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Hierarchical supervisor-agent

Permanent agent dropout evaluation

Fault: Agent dropout
Duration: Permanent
Recovery mechanism: Hierarchical supervisor-agent

Experiment definition

The experiment evaluates Hierarchical supervisor-agent under a permanent agent dropout injection. Fault onset is randomized between environment steps 40 and 60.

Expected evaluation record

MetricRecorded value
Degradation-area30.73 ± 4.62 (corrected; mean ± 95% CI, n=72)
Safety-violation excess159.6 ± 25.3 (weighted, control-subtracted; mean ± 95% CI, n=72)
Fraction of time healthy0.538 ± 0.030 (mean ± 95% CI, n=72)
Relapse count0.26 ± 0.10 (mean ± 95% CI, n=72)
False-recovery rate0.254 ± 0.010 (mean ± 95% CI, n=72)
Intervention recall0.729 ± 0.013 (mean ± 95% CI, n=72)

Values are means with 95% confidence intervals across every target × duration-fixed combination shown on this page (see graphs below), 8 evaluation seeds each, for each of 3 training seeds. See the Results page for the cross-mechanism comparison.

Experimental trajectory graphs

One representative run (evaluation seed 0 of 8, training seed 1 of 3) per target combination from the full sweep. See the Results page for the multi-seed aggregate comparison across mechanisms. The graphs for every seed are archived at doi:10.5281/zenodo.23304785 (files available from 10 November 2026).

Sorting Agent Target

Agent dropout permanent fault, Hierarchical supervisor-agent, Sorting Agent Target
Hierarchical supervisor-agent - Sorting Agent Target - evaluation trajectory under permanent agent dropout (fault onset randomized between steps 40-60), seed 0 of the 8-seed sweep, training seed 1 of 3.

Pressing Agent Target

Agent dropout permanent fault, Hierarchical supervisor-agent, Pressing Agent Target
Hierarchical supervisor-agent - Pressing Agent Target - evaluation trajectory under permanent agent dropout (fault onset randomized between steps 40-60), seed 0 of the 8-seed sweep, training seed 1 of 3.

Both Agents Target

Agent dropout permanent fault, Hierarchical supervisor-agent, Both Agents Target
Hierarchical supervisor-agent - Both Agents Target - evaluation trajectory under permanent agent dropout (fault onset randomized between steps 40-60), seed 0 of the 8-seed sweep, training seed 1 of 3.

Notes

This page is intentionally separated from the paper-facing results so that full-resolution plots, additional seeds, and diagnostic figures can be documented without overloading the publication.