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The Landscape of Emerging AI Agent Architectures for Reasoning, Planning, and Tool Calling: A Survey

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An early and widely cited survey of emerging AI agent architectures, comparing single-agent and multi-agent designs and how they implement reasoning, planning, and tool calling. A useful reference point for the design patterns later formalized in 2025–2026 work.

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Published

2024

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Global

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Foundations

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Public access

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