THE EFFECT OF NETWORK STRUCTURE ON DYNAMIC TEAM FORMATION IN MULTI‐AGENT SYSTEMS

Previous studies of team formation in multi‐agent systems have typically assumed that the agent social network underlying the agent organization is either not explicitly described or the social network is assumed to take on some regular structure such as a fully connected network or a hierarchy. However, recent studies have shown that real‐world networks have a rich and purposeful structure, with common properties being observed in many different types of networks. As multi‐agent systems continue to grow in size and complexity, the network structure of such systems will become increasing important for designing efficient, effective agent communities.

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