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COMPEL Glossary / hierarchical-topology
Hierarchical topology
A multi-agent topology in which a boss agent delegates sub-tasks to worker agents and aggregates their results.
What this means in practice
Simplest to reason about and audit because the authority chain is explicit; weakness is the boss becoming a bottleneck or single point of failure.
Synonyms
boss-worker topology , hierarchical MAS
See also
- Multi-agent orchestration — The architectural coordination of multiple cooperating agents — via hierarchical, market, swarm, or actor topologies — to achieve collective tasks.
- Market topology — A multi-agent topology in which agents bid on tasks and a market mechanism assigns the task to the most-suitable agent — typically via contract-net protocol.
- Authority chain — The traceable lineage from an organization's decision-rights authority — through any delegating humans — to the agent executing the action.