# kaal:claim:5245185-037

**Claim.** Mapping governance rules as nodes and their relationships as weighted directed edges yields a dynamic, traceable, and adaptable governance structure whose acyclic form prevents governance deadlocks by admitting no circular dependencies.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- governance rules represented as nodes and weighted directed edges

**Source quote.**

> create a dynamic, traceable, and adaptable governance structure.142 The acyclic nature ensures no circular dependencies exist, preventing governance deadlocks

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How can we Best Monitor AI Agents* (2025), 7.6. WDAGs for Structured Governance, page 15

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How can we Best Monitor AI Agents (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5245185

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**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge, governance-design

**Keywords.** wdag, acyclic-graph, governance-deadlock, weighted-edges

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-034

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