# Computative agent

`kaal:entity:computative-agent`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `computative-agent`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 1 works, 2026 to 2026.

**2026**

- [6607458-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6607458-004) [definitional/argued] -- 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.
  > 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.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6607458
- [6607458-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6607458-005) [mechanism/argued] -- Every generation, evaluation, and verification cycle updates the computative agent's internal model, which modifies the generation function available in later cycles; this endogeneity of decision capacity to history has no analog in the Neoclassical agent.
  > Every generation-evaluation-verification cycle updates the agent's internal model, which in turn modifies the generation function available in subsequent cycles. This endogeneity has no analog in the Neoclassical agent, whose preferences and choice rules are fixed.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6607458
- [6607458-010](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6607458-010) [definitional/asserted] -- A computative agent is formally a tuple (C, O, M, G, R) of computational resources, objective function, domain model, generation function, and a non-transferable reputation tracking verified generative performance.
  > A computative agent is characterized by a tuple (C, O, M, G, R), where C denotes the agent's computational resources (a nonnegative real-valued vector representing processing capacity, memory, training data volume, model parameters, and available energy).
  Wulf A. Kaal, Computative Economics A Framework for Economic Analysis under Computational Abundance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6607458

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