arXiv:2606.20485q-fin.RMcs.AI2026-06

提出多智能体系统有序性的量化框架,揭示秩序与韧性间的权衡机制。

Optimal Order of Multi-Agent and General Many-Body Systems

  • 基于代理影响力与响应函数构建系统演化模型
  • 发现强同步提升产出但增加脆弱性,存在最优秩序点
  • 适用于研究集体智能、组织优化等复杂系统设计

本文建立了一个分析具有反馈回路的多智能体系统的通用框架,核心变量为代理影响力(power)和响应函数。该框架揭示了总影响力、有效影响力、熵、秩序、脆弱性和移动性等宏观特性如何从异质代理的个体行为中涌现。为研究增长与韧性之间的权衡,引入依赖风险偏好的系统级效用函数,推导出平衡生产力、稳定性和适应性的最优秩序程度。分析表明,更强的同步可提升集体产出,但也可能加剧系统脆弱性并降低移动性。进一步指出,秩序、熵、信息与有用能量是任务依赖且系统相对的概念,其意义取决于系统目标。通过测量与设计代理影响力分布及响应函数,有望更好理解、预测和优化集体行为,并识别集体智能与最优秩序出现的条件。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

This paper develops a general framework for analyzing multi-agent systems with feedback loops between agents actions and collective observations. The framework is built on two fundamental agent-level variables: power, which measures agent influence on collective outcomes, and response functions, which determine how agents react to observations. We derive how macroscopic properties, including total power, useful power, entropy, order, fragility, and mobility, emerge from these two variables of heterogeneous agents. To study the trade off between growth and resilience, we introduce a system-level utility function parameterized by a risk-appetite coefficient and derive an optimal degree of order that balances productivity, stability, and adaptability. The analysis suggests that stronger synchronization can increase collective output but may also increase systemic fragility and reduce mobility. We further argue that order, entropy, information, and useful energy are task-dependent and system-relative concepts whose meanings depend on the objectives of the system. By measuring and designing agent power distributions and response functions, it may be possible to better understand, predict, and optimize collective behavior and identify the conditions under which collective intelligence and optimal order emerge.

多智能体系统优化集体智能

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