# kaal:claim:6269518-031

**Claim.** An evolutionary approach to citation standards is essential because the precise parameters of citation accuracy cannot be specified ex ante: what counts as adequate citation varies across expertise domains, evolves as domain knowledge accumulates, and must adapt as agents develop novel gaming strategies.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- multiple expertise domains with differing citation norms
- agents actively develop new gaming strategies

**Source quote.**

> the precise parameters of citation accuracy cannot be specified ex ante.28 What constitutes "adequate" citation will vary across expertise domains, will evolve as domain knowledge accumulates, and will need to adapt as agents develop novel gaming strategies.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance* (2026), V.D. Evolutionary Protocol Development, page 14

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518

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**Topics.** governance-design, institutional-design, citation-and-knowledge, regulatory-failure

**Keywords.** incomplete-contracts, evolutionary-governance, citation-standards, gaming

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