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MathematicsFebruary 14, 2026|45 min readpublished

Game-Theoretic Conflict Resolution in Hierarchical Agent Teams: Nash Equilibria, Mechanism Design, and Escalation Protocols

When agents disagree, system design shapes outcomes through incentives and escalation structure

Inter-agent conflict is inevitable in multi-agent teams. This paper models conflict using payoff matrices, derives Nash equilibria for common conflict classes, introduces VCG-style mechanisms to incentivize truthful preference revelation, and analyzes bounded-round escalation protocols that converge to Pareto-efficient outcomes under stated assumptions.

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MathematicsJanuary 6, 2026|42 min readpublished

Game Theory of Agent Organizations: Designing for Cooperative Equilibria

How responsibility gates transform multi-agent prisoner's dilemma into a cooperation equilibrium with provable Nash stability

Multi-agent organizations face coordination risk when locally rational behavior converges to defection equilibria. This paper models interactions as iterated prisoner's dilemmas, derives payoff conditions under which defection dominates, and analyzes how responsibility-gate penalties can shift equilibria toward cooperation. We present payoff-matrix construction, gate-penalty design, evidence-forcing mechanisms, and equilibrium-shift analysis. In evaluated settings, cooperation convergence occurred in fewer than 8 rounds with penalty ratios near 0.3x the defection payoff.

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01
MAX vs Average Scoring: A Mathematical Analysis of Fail-Closed Gate DesignMathematics
02
Quantifying Responsibility Transfer: Does Automation Actually Reduce Responsibility?Safety & Governance
03
The Lagrange Problem of Gate Optimization: Finding the Optimal Point Between Safety and SpeedMathematics
04
Linear Algebra Model for Negative Correlation Detection Across Business UniversesMathematics
05
Conflict Card Generation Algorithm: From Matrix to Explainable Decision ArtifactsIntelligence
06
Graph RAG Matrix Modeling and Stable Hop Count DerivationMathematics
07
Why Evidence Bundles Stabilize RAG Accuracy: A Variance Reduction FrameworkIntelligence
08
Fail-Closed Design Enhances Stability: A Lyapunov Analysis of Governance DynamicsMathematics
09
Designing a Decision OS as a Control System: Optimal Control via Pontryagin's Maximum PrincipleArchitecture
10
Human/Agent Ratio and Accuracy Correlation Model: Deriving the Optimal Mix Under Responsibility ConstraintsTheory
11
Game Theory of Agent Organizations: Designing for Cooperative EquilibriaMathematics
12
The Square Law of Parallel Agent Collisions: Why Conflict Rate Scales as n-squaredMathematics
13
Mathematical Criteria for RiskTier Design: Impact, Irreversibility, and Regulatory PressureSafety & Governance
14
Spectral Decomposition of Conflict Clusters: Extracting Opposition Factions via Laplacian EigenvectorsMathematics
15
Dynamic Gate Adaptation: Online Update Rules Driven by Misjudgment Rate FeedbackMathematics
16
Completion Rate and Rework: The Exponential Decay Model of Effective ThroughputMathematics
17
Formalizing Reversibility: A Risk Differential Analysis of Reversible vs Irreversible DecisionsSafety & Governance
18
Conflict Visualization vs Integration: A Comparative Experiment on Decision Regret and Correction RateIntelligence
19
From Coherence OS to Executive Intelligence OS: Evolution Conditions and Threshold FunctionsArchitecture
20
Agentic R&D as Governed Decision Science: Six Research Frontiers for Speed, Quality, and Responsibility in Judgment Operating SystemsTheory
21
Multi-Universe Strategic Optimization: Minimax Theory for CEO Decision SystemsIndustry Applications
22
Treatment Reversibility Modeling: Dynamic Gate Control for Irreversible Medical ActionsIndustry Applications
23
Evidence Coherence Spectral Analysis: Detecting Fraud Through Eigendecomposition of Audit EvidenceIndustry Applications
24
Dynamic Regulatory Synchronization: Formal Models for Real-Time Policy Update PropagationIndustry Applications
25
Contract Risk Vectorization: Transforming Legal Clauses into Computable Risk VectorsIndustry Applications
26
Quality Gate Control Theory: Real-Time Stability Analysis for Manufacturing AIIndustry Applications
27
Manipulation Detection in Retail AI: Causal Inference for the Personalization–Manipulation BoundaryIndustry Applications
28
Pricing Responsibility in Retail AI: Welfare-Constrained Dynamic Pricing with Fail-Closed GatesIndustry Applications
29
Decision Stability Scoring for Energy Grids: Lyapunov Functions for Power Supply-Demand GovernanceIndustry Applications
30
Renewable Integration Risk Margins: Uncertainty Variance Models for Safe Energy TransitionIndustry Applications
31
Fairness Score Design for Insurance AI: Discrimination Detection Through Correlation Matrix AnalysisIndustry Applications
32
Underwriting Responsibility Inheritance: Formal Preservation of Expert Logic in Insurance AIIndustry Applications
33
DB-Approved Development: Consistency Proofs for AI-Generated Code Through State Transition ModelingIndustry Applications
34
Optimal Explanation Frequency for Generative AI: Balancing Oversight Cost and Misgeneration RiskIndustry Applications
35
Learning State Vector Model: Multi-Dimensional Student Modeling for Governed Educational AIIndustry Applications
36
Over-Fixation Suppression: Control-Theoretic Stabilization of AI Recommendation Convergence in EducationIndustry Applications
37
Time-Extended Decision Networks: Dynamic Graph Models for Municipal Migration and Employment GovernanceIndustry Applications
38
Pausable Policy Design: Mathematical Frameworks for Interruptible Government AI OperationsIndustry Applications
39
Decision Intelligence Theory: A Unified Framework for Responsible AI GovernanceTheory
40
Responsibility-Tiered RAG Output Control: A Mathematical Framework for Gate-Governed Retrieval AccuracySafety & Governance
41
Graph RAG for Causal Structure Extraction: Matrix Methods for Multi-Hop Retrieval with Evidence CohesionIntelligence
42
Quality Assurance in Multi-Agent Parallel Execution: A Game-Theoretic Framework for Zone Partitioning and Gate DesignArchitecture
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Evidence Bundle-Enforced RAG: Mandatory Citation and Refusal Mechanisms for Trustworthy AI ResponsesIntelligence
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Fail-Closed Gate Design for Agent Governance: Responsibility Decomposition and Optimal Human EscalationSafety & Governance
45
Ethics as Executable Architecture: Formalizing Moral Constraints as Computable Structures in Multi-Agent SystemsSafety & Governance
46
Ethical Learning in Autonomous Systems: Constrained Reinforcement Learning with Responsibility Rewards and Long-Term Moral MemorySafety & Governance
47
Agentic Company Structural Design: Responsibility Topology, Conflict-Driven Learning, and Self-Evolving Governance for Human-Agent OrganizationsArchitecture
48
Multi-Universe Investment Decision Engine: Conflict-Aware Capital Allocation with Fail-Closed Portfolio OptimizationArchitecture
49
Responsible Robot Judgment OS: Multi-Universe Gate Control for Physical-World Autonomous Decision SystemsEngineering
50
A Formal Model of Responsibility Decomposition Points in Human-AI Decision SystemsTheory
51
Gate Control as Control Engineering: Stability Conditions for Multi-Layer Decision Gates in AI GovernanceMathematics
52
Multi-Agent Quality Convergence: A Probabilistic Model of Boundary Violations and Merge Failures in Parallel ExecutionMathematics
53
Audit Stopping Criteria: Mathematical Foundations for Knowing When Enough Is EnoughIndustry Applications
54
Vision Encoding Formal Language Model for CEO Decision OS: From Natural Language Strategy to Executable Policy LogicIndustry Applications
55
AML Detection Gate Optimization: Constrained Loss Minimization for Anti-Money LaunderingIndustry Applications
56
Auditable Financial Decision Traceability: Evidence Graph Models for Regulatory ComplianceIndustry Applications
57
The Hippocratic Gate: Formal Safety Proofs for Clinical AI Decision SystemsIndustry Applications
58
Safety-First Minimax Production: Optimizing Throughput Under Hard Safety ConstraintsIndustry Applications
59
Planet 100 Agent Population Dynamics: Emergent Role Specialization in Large-Scale Multi-Agent Governance SystemsArchitecture
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Responsibility Propagation in Dense Agent Networks: Decision Flow Analysis in Planet 100's 111-Agent EcosystemSafety & Governance
61
Communication Topology and Information Cascading in Planet 100: Bottleneck Detection and Bandwidth Optimization in 100+ Agent ClustersEngineering
62
Knowledge Graph Construction from Decision Audit Trails: Entity Resolution and Temporal Edge Weighting for Governance TraceabilityIntelligence
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Knowledge Graph Embedding for Agent Competence Assessment: Translational Distance Models in Responsibility SpaceMathematics
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Knowledge Graph Completion Under Partial Observability: Predicting Missing Responsibility Edges in Enterprise Governance GraphsIntelligence
65
Civilization Simulation as a Governance Laboratory: Emergent Institutional Evolution in Constrained Multi-Nation SystemsTheory
66
Civilization Economic Dynamics: Market Stability, Bankruptcy Cascades, and the 50/50 Valuation Rule Under Autonomous Cycle PressureIndustry Applications
67
LOGOS and the AI Tribunal: Decision Patterns, Sustainability Optimization, and Constitutional Amendment Dynamics in Civilization's National AI SystemsSafety & Governance
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Team Design Topology: Optimal Agent Cluster Configurations for Decision Throughput Maximization Under Responsibility ConstraintsArchitecture
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Responsibility Distribution in Multi-Agent Teams: Balancing Autonomy and Accountability Through Continuous Allocation FunctionsSafety & Governance
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Game-Theoretic Conflict Resolution in Hierarchical Agent Teams: Nash Equilibria, Mechanism Design, and Escalation ProtocolsMathematics
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Cognitive Load Balancing in Human-Agent Hybrid Teams: Workload Distribution Algorithms and Attention Allocation ModelsEngineering
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Skill Complementarity in Agent Ensembles: Measuring and Optimizing Functional Diversity for Maximum Decision CoverageIntelligence
73
Fault-Tolerant Team Architectures: Resilience Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems Against Single Points of FailureEngineering
74
Structural Architecture of Meta-Insight: Three-Layer Meta-Cognitive Decomposition Aligned with Organizational HierarchyArchitecture
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Why Meta-Insight Matters for the Future of Autonomous AI: Autonomy-Awareness Correspondence and Auditable Self-CertificationTheory
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Recursive Self-Improvement Under Governance Constraints: Governed Recursion via Contraction Mapping and Lyapunov StabilitySafety & Governance
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Meta-Insight Under Distribution Shift: Change-Point Governance Loops for Enterprise Agentic SystemsArchitecture
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Detecting Groupthink in Agent Teams: Persistent Homology for Blind-Spot AlertsIntelligence
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Counterfactual Escalation Policy: Meta-Insight Routing for High-Impact Human ReviewTheory
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Confidence-Evidence Coupling for Agentic Governance: A Calibration Law for Safer DecisionsSafety & Governance
81
Productive Disagreement Protocol for Agent Teams: Structured Dissent for Higher-Quality DecisionsEngineering
82
Memory Stratification for AI Governance: A Rate-Distortion Framework for Retention DecisionsIntelligence
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Securing Recursive AI Feedback Loops: Adversarial Reflexivity Hardening for Meta-Insight SystemsSafety & Governance
84
Causal Analysis of Organizational Learning Rate: OLR Decomposition for Intervention AttributionTheory
85
Meta-Insight ROI Model: Value-at-Reflection Economics for Agentic CompaniesIndustry Applications
86
Causal-Temporal Knowledge Graph for AI Governance: Path-Specific Responsibility AttributionIntelligence
87
Governing Emergent Role Specialization: Stability Laws for Agentic Companies Under Constraint DensityMathematics
88
The Algorithm Stack for Agentic Organizations: 10 Essential Algorithms Mapped to a 7-Layer ArchitectureArchitecture
89
Transformer Architecture for Agentic Language Intelligence: Self-Attention as the Cognitive Layer of Enterprise Decision SystemsArchitecture
90
Gradient Boosting for Enterprise Decision Prediction: XGBoost and LightGBM as the Decision Layer of Agentic CompaniesIntelligence
91
Random Forest for Interpretable Organizational Decision Trees: Extracting Governance Logic from Ensemble StructureIntelligence
92
Markov Decision Processes for Business Workflow State Control: Formalizing the Agentic Company as a State Transition SystemMathematics
93
Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning for Gated Autonomy: PPO-Based Policy Optimization Under Responsibility ConstraintsMathematics
94
Multi-Armed Bandits for Enterprise Strategy Optimization: Thompson Sampling, UCB, and Contextual Bandits in Agentic OrganizationsIntelligence
95
Graph Neural Networks for Organizational Network Dynamics: Message-Passing, Spectral Convolutions, and Influence Propagation in Agentic HierarchiesArchitecture
96
Clustering Algorithms for Emergent Agent Role SpecializationTheory
97
Anomaly Detection for Agentic System Safety and Deviation ControlSafety & Governance
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Metacognition in Agentic Companies: Why AI Systems Must Know What They Don't KnowIntelligence
99
Doctor Architecture: Anomaly Detection as Enterprise Metacognition in MARIA OSArchitecture
100
From Agent to Civilization: Multi-Scale Metacognition and the Governance Density LawMathematics
101
Action Router Intelligence Theory: Why Routing Must Control Actions, Not Classify WordsArchitecture
102
The Complete Action Router: From Theory to Implementation to Scaling in MARIA OSEngineering
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Action Router × Gate Engine Composition: Formal Theory of Responsibility-Aware RoutingMathematics
104
Recursive Adaptation in Action Routing: How MARIA OS Routes Learn from Execution OutcomesIntelligence
105
Collective Calibration Dynamics: How Agent Teams Achieve Shared Epistemic Accuracy in MARIA OSIntelligence
106
Terminating Infinite Meta-Cognitive Regress: A Scope-Bounded Proof for Multi-Agent Self-MonitoringMathematics
107
Organizational Learning Dynamics Under Meta-Insight: A Differential Equations Model for System-Wide Intelligence GrowthTheory
108
Executive Intelligence Synthesis: From Raw Meta-Cognitive Signals to Strategic Decision Support in MARIA OSIntelligence
109
Voice-Driven Agentic Avatars: A Recursive Self-Improvement Framework for Autonomous Intellectual Task DelegationTheory
110
Sentence-Level Streaming VUI Architecture: From Cognitive Theory to Production Implementation in MARIA OSEngineering
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Voice User Interface設計の認知科学的基盤: マルチモーダル対話における注意資源配分モデルIntelligence
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Voice-Driven Agentic Avatars: Foundational Theory for High-Cognition Task Delegation with Recursive ImprovementTheory
113
Human-AI Co-Evolution as a Coupled Dynamical System: Meta-Cognition Mediated Stability in Nonlinear Agent-Human InteractionsTheory
114
Human-AI Co-Evolution as a Constrained Optimal Control Problem: Designing Socially Adaptive Agentic Operating SystemsTheory
115
Multi-Agent Societal Co-Evolution Model: Network Trust Dynamics and Phase Transitions in AI-Augmented OrganizationsTheory
116
Institutional Design for Agentic Societies: Meta-Governance Theory and AI Constitutional FrameworksTheory
117
Gated Meeting Intelligence: Fail-Closed Privacy Architecture for AI-Powered Meeting TranscriptionSafety & Governance
118
Evidence-Linked Meeting Minutes: Structured Extraction with Mandatory Citation ChainsArchitecture
119
Real-Time Meeting Session Orchestration: State Machine Design for Multi-Component Bot SystemsEngineering
120
Mission-Constrained Optimization in Agentic CompaniesSafety & Governance
121
Survival Optimization and Mission Constraint TheoryTheory

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