{"product_id":"multi-agent-workflows-with-slms-smarter-faster-and-more-efficient-ai-systems-9798299481280","title":"Multi-Agent Workflows with SLMs: Smarter, Faster, and More Efficient AI Systems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bernand Bernie\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Programming - Algorithms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtificial intelligence is evolving beyond giant, expensive models. The future lies in \u003cb\u003eSmall Language Models (SLMs)\u003c\/b\u003e - efficient, adaptable systems that can run on modest hardware, deliver faster responses, and integrate seamlessly into production environments. But the real breakthrough comes when SLMs are \u003cb\u003eorchestrated together\u003c\/b\u003e into multi-agent workflows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a \u003cb\u003ecomprehensive guide to building, scaling, and governing multi-agent systems with SLMs\u003c\/b\u003e. Written for engineers, researchers, and applied AI practitioners, it explains how to design efficient workflows where multiple specialized agents collaborate, validate each other, and outperform a single large model.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey areas include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy SLMs matter: \u003c\/b\u003e cost and latency trade-offs vs. LLMs, and where they win in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgentic patterns: \u003c\/b\u003e from ReAct and Reflexion to Graph-of-Thoughts, voting councils, and self-consistency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchitectures: \u003c\/b\u003e pipelines, hubs, and councils with robust hand-offs, retries, and deadlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInfrastructure: \u003c\/b\u003e serving SLMs efficiently with quantization, batching, and optimized runtimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMemory and retrieval: \u003c\/b\u003e vector databases, summarization strategies, and privacy-aware storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrameworks in action: \u003c\/b\u003e LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, DSPy, LlamaIndex, smolagents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvaluation \u0026amp; observability: \u003c\/b\u003e benchmarks, CI\/CD test gates, dashboards, and regression alerts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGovernance \u0026amp; safety: \u003c\/b\u003e guardrails, auditability, and policies for production systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase studies \u0026amp; playbooks: \u003c\/b\u003e real-world workflows in customer support, analytics, CI\/CD, and enterprise RAG.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike books that focus only on frameworks or introductions to small models, this work is \u003cb\u003epractical and production-oriented\u003c\/b\u003e. It bridges the gap between theory and deployment, offering \u003cb\u003eactionable patterns, design strategies, and reliability practices\u003c\/b\u003e that today's AI engineers demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are an AI engineer seeking efficiency, a researcher interested in orchestration, or a professional preparing for the shift from monolithic LLMs to collaborative SLM ecosystems, this book gives you the tools to build \u003cb\u003esmarter, faster, and more efficient AI systems\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779207643287,"sku":"9798299481280","price":2347.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798299481280.webp?v=1778034386","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/multi-agent-workflows-with-slms-smarter-faster-and-more-efficient-ai-systems-9798299481280","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}