A Survey of Self-Organization Mechanisms in Multiagent Systems

This paper surveys the literature over the last

decades in the field of self-organizing multiagent systems. Selforganization

has been extensively studied and applied in multiagent

systems and other fields, e.g., sensor networks and grid

systems. Self-organization mechanisms in other fields have been

thoroughly surveyed. However, there has not been a survey

of self-organization mechanisms developed for use in multiagent

systems. In this paper, we provide a survey of existing

literature on self-organization mechanisms in multiagent systems.

We also highlight the future work on key research issues

in multiagent systems. This paper can serve as a guide and

a starting point for anyone who will conduct research on

self-organization in multiagent systems. Also, this paper complements

existing survey studies on self-organization in multiagent

systems.