Coordination Computation Class: Necessary Conditions for Bounded Multi-Agent Semantics
Coordination Computation Class: Necessary Conditions for Bounded Multi-Agent Semantics In a previous position paper, I described why multi-agent systems drift. The argument was structural: connectivity is not coordination, optimization does not prevent divergence, and long-horizon integrity requires architectural bounds rather than heuristic tuning. This paper takes the next step. It defines the coordination computation class — the minimal set of jointly necessary conditions that a system must satisfy to qualify as coordination-safe under irreversible cognitive evolution. 1. Why a Computation Class, Not a Protocol Protocols describe what a system does. Computation classes describe what a system must be. A transport protocol specifies message formats, delivery guarantees, retry logic. A coordination protocol specifies handshake sequences, consen
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