Multi-agent systems for improved decision-making in industrial value chains

This project was a pre-study with funding from Advanced Digitalisation on System changing initiatives in applied industrial AI, conducted May - October 2025, aiming to establish the foundation for a Swedish ecosystem around industrial generative multi-agent AI systems, supporting the planning of joint efforts and the creation of a strategic roadmap.

The emergence of systems of generative AI Agents, capable of reasoning, decision-making, and autonomous action, represent a significant breakthrough in 2025. Agents act independently, but within established frameworks that define what they can and cannot do, unlike previous AI systems that functioned as a support system together with a human.

Challenges

Several unresolved questions remain regarding efficient training of the models, agent orchestration and architecture, data flows during use, management of security risks linked to attacks or data leaks, legislation, potential standardization and more. For an efficient industrial implementation these must be addressed.

Project purpose

The aim was to identify how a collaborative project with a wide industrial representation can develop knowledge of applying AI agents to support future Swedish industrial leadership.

Outcomes

The pre-study has made an inventory of Swedish actors willing to contribute to building this multiagent-system ecosystem, and of their needs and challenges. Building on the challenges and the state-or-the art study, suggestion on future studies and initiatives has been suggested. These studies point out the need for working with creation of sharable resources, quality and validation, management and orchestration.

This report summarises the identified industrial needs and challenges, as well as the state of the art for relevant research in those identified areas.

Public report on Multiagent systems - 251029 PDF, 140.13 KB

Do you want to contribute to the future project?

We are planning for a 3+3-year project within Advance Digitalisation System Changing Initiatives, building competence aiming to make sure that Swedish industrial companies have prerequisites to implement scalable, secure and sustainable AI multiagent system solutions that clearly strengthen their competitiveness.

Does your organisation want to engage in this collaborative effort in the coming years? Reach out to Helena Theander and describe how you want to contribute.