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    "report_interval": 10,
    "baseline_total_steps": 120
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  "economics": {
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    "evaluation_cost": 18.5,
    "expansion_cost": 32.0,
    "max_budget": 7500.0,
    "target_roi": 2.5,
    "min_roi": 1.15
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  "hgm": {
    "tau": 1.0,
    "alpha": 1.4,
    "epsilon": 0.1,
    "max_agents": 24,
    "max_expansions": 40,
    "max_evaluations": 200,
    "concurrency": {
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      "expansion": 2
    },
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      "max_quality": 0.98
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  },
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    "alpha_adjustment": 0.08,
    "concurrency_step": 1,
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    "roi_upper_margin": 1.25,
    "roi_lower_margin": 0.15
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  "sentinel": {
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    "roi_recovery_steps": 8,
    "hard_budget_ratio": 0.95
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  "owner_controls": {
    "pause_all": false,
    "pause_expansions": false,
    "pause_evaluations": false,
    "max_actions": null,
    "note": "Owner can override at runtime via --set owner_controls.pause_all=true"
  },
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}