AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices

Extended connectivity in graphs can be analyzed through <i>k</i>-path Laplacian matrices, which permit the capture of long-range interactions in various real-world networked systems such as social, transportation, and multi-agent networks. In this work, we present several alternative met...

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Main Authors: Yusef Ahsini, Belén Reverte, J. Alberto Conejero
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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description Extended connectivity in graphs can be analyzed through <i>k</i>-path Laplacian matrices, which permit the capture of long-range interactions in various real-world networked systems such as social, transportation, and multi-agent networks. In this work, we present several alternative methods based on machine learning methods (LSTM, xLSTM, Transformer, XGBoost, and ConvLSTM) to predict the final consensus value based on directed networks (Erdös–Renyi, Watts–Strogatz, and Barabási–Albert) and on the initial state. We highlight how different <i>k</i>-hop interactions affect the performance of the tested methods. This framework opens new avenues for analyzing multi-scale diffusion processes in large-scale, complex networks.
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spelling doaj-art-e43c8f10a2f14fd49ed69a4a0d6c79752025-08-20T02:24:47ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-05-01159506410.3390/app15095064AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian MatricesYusef Ahsini0Belén Reverte1J. Alberto Conejero2Instituto Universitario Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, SpainInstituto Universitario Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, SpainInstituto Universitario Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, SpainExtended connectivity in graphs can be analyzed through <i>k</i>-path Laplacian matrices, which permit the capture of long-range interactions in various real-world networked systems such as social, transportation, and multi-agent networks. In this work, we present several alternative methods based on machine learning methods (LSTM, xLSTM, Transformer, XGBoost, and ConvLSTM) to predict the final consensus value based on directed networks (Erdös–Renyi, Watts–Strogatz, and Barabási–Albert) and on the initial state. We highlight how different <i>k</i>-hop interactions affect the performance of the tested methods. This framework opens new avenues for analyzing multi-scale diffusion processes in large-scale, complex networks.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/9/5064Laplacian matricesnetworks diffusionnetworks consensus
spellingShingle Yusef Ahsini
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AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices
Applied Sciences
Laplacian matrices
networks diffusion
networks consensus
title AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices
title_full AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices
title_fullStr AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices
title_full_unstemmed AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices
title_short AI-Driven Consensus: Modeling Multi-Agent Networks with Long-Range Interactions Through Path-Laplacian Matrices
title_sort ai driven consensus modeling multi agent networks with long range interactions through path laplacian matrices
topic Laplacian matrices
networks diffusion
networks consensus
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/9/5064
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