Partially Validated Last updated: January 25, 2026

Hierarchical swarm coordination can scale to 1 million units with 100ms update propagation

swarmcoordinationscalingdistributed-systems
Original Source

Phase 1 Swarm Control System Consensus Document

Validation History

Expert Review
65% confidence Jan 25, 2026

Review by distributed systems researcher from MIT CSAIL

100ms at 1M scale is ambitious but theoretically achievable with optimal hierarchical design and edge computing

By: External Academic Reviewer
Simulation
75% confidence Dec 1, 2025

MIT SSL discrete event simulation of hierarchical swarm coordination

Simulation shows 100ms propagation achievable at 100,000 units; 1M units requires 200-500ms with current algorithms

By: Swarm Architecture Team Scaling requires algorithm improvements; current tech supports 100K scale

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