Phase transitions and the search problem
Artificial Intelligence - Special volume on frontiers in problem solving: phase transitions and complexity
Entropy and self-organization in multi-agent systems
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents
Effort profiles in multi-agent resource allocation
Proceedings of the first international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems: part 1
Agent-Based Modeling vs. Equation-Based Modeling: A Case Study and Users' Guide
Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-Based Simulation
Resource-aware exploration of the emergent dynamics of simulated systems
AAMAS '03 Proceedings of the second international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
Information-driven phase changes in multi-agent coordination
AAMAS '03 Proceedings of the second international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
How to calm hyperactive agents
AAMAS '03 Proceedings of the second international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
Economic mechanism design for computerized agents
WOEC'95 Proceedings of the 1st conference on USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce - Volume 1
A model of emotions for situated agents
AAMAS '06 Proceedings of the fifth international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
Case studies for self-organization in computer science
Journal of Systems Architecture: the EUROMICRO Journal - Special issue: Nature-inspired applications and systems
Autonomic communication services: a new challenge for software agents
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
E Pluribus Unum: Polyagent and Delegate MAS Architectures
Multi-Agent-Based Simulation VIII
Prediction Horizons in Agent Models
Engineering Environment-Mediated Multi-Agent Systems
Hybrid multi-agent systems: integrating swarming and BDI agents
ESOA'06 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Engineering self-organising systems
Concurrent modeling of alternative worlds with polyagents
MABS'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Multi-agent-based simulation VII
AOSE'10 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Agent-oriented software engineering
Representing dispositions and emotions in simulated combat
DAMAS'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems
Modeling minority games with BDI agents – a case study
MATES'05 Proceedings of the Third German conference on Multiagent System Technologies
A survey of environments and mechanisms for human-human stigmergy
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Mesoscopic modeling of emergent behavior – a self-organizing deliberative minority game
ESOA'05 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Engineering Self-Organising Systems
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Much research in MAS explores how refinements to one agentýs reasoning can improve system performance. Sometimes, aspects of a systemýs behavior are independent of individual agentsý algorithms. Inspired by statistical physics, we term this phenomenon "universality": systems whose elements differ widely may have common emergent features. We develop a notion of universality in MAS based on the conceptýs use in its original (physics) setting. We give examples of the phenomenon, and discuss its implications for the theory and practice of MAS. We speculate that there exists a hierarchy of types of universality. The statistical mechanics sense refers to the most refined, simplest, and quantitative, while commonalities among MAS systems are associated with somewhat more general and qualitative levels of universality. Such a hierarchy would be an important integrating principle across systems of interacting components, including human societies, animal ecologies, multi-agent systems, and atoms and molecules.