Abstract
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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.