OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Tackling school segregation with transportation network interventions: an agent-based modelling approach	104
Optimal matchings with one-sided preferences: fixed and cost-based quotas	43
Enabling imitation-based cooperation in dynamic social networks	36
Accountability in multi-agent organizations: from conceptual design to agent programming	34
A framework for trust-related knowledge transfer in human–robot interaction	31
On-line estimators for ad-hoc task execution: learning types and parameters of teammates for effective teamwork	23
Guest editorial: special issue on fair division	23
A formal testing method for multi-agent systems using colored Petri nets	22
Online Markov decision processes with non-oblivious strategic adversary	20
Parameterized complexity of multiwinner determination: more effort towards fixed-parameter tractability	17
Large-scale agent-based simulations of online social networks	16
Diffusion auction design with transaction costs	15
An efficient Bayesian learning-based opponent model considering parametric interrelation in automated bilateral multi-issue negotiation	15
Changing criteria weights to achieve fair VIKOR ranking: a postprocessing reranking approach	15
Information elicitation mechanisms for Bayesian auctions	13
Adaptation Procedure in misinformation games	12
Safe Pareto improvements for delegated game playing	12
Fairness criteria for allocating indivisible chores: connections and efficiencies	10
Solving multi-agent games on networks	10
Warmth and competence in human-agent cooperation	10
Deploying vaccine distribution sites for improved accessibility and equity to support pandemic response	9
A normative approach for resilient multiagent systems	9
On fair and efficient solutions for budget apportionment	9
A survey of multi-agent deep reinforcement learning with communication	8
Relationship design for socially-aware behavior in static games	8

A multi-objective goal-oriented reinforcement learning algorithm for dynamic multi-objective sequential decision making	8
One-sided matching markets with endowments: equilibria and algorithms	8
An introduction to computational argumentation research from a human argumentation perspective	8
The complexity of verifying popularity and strict popularity in altruistic hedonic games	7
Symbolic knowledge injection meets intelligent agents: QoS metrics and experiments	7
Equitability and welfare maximization for allocating indivisible items	6
Multivariate algorithmics for eliminating envy by donating goods	6
Fast approximate bi-objective Pareto sets with quality bounds	6
Privacy leakage of search-based multi-agent planning algorithms	6
RGS$$^\oplus $$: RDF graph synchronization for collaborative robotics	6
Accelerating deep reinforcement learning via knowledge-guided policy network	6
Using psychological characteristics of situations for social situation comprehension in support agents	5
The Cost and Complexity of Minimizing Envy in House Allocation	5
Theoretical properties of the MiCRO negotiation strategy	5
Scalar reward is not enough: a response to Silver, Singh, Precup and Sutton (2021)	5
Testing BDI-based multi-agent systems using discrete event simulation	5
Efficiently reconfiguring a connected swarm of labeled robots	4
Aggregating bipolar opinions through bipolar assumption-based argumentation	4
Computing balanced solutions for large international kidney exchange schemes	4
How to turn an MAS into a graphical causal model	4
Generalized policy improvement for efficient and robust multi-objective reinforcement learning	4
Multi-UAV planning for cooperative wildfire coverage and tracking with quality-of-service guarantees	4
Strategyproof facility location with prediction: minimizing the maximum cost	4
Coordinating monetary contributions in participatory budgeting	4
Differentially private multi-agent constraint optimization	4
A refined complexity analysis of fair districting over graphs	4
Effect of asynchronous execution and imperfect communication on max-sum belief propagation	4
Diversity-seeking jump games in networks	4
GenSynthPop: generating a spatially explicit synthetic population of individuals and households from aggregated data	4
A game-theoretic approach for hierarchical epidemic control	4
Towards interactive explanation-based nutrition virtual coaching systems	4
Algorithms for partially robust team formation	3
Ability and knowledge: from epistemic transition systems to labelled stit models	3
Learning structured communication for multi-agent reinforcement learning	3
Equilibria in schelling games: computational hardness and robustness	3
The distortion of threshold approval matching	3
La VIDA: towards a motivated goal reasoning agent	3
Team-wise effective communication in multi-agent reinforcement learning	3
Correction: Warmth and competence in human-agent cooperation	3
Hedonic seat arrangement problems	3
Budget feasible mechanisms for facility location games with strategic facilities	3
Assimilating human feedback from autonomous vehicle interaction in reinforcement learning models	2
Correction: Epistemic selection of costly alternatives: the case of participatory budgeting	2
Logic-based cognitive planning for conversational agents	2
Parameterized complexity of candidate nomination for elections based on positional scoring rules	2
Multi-stage generalized deferred acceptance mechanism: Strategyproof mechanism for handling general hereditary constraints	2
Connected coordinated motion planning with bounded stretch	2
Towards combining commonsense reasoning and knowledge acquisition to guide deep learning	2
Geometric freeze-tag problem	2
Decentralized multi-agent path finding framework and strategies based on automated negotiation	2

Augmenting the action space with conventions to improve multi-agent cooperation in Hanabi	2
Model-free reinforcement learning for motion planning of autonomous agents with complex tasks in partially observable environments	2
Improving scalability of multi-agent deep reinforcement learning with suboptimal human knowledge	2
Investigating the impact of direct punishment on the emergence of cooperation in multi-agent reinforcement learning systems	2
Epistemic selection of costly alternatives: the case of participatory budgeting	2
Reflexive anticipatory reasoning by BDI agents	2
Teacher-apprentices RL (TARL): leveraging complex policy distribution through generative adversarial hypernetwork in reinforcement learning	2
Graphical house allocation with identical valuations	2
Green disclosure policies and market dynamics: evidence from agent-based ESG models	2
Topological influence and locality in swap schelling games	2
Hardness of candidate nomination	2
Distributed concurrent triangulation for a group of low-cost robots with bearing-only sensing	2
Optimizing node selection in search based multi-agent path finding	2
The parameterized complexity of manipulating Top Trading Cycles	1
Explaining BDI agent behaviour through dialogue	1
Metric distortion under group-fair objectives	1
Generating and choosing organisations for multi-agent systems	1
GR-MADRL: a multi-agent deep reinforcement learning framework with hamiltonian optimization for task offloading in vehicular fog computing	1
Toward fast belief propagation for distributed constraint optimization problems via heuristic search	1
Classifying ambiguous identities in hidden-role Stochastic games with multi-agent reinforcement learning	1
Resolving social dilemmas with minimal reward transfer	1
From human teams to hybrid intelligence teams: identifying, characterizing, and evaluating foundational quality attributes	1
On preferences and reward policies over rankings	1
Entropy based blending of policies for multi-agent coexistence	1
Strategic classification for non-uniform preferences using penalty labels and randomisation	1
A framework for the comparison of agent-based models	1
Egalitarian judgment aggregation	1
Beyond the echo chamber: modelling open-mindedness in citizens’ assemblies	1
Balancing fairness and efficiency in traffic routing via interpolated traffic assignment	1
Non-chaotic limit sets in multi-agent learning	1
Towards an axiomatic approach to truth discovery	1
Actor-critic multi-objective reinforcement learning for non-linear utility functions	1
Behavioral QLTL	1
Using soft maximin for risk averse multi-objective decision-making	1
Strategyproof facility location mechanisms on discrete trees	1
Quantification of transfer in reinforcement learning via regret bounds for learning agents	1
Low variance trust region optimization with independent actors and sequential updates in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning	1
Open-ended coordination for multi-agent systems using modular open policies	1
Maximin shares under cardinality constraints	1
Preference-based multi-objective multi-agent path finding	1
A Hotelling-Downs game for strategic candidacy with binary issues	1
A survey of research on several problems in the RoboCup3D simulation environment	1
Budget-feasible egalitarian allocation of conflicting jobs	1
Scaling multi-agent reinforcement learning to full 11 versus 11 simulated robotic football	1
Full communication memory networks for team-level cooperation learning	1
Reducing disclosed dependencies in privacy preserving planning	1
Uniformly constrained reinforcement learning	1