Emergent Behavior in Multi-Agent Systems

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  1. SyncSBC: Decentralized Swarm Behavior Prediction for Synchronized Autonomous Control

    Aug 6, 2026Varun Raveendra, Connor Mattson, Daniel S. BrownSwarm RoboticsMulti-Robot Coordination

    Kahlert School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

  2. Certifying Collective Reasoning in Multi-Agent Systems via Koopman Spectral Analysis

    Aug 6, 2026Nuzhat Khan, Indrakshi DeyMulti-Agent DebateMulti-Agent Consensus

    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia · Department of Computing and Mathematics, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland

  3. Agents Catching Agents: Shortcut Cascades and Benchmark Gaming in Clinical Multi-Agent Systems

    Aug 4, 2026Sebastián Andrés Cajas Ordóñez, Agastya Munnangi, Aldo Marzullo +13AI Agent ReliabilityMulti-Agent LLM Systems

    MIT Critical Data, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States · Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy +12

  4. AI Agent Economics: Can Autonomous Economic Behavior Emerge among AI Agents under Minimal External Conditions?

    Aug 4, 2026Lingyun Zhang, Shang ShangMulti-Agent SystemsAI Agent Governance

    Department of Technology Management for Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Beijing Chaitin Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

  5. Emergence of Biased Consensus in Multi-Agent LLM Debates

    Aug 3, 2026Maya OkawaOpinion DynamicsSocial Bias in Language Models

    CBS-NTT Program in Physics of Intelligence, Harvard University · Physics of Artificial Intelligence Group, NTT Research, Inc.

  6. Everyone Conforms, No One Believes: Pluralistic Ignorance in LLM Agent Populations

    Aug 3, 2026Yashwanth YSMulti-Agent LLM SystemsNormative Conformity in Language Models

    Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

  7. Decentralised Consensus Learning Networks: SME Rotation Without Centralised Reward

    Jul 27, 2026Florin NeaguDecentralized LearningMulti-Agent Consensus

  8. ANet Patu-1: The Value of Connection in the Agent Network

    Jul 16, 2026Mu Yuan, Jinke Song, Zhaomeng Zhou +1Multi-Agent CoordinationAgent Communication Protocols

    Agent Network Research · The Chinese University of Hong Kong · Mu Yuan1,2 +5

  9. The Energy Society: A Simulation Environment for Studying Agent Cooperation under Survival Pressure

    Jul 16, 2026Lucas Bergholdt Hansen, Federico Torrielli, Filippo Tonini +1Social DilemmasMulti-Agent Coordination

    University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark · University of Turin Torino, Italy

  10. Unveiling Complex Collective Behaviors from Simple Rewards

    Jul 14, 2026Yize Mi, Jianan Li, Liang Li +1Swarm RoboticsMulti-Robot Coordination

    College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. · WINDY Lab, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China · Shanghai AI Laboratory, 200030, Shanghai, China +4

  11. Information Limits and Attractor Dynamics in Economies of Frontier LLM Agents: A Pre-Registered Test

    Jul 7, 2026Cheng QianMulti-Agent LLM SystemsValue of Information

    Independent Researcher

  12. Social Networks of LLM Agents

    Jul 4, 2026Kaixuan Liu, Guojun Xiong, Weinan Zhang +1Opinion DynamicsComputational Social Science

    Department of Computer Science Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 · School of Computer Science Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China

  13. Conversable Complexity: Agentic LLM Collectives as Interpretable Substrates

    Jul 1, 2026Elias Najarro, Ane Espeseth, Eleni Nisioti +2Artificial LifeLLM Interpretability

    IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark · University of Oslo, Norway · Sakana AI, Japan +1

  14. Attractor States Emerge in Multi-Turn LLM Conversations

    Jun 29, 2026Ting-Wen Ko, Jonas GeipingMulti-Agent LLM SystemsMulti-Agent LLMs

    1Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems · 2ELLIS Institute · Tübingen +1

  15. AI Trading's Alpha Singularity: Emergent Market Reasoning through Agent-to-Agent Self-Evolution

    Jun 28, 2026Yuqi Li, Siyuan Liu, Bingjun LiuAutomated Algorithm DiscoveryMulti-Agent Reasoning

    Panda AI

  16. HyphaeDB: A Living Knowledge Topology for Agent-First Memory

    Jun 27, 2026Krishna HalaharviAgent MemoryMulti-Agent Coordination

    HyphaeDB

  17. EvoFlock: evolved inverse design of multi-agent motion

    Jun 24, 2026Craig ReynoldsMulti-Agent System OptimizationMulti-Agent Systems

    unaffiliated researcher

  18. Decomposing Financial Market Dynamics via Mechanism Analysis in an Evolutionary Multi-Agent Simulation

    Jun 22, 2026Zhibao ChenQuantitative FinanceAgent-Based Modeling

  19. Emergent Culture in Minimal LLM Systems

    Jun 21, 2026Simon Jones, Sabine HauertMulti-Agent LLM SystemsLLM Agent Memory

    University of Bristol, UK

  20. When Is Emergent Consensus Real? A Measured Coupling Gain and a Validity Diagnostic for LLM Agent Societies

    Jun 20, 2026Dongxu YangOpinion DynamicsLLM Agent Evaluation

    DeepLethe

  21. Optimal Order of Multi-Agent and General Many-Body Systems

    Jun 18, 2026Jake J. XiaDynamical SystemsMulti-Agent System Optimization

    Harvard Management Company · Research Affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  22. The Arbiter Agent: Continually Monitoring Multi-Agent Conversations to Detect Emergent Misalignment

    Jun 9, 2026Filippo Tonini, Federico Torrielli, Anton Danholt Lautrup +3AI Agent AuditingLLM Auditing

    University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark · University of Turin Turin, Italy · University of Southern Denmark Vejle, Denmark

  23. Emergence World: A Platform for Evaluating Long-Horizon Multi-Agent Autonomy

    Jun 6, 2026Deepak Akkil, Ravi Kokku, Karthik Vikram +3Multi-Agent LLM SystemsLong-Horizon Agent Evaluation

    Emergence AI

  24. Agentopia: Long-Term Life Simulation and Learning in Agent Societies

    Jun 5, 2026Xintao Wang, Sirui Zheng, Hongqiu Wu +10Multi-Agent LLM SystemsHuman Behavior Simulation

    Fudan University · Independent Researcher · Johns Hopkins University +1

  25. Modelling Opinion Dynamics at Scale with Deep MARL

    Jun 5, 2026Lukas Seier, Brandon Kaplowitz, Sebastian Towers +2Opinion DynamicsMulti-Agent Consensus

    FLAIR University of Oxford United Kingdom · OWL University of Oxford United Kingdom · OUCE University of Oxford United Kingdom

  26. Exploring the Topology and Memory of Consensus: How LLM Agents Agree, Fragment, or Settle When Forming Conventions

    Jun 2, 2026Aliakbar Mehdizadeh, Martin HilbertAgent MemoryMulti-Agent Coordination

    Department of Communication University of California, Davis

  27. Economy of Minds: Emerging Multi-Agent Intelligence with Economic Interactions

    Jun 1, 2026Zhenting Qi, Huangyuan Su, Ao Qu +13Multi-Agent CoordinationMulti-Agent Reasoning

    Harvard · MIT

  28. Evolutionary Dynamics of Cooperation in Next-Generation LLM Agent Systems: A Cross-Provider Empirical Extension

    May 28, 2026Francisco León Zúñiga BolívarMulti-Agent LLM SystemsLLM Agent Evaluation

    Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor del Cauca · Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor del Cauca Popayán, Colombia

  29. Delayed Repression and Emergent Instability in Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems

    May 28, 2026Igor ItkinDynamical SystemsReplicator Dynamics

    Independent Researcher, Tel Aviv, Israel

  30. Symbolic Reasoning Frameworks Trigger Memory-Mediated Ecosystem Dynamics in Multi-Agent LLM Systems

    May 22, 2026Augustin ChanMulti-Agent LLM SystemsGame-Playing Agents