2 papers
cs.GT2026
Coalition Free Energy and Adaptive Precision in Multi-Agent Cooperation
Djamel Bouchaffra, Faycal Ykhlef, Mustapha Lebbah +1
Cooperative multi-agent systems require robust mechanisms for credit assignment under uncertainty. Here we introduce a variational framework, termed the Game-Theoretic Free Energy…
cs.AI2026
A Collective Variational Principle Unifying Bayesian Inference, Game Theory, and Thermodynamics
Djamel Bouchaffra, Faycal Ykhlef, Mustapha Lebbah +1
Collective intelligence emerges across biological, physical, and artificial systems without central coordination, yet a unifying principle governing such behaviour remains elusive.…