Many Minds, One Path: LLM-Augmented Consensus Decision for Distributed Control in Multi-Agent Collaborative Stable Scenarios
Zhuohao Yu, Zhe Li, Tao Ren, Chenxue Wang, Junjie Wang, Qing Wang
Abstract
Distributed multi-agent systems are increasingly deployed in dynamic and high-stakes environments such as power grids, intelligent traffic systems, and collaborative robotics. In these systems, long-term stability, the ability to maintain coherent and safe system behavior over time, is critical but underexplored in existing research. This paper presents LLMASC, a framework designed to enhance long-term stability in multi-agent collaboration by combining semantic reasoning with decentralized control. LLMASC comprises three key components: a Semantic Perception Encoder that transforms heterogeneous agent observations into structured natural language; an LLM-Guided Consensus Decision module that enables strategic alignment through proposal exchange and voting; and a Policy Execution Controller that maps high-level plans to executable actions via reinforcement learning. We evaluate LLMASC across three representative simulation domains (Multi-Walker, Simulation of Urban Mobility and Power Grid Stabilization), spanning both physical and cyber-physical systems. Experiments show that LLMASC consistently outperforms the best baselines, improving stability rates by up to 44% and long-term success by 31%. Further analysis confirms its decision-making efficiency and robustness under varying agent populations and model choices.
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