamism are also inherent to these …
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Optimization and control of Distributed Energy Resources in electric power distribution grids
… We develop the concept of transactive multi-agent systems (MAS) as a tool to model transactions between prosumers in a power grid. Each prosumer is represented as an autonomous agent capable of making decisions about electricity usage and trading based on personal preferences, with …
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