{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7125813926","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2026.3658366","title":"Communication Learning in Multi-Agent Systems From Graph Modeling Perspective","display_name":"Communication Learning in Multi-Agent Systems From Graph Modeling Perspective","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7125813926","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2026.3658366"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tkde.2026.3658366","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2026.3658366","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S30698027","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","issn_l":"1041-4347","issn":["1041-4347","1558-2191","2326-3865"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","raw_type":"journal-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/A5123974775","display_name":"Shengchao Hu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183067930","display_name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University","ror":"https://ror.org/0220qvk04","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shengchao Hu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6860-2222","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5123902759","display_name":"Ziqing Fan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183067930","display_name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University","ror":"https://ror.org/0220qvk04","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ziqing Fan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1459-3250","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5124007129","display_name":"Li Shen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I157773358","display_name":"Sun Yat-sen University","ror":"https://ror.org/0064kty71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Li Shen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5659-3464","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I157773358"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5124002372","display_name":"Ya Zhang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I183067930","display_name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University","ror":"https://ror.org/0220qvk04","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ya Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5390-9053","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I183067930"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5124042875","display_name":"Dacheng Tao","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dacheng Tao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7225-5449","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":36.3153,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99509085,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"38","issue":"4","first_page":"2209","last_page":"2220"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11273","display_name":"Advanced Graph Neural Networks","score":0.8960000276565552,"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"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11273","display_name":"Advanced Graph Neural Networks","score":0.8960000276565552,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12292","display_name":"Graph Theory and Algorithms","score":0.018300000578165054,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"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/T11714","display_name":"Multimodal Machine Learning Applications","score":0.008799999952316284,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"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/robustness","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","score":0.4927999973297119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graph","display_name":"Graph","score":0.4790000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/models-of-communication","display_name":"Models of communication","score":0.3589000105857849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multi-agent-system","display_name":"Multi-agent system","score":0.3301999866962433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-sharing","display_name":"Information sharing","score":0.3280999958515167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.3116999864578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.30559998750686646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/locality","display_name":"Locality","score":0.3052999973297119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/limiting","display_name":"Limiting","score":0.28999999165534973}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8722000122070312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5145999789237976},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.4927999973297119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132525143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141488","display_name":"Graph","level":2,"score":0.4790000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4018000066280365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.3659000098705292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158156997","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1416645","display_name":"Models of communication","level":2,"score":0.3589000105857849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.3497999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41550386","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529909","display_name":"Multi-agent system","level":2,"score":0.3301999866962433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.3296999931335449},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776854237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6031064","display_name":"Information sharing","level":2,"score":0.3280999958515167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.3116999864578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.30559998750686646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779808786","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6664603","display_name":"Locality","level":2,"score":0.3052999973297119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188198153","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1613840","display_name":"Limiting","level":2,"score":0.28999999165534973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101765175","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577764","display_name":"Communications system","level":2,"score":0.28790000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.2856000065803528},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151319957","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752739","display_name":"Asynchronous communication","level":2,"score":0.27810001373291016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175154964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380077","display_name":"Task analysis","level":3,"score":0.2775000035762787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C554579003","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q474157","display_name":"Collaborative software","level":2,"score":0.2770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74072328","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1142726","display_name":"Intelligent agent","level":2,"score":0.2766999900341034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.27250000834465027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192126672","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068715","display_name":"Telecommunications network","level":2,"score":0.2667999863624573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51332947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1172305","display_name":"Shared resource","level":2,"score":0.26330000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125411270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18653","display_name":"Encoding (memory)","level":2,"score":0.26100000739097595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137836250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984063","display_name":"Optimization problem","level":2,"score":0.25679999589920044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98025372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477538","display_name":"Systems architecture","level":3,"score":0.2502000033855438}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tkde.2026.3658366","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2026.3658366","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S30698027","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","issn_l":"1041-4347","issn":["1041-4347","1558-2191","2326-3865"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dr.ntu.edu.sg:10356/212111","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/10356/212111","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402609","display_name":"DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","host_organization_name":"Nanyang Technological University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":25,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1542941925","https://openalex.org/W2029463628","https://openalex.org/W2090411045","https://openalex.org/W2124659975","https://openalex.org/W2145339207","https://openalex.org/W2617547828","https://openalex.org/W2753984105","https://openalex.org/W2913662073","https://openalex.org/W2914154006","https://openalex.org/W2997070234","https://openalex.org/W2997502221","https://openalex.org/W2998367975","https://openalex.org/W2998489261","https://openalex.org/W2998702685","https://openalex.org/W3173215816","https://openalex.org/W3194332337","https://openalex.org/W4285602944","https://openalex.org/W4312396550","https://openalex.org/W4313334471","https://openalex.org/W4390179702","https://openalex.org/W4399310716","https://openalex.org/W4410399797","https://openalex.org/W6884305255","https://openalex.org/W7124263349","https://openalex.org/W7125813926"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,122],"numerous":[1],"artificial":[2],"intelligence":[3],"applications,":[4],"the":[5,15,45,59,74,88,94,131,146,150,156,176,188,194,245],"collaborative":[6],"efforts":[7],"of":[8,18,40,76,148,241,247],"multiple":[9],"intelligent":[10],"agents":[11,55,69,135,253],"are":[12],"imperative":[13],"for":[14,90,211],"successful":[16],"attainment":[17],"target":[19],"objectives.":[20],"To":[21],"enhance":[22],"coordination":[23],"among":[24,67,120],"these":[25],"agents,":[26],"a":[27,127,139,167,207,224,239],"distributed":[28],"communication":[29,79,95,132,152,189],"framework":[30,96],"is":[31,136],"often":[32,97],"employed,":[33],"wherein":[34],"each":[35,212],"agent":[36,266],"must":[37],"be":[38,71,160],"capable":[39],"encoding":[41],"information":[42,65,118,222],"received":[43],"from":[44],"environment":[46],"and":[47,73,179,191,258],"determining":[48],"how":[49],"to":[50,159,175,219,254],"share":[51],"it":[52],"with":[53,264],"other":[54],"as":[56,110,138,145],"required":[57],"by":[58],"task":[60,147],"at":[61,223],"hand.":[62],"However,":[63],"indiscriminate":[64],"sharing":[66,119],"all":[68],"can":[70],"resource-intensive,":[72],"adoption":[75],"manually":[77],"pre-defined":[78],"architectures":[80],"imposes":[81],"constraints":[82],"on":[83,217,228],"inter-agent":[84],"communication,":[85],"thus":[86,231],"limiting":[87],"potential":[89],"effective":[91],"collaboration.":[92],"Moreover,":[93],"remains":[98],"static":[99],"during":[100],"inference,":[101],"which":[102,165],"may":[103],"result":[104],"in":[105,111,200],"sustained":[106],"high":[107],"resource":[108],"consumption,":[109],"most":[112],"cases,":[113],"only":[114],"key":[115],"decisions":[116,216],"necessitate":[117],"agents.":[121],"this":[123,143],"study,":[124],"we":[125,205],"propose":[126],"novel":[128],"approach":[129,251],"where":[130],"structure":[133,178],"between":[134],"represented":[137],"learnable":[140],"graph.We":[141],"frame":[142],"challenge":[144],"identifying":[149],"optimal":[151],"graph":[153,177,190],"while":[154],"allowing":[155],"architecture":[157],"parameters":[158,196],"updated":[161],"through":[162],"regular":[163],"optimization,":[164],"requires":[166],"bi-level":[168],"optimization":[169],"process.":[170],"By":[171],"applying":[172],"continuous":[173],"relaxation":[174],"integrating":[180],"attention":[181],"mechanisms,":[182],"our":[183,248],"method,":[184],"CommFormer,":[185],"effectively":[186],"optimizes":[187],"simultaneously":[192],"refines":[193],"architectural":[195],"via":[197],"gradient":[198],"descent":[199],"an":[201],"end-to-end":[202],"manner.":[203],"Additionally,":[204],"introduce":[206],"temporal":[208],"gating":[209],"mechanism":[210],"agent,":[213],"enabling":[214],"dynamic":[215],"whether":[218],"receive":[220],"shared":[221],"given":[225],"time,":[226],"based":[227],"current":[229],"observations,":[230],"improving":[232],"decisionmaking":[233],"efficiency.":[234],"Comprehensive":[235],"experiments":[236],"conducted":[237],"across":[238],"range":[240],"cooperative":[242],"tasks":[243],"demonstrate":[244],"robustness":[246],"model.":[249],"Our":[250],"enables":[252],"develop":[255],"more":[256],"coordinated":[257],"sophisticated":[259],"strategies,":[260],"maintaining":[261],"effectiveness":[262],"even":[263],"varying":[265],"counts.":[267]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-03-12T06:13:28.667946","created_date":"2026-01-28T00:00:00"}