Resilience, reliability, and coordination in autonomous multi-agent systems

Issue title: Multi-agent systems research in the United Kingdom

Guest editors: Stefano V. Albrecht and Michael Woolridge

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Cardoso, Rafael C.^{; *} | Logan, Brian | Meneguzzi, Felipe | Oren, Nir | Yun, Bruno

Affiliations: Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: Multi-agent systems is an evolving discipline that encompasses many different branches of research. The long-standing Agents at Aberdeen (A3) group undertakes research across several areas of multi-agent systems, focusing in particular on aspects related to resilience, reliability, and coordination. In this article we introduce the group and highlight past research successes in those themes, building a picture of the strengths within the group. We close the paper outlining the future direction of the group and identify key open challenges and our vision towards solving them.

Keywords: Multi-agent systems, MAS coordination, resilient autonomy, reliable autonomy

DOI: 10.3233/AIC-220136

Journal: AI Communications, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 339-356, 2022