Evaluating Agents Across Runtime Contracts: When Mismatch Costs Efficiency or Quality

arXiv:2603.01209 · cs.AI, cs.LG · Submitted 2026-03-01 · Read on arXiv

cs.AI, cs.LG

Submitted: 2026-03-01

Updated: 2026-09-26

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