Observer Construction Under Observability Constraints: Conditional Requirements for Contamination Detection in Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems

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Authors: Bin Seol
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Abstract

RT3 (Observer Construction) develops the measurement and resolution layer of the Deficit-Fractal Governance (DFG) framework for multi-agent systems. The paper formalizes how observers emerge as structural operators that transform internal system resolution into measurable geometry, enabling stability diagnostics and governance intervention without direct control. It introduces the directional cost profile Aᵢ(θ, t), resolution-to-geometry mapping Φ, and observability constraints that define when structural instability becomes detectable. Rather than treating measurement as passive, RT3 shows that observation is a generative process that shapes the accessible state space and determines which dynamics can be governed. This provides the missing bridge between instability dynamics (RT1), critical measurement regimes (RT2), and recovery processes (RT4). The framework is conceptual and structural, intended to establish testable observability conditions and resolution-dependent diagnostics for emerging multi-agent AI ecosystems.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Control Systems and Identification Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Fault Detection and Control Systems

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
27 February 2026
Language
EN