Agent-based simulations reveal that rigid specialist roles in ad-hoc multi-agent teams generate system bottlenecks, workload inequality, fragmented networks, and diminishing returns from added team members due to communication costs.
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Too Many Specialists: Emergent Inefficiencies and Bottlenecks for Multi-agent Ad-hoc Collaboration
Agent-based simulations reveal that rigid specialist roles in ad-hoc multi-agent teams generate system bottlenecks, workload inequality, fragmented networks, and diminishing returns from added team members due to communication costs.