{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4400489858","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft60951.2024.10588896","title":"Towards Adaptive Networks - Generalized utility functions in Multi-Agent Frameworks","display_name":"Towards Adaptive Networks - Generalized utility functions in Multi-Agent Frameworks","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-06-24","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4400489858","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft60951.2024.10588896"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/netsoft60951.2024.10588896","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft60951.2024.10588896","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2024 IEEE 10th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102882587","display_name":"Kaushik Dey","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-5362"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210121405","display_name":"Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics","ror":"https://ror.org/01xnbq218","country_code":"IN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1340206300","https://openalex.org/I4210121405","https://openalex.org/I4210150591"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kaushik Dey","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ericsson Research (Artificial Intelligence),India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ericsson Research (Artificial Intelligence),India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210121405"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019643071","display_name":"Satheesh K. Perepu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-2144"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210121405","display_name":"Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics","ror":"https://ror.org/01xnbq218","country_code":"IN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1340206300","https://openalex.org/I4210121405","https://openalex.org/I4210150591"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Satheesh K. Perepu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ericsson Research (Artificial Intelligence),India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ericsson Research (Artificial Intelligence),India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210121405"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101751934","display_name":"Abir Das","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2327-1618"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145894827","display_name":"Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur","ror":"https://ror.org/03w5sq511","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145894827"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Abir Das","raw_affiliation_strings":["Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145894827"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033329960","display_name":"Pallab Dasgupta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2178-8154"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210088951","display_name":"Synopsys (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/013by2m91","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210088951"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pallab Dasgupta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Synopsys Inc.,USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Synopsys Inc.,USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210088951"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.6244,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.688332,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"336","last_page":"340"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.8752999901771545,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.8752999901771545,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11270","display_name":"Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis","score":0.8611000180244446,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10456","display_name":"Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation","score":0.8539000153541565,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6474251747131348}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6474251747131348}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/netsoft60951.2024.10588896","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/netsoft60951.2024.10588896","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2024 IEEE 10th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":8,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2963762747","https://openalex.org/W2964199361","https://openalex.org/W4288021424","https://openalex.org/W4315629769","https://openalex.org/W4392969960","https://openalex.org/W6754632522","https://openalex.org/W6766805167","https://openalex.org/W6767649332"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052","https://openalex.org/W2382290278","https://openalex.org/W4395014643"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Autonomous":[0],"management":[1],"of":[2,9,81,103,151],"multiple":[3,133],"services":[4],"is":[5],"a":[6,91,145],"crucial":[7],"requirement":[8],"6G":[10],"networks.":[11],"In":[12],"recent":[13],"years,":[14],"researchers":[15],"have":[16],"been":[17],"working":[18],"on":[19,45,144],"using":[20,124],"artificial":[21],"intelligence(AI)":[22],"to":[23,56,66,98,100,129,162],"orchestrate":[24],"intents,":[25],"autonomously,":[26],"through":[27],"Intent":[28],"Management":[29],"Functions":[30],"(IMFs).":[31],"These":[32],"IMFs":[33],"can":[34,71],"handle":[35],"conflicting":[36],"service":[37,109],"intents":[38],"and":[39,49,73,106,132,170],"prioritize":[40],"the":[41,74,79,96,119,149,152,164],"global":[42],"objective":[43],"based":[44],"predefined":[46],"utility":[47,75,104],"function":[48,76],"intent":[50],"priorities.":[51],"However,":[52],"for":[53],"such":[54,134],"frameworks":[55],"be":[57,64],"successful":[58],"in":[59,86,108],"real-life":[60],"scenarios,":[61],"they":[62],"must":[63],"flexible":[65],"business":[67],"situations.":[68],"Service":[69],"priorities":[70,110],"change,":[72],"that":[77,94,158],"measures":[78],"fulfillment":[80],"objectives":[82],"may":[83],"also":[84],"vary":[85],"definition.":[87],"This":[88],"paper":[89],"proposes":[90],"novel":[92],"method":[93],"enables":[95],"IMF":[97,120],"adapt":[99],"unseen":[101],"forms":[102],"functions":[105],"changes":[107],"at":[111],"run-time":[112],"without":[113],"requiring":[114],"additional":[115,160],"training.":[116],"We":[117],"assume":[118],"contains":[121],"agents":[122],"trained":[123],"multi-agent":[125],"reinforcement":[126],"learning":[127],"(MARL)":[128],"perform":[130],"actions":[131],"MARL":[135],"systems":[136],"are":[137],"orchestrated":[138],"by":[139],"Ad-hoc":[140],"teaming":[141],"approaches.":[142],"Results":[143],"network":[146],"emulator":[147],"demonstrate":[148],"effectiveness":[150],"approach,":[153],"outperforming":[154],"existing":[155],"state-of-the-art":[156],"methods":[157],"require":[159],"training":[161],"achieve":[163],"same":[165],"flexibility,":[166],"thereby":[167],"saving":[168],"costs":[169],"increasing":[171],"adaptability.":[172]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}