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pith:2025:E5CF5GFMWS5KHK2MOX4X3IZC7H

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A Taxonomy of Hierarchical Multi-Agent Systems: Design Patterns, Coordination Mechanisms, and Industrial Applications

David J. Moore

arxiv:2508.12683 v1 · 2025-08-18 · cs.MA · cs.AI

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27445e98acb4baa3ab4c75f97da322f9d8f51f1ad59605b2646881fdabfd9168

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arxiv: 2508.12683 · arxiv_version: 2508.12683v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2508.12683 · pith_short_12: E5CF5GFMWS5K · pith_short_16: E5CF5GFMWS5KHK2M · pith_short_8: E5CF5GFM

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/E5CF5GFMWS5KHK2MOX4X3IZC7H \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
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