Society · Coordination
SwarmCostQualityTradeoff#ae73
Prefer strong agents in a simple topology; use cheap agents only where errors are cheap
Mechanism
Two schools exist: many cheap agents with large compute, or the best available agents. A few percent more capability removes a mistake that would send a whole swarm the wrong way. Applying ExperienceMixAllocation keeps cheap sub-agents for volume work under the CoordinatorLaneTopology of a coordinator and lanes. Cost comparisons should use what an employee costs a business, not a hobbyist's budget.
Invariants
- Errors that redirect the whole swarm are priced in
- Cheap agents work below a capable coordinator
Failure modes
- Swarm loops rediscovering earlier results
- Saving money on the decision-making step
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Identity
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- Sema ID
sema:SwarmCostQualityTradeoff#mh:SHA-256:ae7377bd868e7053d57d477f0db591b5fe1e1f73f6bbb51ee8abeac3a15f8191- Reference
SwarmCostQualityTradeoff#ae73- Ring
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