{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7137935118","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481","title":"Assemble Your Crew: Automatic Multi-agent Communication Topology Design via Autoregressive Graph Generation","display_name":"Assemble Your Crew: Automatic Multi-agent Communication Topology Design via Autoregressive Graph Generation","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7137935118","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481","pdf_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/39481/43442","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191458","display_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"2159-5399","issn":["2159-5399","2374-3468"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320058","host_organization_name":"Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320058"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/39481/43442","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129657884","display_name":"Shiyuan Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I11701301","display_name":"Griffith University","ror":"https://ror.org/02sc3r913","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Shiyuan Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Griffith University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Griffith University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129680541","display_name":"Yixin Liu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I11701301","display_name":"Griffith University","ror":"https://ror.org/02sc3r913","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yixin Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Griffith University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Griffith University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129672608","display_name":"Qingsong Wen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1328914791","display_name":"Center for Inquiry","ror":"https://ror.org/054m6hn21","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1328914791"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qingsong Wen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Squirrel Ai Learning"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Squirrel Ai Learning","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1328914791"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129714782","display_name":"Chengqi Zhang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chengqi Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hong Kong Polytechnic University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129669197","display_name":"Shirui Pan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I11701301","display_name":"Griffith University","ror":"https://ror.org/02sc3r913","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shirui Pan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Griffith University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Griffith University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5129657884"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.14989293,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"40","issue":"28","first_page":"23142","last_page":"23150"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11273","display_name":"Advanced Graph Neural Networks","score":0.4223000109195709,"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":0.4223000109195709,"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/T11714","display_name":"Multimodal Machine Learning Applications","score":0.18469999730587006,"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/T10028","display_name":"Topic Modeling","score":0.13729999959468842,"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/graph","display_name":"Graph","score":0.5259000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/security-token","display_name":"Security token","score":0.5076000094413757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/autoregressive-model","display_name":"Autoregressive model","score":0.48500001430511475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adaptability","display_name":"Adaptability","score":0.4618000090122223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.4593000113964081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/limiting","display_name":"Limiting","score":0.3831999897956848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.3343999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generative-grammar","display_name":"Generative grammar","score":0.33079999685287476}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7491000294685364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132525143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141488","display_name":"Graph","level":2,"score":0.5259000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.5134000182151794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48145219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335365","display_name":"Security token","level":2,"score":0.5076000094413757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159877910","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2202883","display_name":"Autoregressive model","level":2,"score":0.48500001430511475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177606310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5674297","display_name":"Adaptability","level":2,"score":0.4618000090122223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.4593000113964081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.4542999863624573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188198153","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1613840","display_name":"Limiting","level":2,"score":0.3831999897956848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3382999897003174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.3343999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39890363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36108","display_name":"Generative grammar","level":2,"score":0.33079999685287476},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199845137","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145490","display_name":"Network topology","level":2,"score":0.3009999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779439875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1078276","display_name":"Natural language understanding","level":3,"score":0.29789999127388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175154964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380077","display_name":"Task analysis","level":3,"score":0.2766999900341034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184720557","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7825049","display_name":"Topology (electrical circuits)","level":2,"score":0.27459999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137293760","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3621696","display_name":"Language model","level":2,"score":0.27160000801086426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.27140000462532043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776214188","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q408386","display_name":"Inference","level":2,"score":0.262800008058548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88230418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131476","display_name":"Graph theory","level":2,"score":0.25999999046325684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66746571","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134833","display_name":"ENCODE","level":3,"score":0.2597000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195324797","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33742","display_name":"Natural language","level":2,"score":0.25769999623298645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C32833848","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115054","display_name":"Extensibility","level":2,"score":0.2551000118255615}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481","pdf_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/39481/43442","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191458","display_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"2159-5399","issn":["2159-5399","2374-3468"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320058","host_organization_name":"Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320058"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i28.39481","pdf_url":"https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/download/39481/43442","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191458","display_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"2159-5399","issn":["2159-5399","2374-3468"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320058","host_organization_name":"Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320058"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7137935118.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7137935118.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Multi-agent":[0],"systems":[1],"(MAS)":[2],"based":[3],"on":[4,30,53,120],"large":[5],"language":[6,123],"models":[7],"(LLMs)":[8],"have":[9],"emerged":[10],"as":[11,84],"a":[12,37,54,60,85,104,121,156,160],"powerful":[13],"solution":[14],"for":[15,40],"dealing":[16],"with":[17,59],"complex":[18],"problems":[19],"across":[20,176],"diverse":[21,178],"domains.":[22],"The":[23],"effectiveness":[24],"of":[25,63,134,171],"MAS":[26,82],"is":[27],"critically":[28],"dependent":[29],"its":[31],"collaboration":[32,115],"topology,":[33],"which":[34],"has":[35],"become":[36],"focal":[38],"point":[39],"automated":[41],"design":[42,83],"research.":[43],"However,":[44],"existing":[45],"approaches":[46],"are":[47,98],"fundamentally":[48],"constrained":[49],"by":[50,112],"their":[51,71,137],"reliance":[52],"template":[55],"graph":[56,88,116],"modification":[57],"paradigm":[58,111],"predefined":[61],"set":[62],"agents":[64],"and":[65,96,128,144,162,195],"hard-coded":[66],"interaction":[67],"structures,":[68],"significantly":[69,191],"limiting":[70],"adaptability":[72],"to":[73,167],"task-specific":[74],"requirements.":[75],"To":[76],"address":[77],"these":[78],"limitations,":[79],"we":[80],"reframe":[81],"conditional":[86],"autoregressive":[87,106],"generation":[89],"task,":[90],"where":[91],"both":[92],"the":[93,114,131,146,168],"system":[94],"composition":[95],"structure":[97],"designed":[99],"jointly.":[100],"We":[101],"propose":[102],"ARG-Designer,":[103],"novel":[105],"model":[107],"that":[108,181],"operationalizes":[109],"this":[110],"constructing":[113],"from":[117,140],"scratch.":[118],"Conditioned":[119],"natural":[122],"task":[124],"query,":[125],"ARG-Designer":[126,182],"sequentially":[127],"dynamically":[129],"determines":[130],"required":[132],"number":[133],"agents,":[135],"selects":[136],"appropriate":[138],"roles":[139],"an":[141],"extensible":[142,163],"pool,":[143],"establishes":[145],"optimal":[147],"communication":[148],"links":[149],"between":[150],"them.":[151],"This":[152],"generative":[153],"approach":[154],"creates":[155],"customized":[157],"topology":[158],"in":[159],"flexible":[161],"manner,":[164],"precisely":[165],"tailored":[166],"unique":[169],"demands":[170],"different":[172],"tasks.":[173],"Extensive":[174],"experiments":[175],"six":[177],"benchmarks":[179],"demonstrate":[180],"not":[183],"only":[184],"achieves":[185],"state-of-the-art":[186],"performance":[187],"but":[188],"also":[189],"enjoys":[190],"greater":[192],"token":[193],"efficiency":[194],"enhanced":[196],"extensibility.":[197]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-03-20T20:47:17.329874","created_date":"2026-03-18T00:00:00"}