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
Details
- Related BOM Item
- bom-1-7
- Related Question
- rq-1-24
- Claim ID
- val-007
- Validations
- 2