# kaal:claim:6607458-004

**Claim.** The computative agent differs structurally from both homo economicus and the bounded-rationality agent because its alternative set is not fixed but generated through computation, making the alternative set endogenous to the agent's own activity.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> First, the alternative set is not fixed. The computative agent generates its alternatives through computation. Given computational resources, an objective function, and a model of the relevant domain, the agent produces candidate alternatives through generation, refinement, and recombination.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance* (2026), II.A. From Rational Agent to Computative Agent, page 6

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6607458

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**Topics.** ai-and-agents, economics

**Keywords.** computative-agent, endogenous-alternatives, generation-function, homo-economicus

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