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  9. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/apd/__init__.py +21 -0
  10. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/apd/apd.py +136 -0
  11. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/apd/models.py +137 -0
  12. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/apd/policy.py +128 -0
  13. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/apd/sprt.py +87 -0
  14. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/apd/utils.py +58 -0
  15. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/experiments/__init__.py +1 -0
  16. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/experiments/adversarial_agent_demo.py +109 -0
  17. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/experiments/benchmark.py +96 -0
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  21. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/tests/test_apd.py +84 -0
  22. active_protocol_discovery-0.1.0/tests/test_models.py +81 -0
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.4
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+ Name: active-protocol-discovery
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+ Version: 0.1.0
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+ Summary: Active Protocol Discovery — detect hidden adaptive structure via sequential KL-optimal probing. 45x faster than passive monitoring, mathematically guaranteed error rates.
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+ Author-email: Mikoshi Ltd <darren@mikoshi.co.uk>
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+ License: Apache-2.0
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery
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+ Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery
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+ Keywords: adversarial-detection,active-testing,sequential-testing,hypothesis-testing,SPRT,KL-divergence,anomaly-detection,bot-detection,AI-safety,multi-agent,adaptive-systems,probe,security,deception-detection
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Security
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+ Classifier: Topic :: System :: Networking :: Monitoring
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.9
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ Requires-Dist: numpy>=1.21
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+ Requires-Dist: scipy>=1.7
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+ Provides-Extra: plot
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+ Requires-Dist: matplotlib>=3.5; extra == "plot"
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+ Provides-Extra: dev
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+ Requires-Dist: pytest>=7.0; extra == "dev"
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+ Requires-Dist: matplotlib>=3.5; extra == "dev"
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+
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <img src="apd-logo.jpg" alt="Mikoshi Active Protocol Discovery" width="600">
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+ </p>
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+
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+ # Active Protocol Discovery (APD)
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+
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+ A lightweight framework for detecting hidden adaptive structure in noisy environments via sequential, KL-optimal probing.
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+
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+ Most detection systems are **passive** — they watch and wait. APD is **active** — it probes, measures, adapts, and decides. This makes it fundamentally faster at detecting hidden adaptive behaviour.
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+
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+ Rather than passively monitoring a system, APD:
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+
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+ 1. **Injects structured perturbations** into the target environment
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+ 2. **Measures statistical deviation** between expected and observed responses
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+ 3. **Updates posterior belief** via sequential likelihood ratios
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+ 4. **Selects the next probe** to maximise expected evidence gain (KL-optimal)
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+ 5. **Decides** when statistical confidence is reached — no fixed sample size required
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+
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+ ## Why APD Over Existing Approaches?
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+
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+ | Approach | Method | Weakness | APD Advantage |
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+ |----------|--------|----------|---------------|
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+ | **Passive monitoring** | Watch logs/traffic for anomalies | Fails against agents that stay quiet until activated | APD *forces* adaptive agents to reveal themselves |
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+ | **Fixed probing** (honeypots, canaries) | Deploy known traps | Predictable — sophisticated agents learn to avoid them | APD *adapts* its probes based on what it learns |
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+ | **Threshold detectors** | Alert on metric > threshold | Requires pre-set thresholds, high false positive rate | APD uses *sequential testing* — mathematically controlled error rates |
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+ | **Batch hypothesis testing** | Collect N samples, then decide | Wastes samples, fixed sample size regardless of signal strength | APD *stops early* when evidence is sufficient — up to 45× faster |
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+ | **Anomaly detection (ML)** | Train model on "normal", flag outliers | Needs training data, can't detect novel adaptive behaviour | APD is *model-free* — works with any response distribution |
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+
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+ ### Key Strengths
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+
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+ - **45× faster than passive monitoring** — empirically demonstrated (see demo results below)
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+ - **2× faster than best fixed-probe methods** — KL-optimal selection always finds the most informative probe
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+ - **Mathematically guaranteed error rates** — false positive and false negative rates are configurable via Wald SPRT, not heuristic
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+ - **No training data required** — works from first observation, no labelled dataset needed
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+ - **Probe-agnostic** — plug in any environment, any probe set, any response distribution
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+ - **Lightweight** — pure NumPy/SciPy, no deep learning frameworks, runs on a Raspberry Pi
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+
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+ ## Applications
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+
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+ ### AI Safety & Adversarial Detection
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+ - **Deceptive AI agents** — detect if an autonomous agent is strategically hiding capabilities or intentions
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+ - **LLM prompt injection** — inject structured perturbations, monitor output entropy shifts to detect hidden tool-use loops
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+ - **Sleeper agents** — probe for trigger-activated behaviour in fine-tuned models
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+ - **Multi-agent deception** — detect if agents in a sandbox are colluding or behaving adaptively
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+
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+ ### Network Security
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+ - **Bot detection** — send structured timing probes, observe latency distribution shifts to distinguish bots from humans
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+ - **Adversarial infrastructure** — detect command-and-control servers that adapt responses based on probe patterns
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+ - **DDoS source identification** — probe suspect sources with varied request patterns to detect coordinated adaptive behaviour
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+
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+ ### Distributed Systems
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+ - **Hidden node discovery** — detect undeclared adaptive nodes in a distributed network
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+ - **Byzantine fault detection** — identify nodes that respond strategically rather than honestly
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+ - **Protocol compliance testing** — probe services to detect non-standard adaptive behaviour
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+
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+ ### Research
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+ - **Multi-agent systems** — test whether agents develop emergent adaptive strategies
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+ - **Reinforcement learning** — detect if an RL agent has learned to game its environment
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+ - **Cognitive science** — sequential optimal experiment design for detecting adaptive structure in human/animal behaviour
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+
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+ ## Installation
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ pip install active-protocol-discovery
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+ ```
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+
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+ Or from source:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery.git
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+ cd active-protocol-discovery
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+ pip install -e ".[dev]"
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+ ```
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+
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+ Or clone and install locally:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery.git
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+ cd active-protocol-discovery
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+ pip install -e ".[dev]"
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Quick Start
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+
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+ ```python
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+ from apd import APDEngine, GaussianWorld, KLOptimalPolicy, WaldSPRT
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+
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+ world = GaussianWorld(sigma=1.0, adaptive=True)
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+ policy = KLOptimalPolicy(probes=[0.2, 0.5, 1.0])
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+ sprt = WaldSPRT(alpha=0.01, beta=0.01)
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+
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+ engine = APDEngine(world, policy, sprt)
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+ result = engine.run(max_steps=1000)
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+
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+ print(f"Decision: {'Adaptive' if result.decision else 'Null'}")
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+ print(f"Steps: {result.steps}")
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## How It Works
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+
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+ APD implements a sequential likelihood ratio framework (Wald SPRT) with probe selection based on KL-separability. At each step the engine:
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+
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+ 1. **Selects a probe** — the perturbation that maximises expected KL divergence between H0 and H1
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+ 2. **Observes the response** — samples from the true environment
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+ 3. **Updates the log-likelihood ratio** — accumulates evidence for/against adaptive structure
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+ 4. **Decides or continues** — stops when the SPRT threshold is crossed
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+
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+ ## Demo Results
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+
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+ Results from `experiments/gaussian_demo.py` (1000 trials, σ=1.0, α=β=0.01):
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+
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+ ### H1: Adaptive world (adversary present)
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+
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+ | Method | Mean Steps | Detection Rate | Undecided |
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+ |---------------------------|------------|----------------|-----------|
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+ | Passive (u=0) | 10000.0 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
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+ | Weak beacon (u=0.2) | 231.5 | 0.987 | 0.000 |
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+ | Strong beacon (u=1.0) | 10.4 | 0.996 | 0.000 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.2, 1.0} | 10.4 | 0.996 | 0.000 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.1..1.5} | 5.1 | 0.993 | 0.000 |
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+
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+ ### H0: Null world (false positive check)
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+
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+ | Method | Mean Steps | False Positive Rate | Correct Null |
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+ |---------------------------|------------|---------------------|--------------|
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+ | Strong beacon (u=1.0) | 10.5 | 0.003 | 0.997 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.1..1.5} | 5.1 | 0.002 | 0.998 |
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+
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+ **Key takeaway:** APD automatically selects the strongest available probe (u=1.5), achieving 2× faster detection than a strong fixed beacon while maintaining false positive rates below α.
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+
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+ ## Theory
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+
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+ ### Wald SPRT
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+
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+ The Sequential Probability Ratio Test accumulates log-likelihood ratios until crossing a decision boundary:
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+
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+ - **Log-likelihood ratio:** Λ(y|u) = log p(y|H₁,u) − log p(y|H₀)
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+ - **Upper threshold (accept H₁):** A = log((1−β)/α)
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+ - **Lower threshold (accept H₀):** B = log(β/(1−α))
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+
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+ ### KL Divergence as Probe Quality
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+
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+ For the Gaussian case, the KL divergence between H₁ and H₀ given probe u is:
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+
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+ D(u) = μ(u)² / (2σ²)
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+
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+ This quantifies how much information a single observation provides about the hypothesis. APD selects the probe maximising D(u), achieving the fastest possible sequential detection.
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+
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+ ### Expected Sample Complexity
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+
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+ Under H₁, Wald's approximation gives:
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+
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+ E[N|H₁] ≈ ((1−β)·A + β·B) / D(u)
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+
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+ Stronger probes (higher D(u)) yield fewer required samples.
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+
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+ ## Package Structure
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+
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+ ```
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+ apd/
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+ ├── models.py — World models (Gaussian, AdaptiveAgent, Network)
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+ ├── policy.py — Probe selection (KL-optimal, fixed, random, ε-greedy)
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+ ├── sprt.py — Wald Sequential Probability Ratio Test
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+ ├── apd.py — Main APD engine
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+ └── utils.py — Statistics helpers
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Running Experiments
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ # Gaussian demo (the killer demo)
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+ python -m experiments.gaussian_demo
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+
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+ # Adversarial agent in multi-dimensional space
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+ python -m experiments.adversarial_agent_demo
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+
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+ # Full benchmark sweep (outputs CSV)
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+ python -m experiments.benchmark > results.csv
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Tests
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ pytest tests/ -v
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Citation
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+
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @software{apd2026,
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+ author = {Mikoshi Ltd},
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+ title = {Active Protocol Discovery},
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+ year = {2026},
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+ url = {https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery}
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Licence
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+
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+ Apache 2.0 — Mikoshi Ltd, 2026
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <img src="apd-logo.jpg" alt="Mikoshi Active Protocol Discovery" width="600">
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+ </p>
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+
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+ # Active Protocol Discovery (APD)
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+
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+ A lightweight framework for detecting hidden adaptive structure in noisy environments via sequential, KL-optimal probing.
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+
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+ Most detection systems are **passive** — they watch and wait. APD is **active** — it probes, measures, adapts, and decides. This makes it fundamentally faster at detecting hidden adaptive behaviour.
10
+
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+ Rather than passively monitoring a system, APD:
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+
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+ 1. **Injects structured perturbations** into the target environment
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+ 2. **Measures statistical deviation** between expected and observed responses
15
+ 3. **Updates posterior belief** via sequential likelihood ratios
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+ 4. **Selects the next probe** to maximise expected evidence gain (KL-optimal)
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+ 5. **Decides** when statistical confidence is reached — no fixed sample size required
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+
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+ ## Why APD Over Existing Approaches?
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+
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+ | Approach | Method | Weakness | APD Advantage |
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+ |----------|--------|----------|---------------|
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+ | **Passive monitoring** | Watch logs/traffic for anomalies | Fails against agents that stay quiet until activated | APD *forces* adaptive agents to reveal themselves |
24
+ | **Fixed probing** (honeypots, canaries) | Deploy known traps | Predictable — sophisticated agents learn to avoid them | APD *adapts* its probes based on what it learns |
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+ | **Threshold detectors** | Alert on metric > threshold | Requires pre-set thresholds, high false positive rate | APD uses *sequential testing* — mathematically controlled error rates |
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+ | **Batch hypothesis testing** | Collect N samples, then decide | Wastes samples, fixed sample size regardless of signal strength | APD *stops early* when evidence is sufficient — up to 45× faster |
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+ | **Anomaly detection (ML)** | Train model on "normal", flag outliers | Needs training data, can't detect novel adaptive behaviour | APD is *model-free* — works with any response distribution |
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+
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+ ### Key Strengths
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+
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+ - **45× faster than passive monitoring** — empirically demonstrated (see demo results below)
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+ - **2× faster than best fixed-probe methods** — KL-optimal selection always finds the most informative probe
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+ - **Mathematically guaranteed error rates** — false positive and false negative rates are configurable via Wald SPRT, not heuristic
34
+ - **No training data required** — works from first observation, no labelled dataset needed
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+ - **Probe-agnostic** — plug in any environment, any probe set, any response distribution
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+ - **Lightweight** — pure NumPy/SciPy, no deep learning frameworks, runs on a Raspberry Pi
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+
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+ ## Applications
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+
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+ ### AI Safety & Adversarial Detection
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+ - **Deceptive AI agents** — detect if an autonomous agent is strategically hiding capabilities or intentions
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+ - **LLM prompt injection** — inject structured perturbations, monitor output entropy shifts to detect hidden tool-use loops
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+ - **Sleeper agents** — probe for trigger-activated behaviour in fine-tuned models
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+ - **Multi-agent deception** — detect if agents in a sandbox are colluding or behaving adaptively
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+
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+ ### Network Security
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+ - **Bot detection** — send structured timing probes, observe latency distribution shifts to distinguish bots from humans
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+ - **Adversarial infrastructure** — detect command-and-control servers that adapt responses based on probe patterns
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+ - **DDoS source identification** — probe suspect sources with varied request patterns to detect coordinated adaptive behaviour
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+
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+ ### Distributed Systems
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+ - **Hidden node discovery** — detect undeclared adaptive nodes in a distributed network
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+ - **Byzantine fault detection** — identify nodes that respond strategically rather than honestly
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+ - **Protocol compliance testing** — probe services to detect non-standard adaptive behaviour
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+
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+ ### Research
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+ - **Multi-agent systems** — test whether agents develop emergent adaptive strategies
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+ - **Reinforcement learning** — detect if an RL agent has learned to game its environment
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+ - **Cognitive science** — sequential optimal experiment design for detecting adaptive structure in human/animal behaviour
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+
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+ ## Installation
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ pip install active-protocol-discovery
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+ ```
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+
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+ Or from source:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery.git
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+ cd active-protocol-discovery
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+ pip install -e ".[dev]"
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+ ```
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+
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+ Or clone and install locally:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery.git
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+ cd active-protocol-discovery
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+ pip install -e ".[dev]"
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Quick Start
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+
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+ ```python
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+ from apd import APDEngine, GaussianWorld, KLOptimalPolicy, WaldSPRT
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+
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+ world = GaussianWorld(sigma=1.0, adaptive=True)
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+ policy = KLOptimalPolicy(probes=[0.2, 0.5, 1.0])
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+ sprt = WaldSPRT(alpha=0.01, beta=0.01)
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+
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+ engine = APDEngine(world, policy, sprt)
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+ result = engine.run(max_steps=1000)
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+
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+ print(f"Decision: {'Adaptive' if result.decision else 'Null'}")
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+ print(f"Steps: {result.steps}")
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## How It Works
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+
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+ APD implements a sequential likelihood ratio framework (Wald SPRT) with probe selection based on KL-separability. At each step the engine:
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+
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+ 1. **Selects a probe** — the perturbation that maximises expected KL divergence between H0 and H1
104
+ 2. **Observes the response** — samples from the true environment
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+ 3. **Updates the log-likelihood ratio** — accumulates evidence for/against adaptive structure
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+ 4. **Decides or continues** — stops when the SPRT threshold is crossed
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+
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+ ## Demo Results
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+
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+ Results from `experiments/gaussian_demo.py` (1000 trials, σ=1.0, α=β=0.01):
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+
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+ ### H1: Adaptive world (adversary present)
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+
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+ | Method | Mean Steps | Detection Rate | Undecided |
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+ |---------------------------|------------|----------------|-----------|
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+ | Passive (u=0) | 10000.0 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
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+ | Weak beacon (u=0.2) | 231.5 | 0.987 | 0.000 |
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+ | Strong beacon (u=1.0) | 10.4 | 0.996 | 0.000 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.2, 1.0} | 10.4 | 0.996 | 0.000 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.1..1.5} | 5.1 | 0.993 | 0.000 |
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+
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+ ### H0: Null world (false positive check)
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+
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+ | Method | Mean Steps | False Positive Rate | Correct Null |
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+ |---------------------------|------------|---------------------|--------------|
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+ | Strong beacon (u=1.0) | 10.5 | 0.003 | 0.997 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.1..1.5} | 5.1 | 0.002 | 0.998 |
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+
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+ **Key takeaway:** APD automatically selects the strongest available probe (u=1.5), achieving 2× faster detection than a strong fixed beacon while maintaining false positive rates below α.
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+
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+ ## Theory
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+
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+ ### Wald SPRT
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+
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+ The Sequential Probability Ratio Test accumulates log-likelihood ratios until crossing a decision boundary:
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+
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+ - **Log-likelihood ratio:** Λ(y|u) = log p(y|H₁,u) − log p(y|H₀)
138
+ - **Upper threshold (accept H₁):** A = log((1−β)/α)
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+ - **Lower threshold (accept H₀):** B = log(β/(1−α))
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+
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+ ### KL Divergence as Probe Quality
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+
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+ For the Gaussian case, the KL divergence between H₁ and H₀ given probe u is:
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+
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+ D(u) = μ(u)² / (2σ²)
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+
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+ This quantifies how much information a single observation provides about the hypothesis. APD selects the probe maximising D(u), achieving the fastest possible sequential detection.
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+
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+ ### Expected Sample Complexity
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+
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+ Under H₁, Wald's approximation gives:
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+
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+ E[N|H₁] ≈ ((1−β)·A + β·B) / D(u)
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+
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+ Stronger probes (higher D(u)) yield fewer required samples.
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+
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+ ## Package Structure
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+
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+ ```
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+ apd/
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+ ├── models.py — World models (Gaussian, AdaptiveAgent, Network)
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+ ├── policy.py — Probe selection (KL-optimal, fixed, random, ε-greedy)
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+ ├── sprt.py — Wald Sequential Probability Ratio Test
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+ ├── apd.py — Main APD engine
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+ └── utils.py — Statistics helpers
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Running Experiments
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ # Gaussian demo (the killer demo)
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+ python -m experiments.gaussian_demo
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+
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+ # Adversarial agent in multi-dimensional space
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+ python -m experiments.adversarial_agent_demo
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+
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+ # Full benchmark sweep (outputs CSV)
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+ python -m experiments.benchmark > results.csv
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Tests
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ pytest tests/ -v
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Citation
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+
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @software{apd2026,
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+ author = {Mikoshi Ltd},
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+ title = {Active Protocol Discovery},
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+ year = {2026},
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+ url = {https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery}
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Licence
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+
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+ Apache 2.0 — Mikoshi Ltd, 2026
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.4
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+ Name: active-protocol-discovery
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+ Version: 0.1.0
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+ Summary: Active Protocol Discovery — detect hidden adaptive structure via sequential KL-optimal probing. 45x faster than passive monitoring, mathematically guaranteed error rates.
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+ Author-email: Mikoshi Ltd <darren@mikoshi.co.uk>
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+ License: Apache-2.0
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery
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+ Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery
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+ Keywords: adversarial-detection,active-testing,sequential-testing,hypothesis-testing,SPRT,KL-divergence,anomaly-detection,bot-detection,AI-safety,multi-agent,adaptive-systems,probe,security,deception-detection
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Security
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+ Classifier: Topic :: System :: Networking :: Monitoring
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.9
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ Requires-Dist: numpy>=1.21
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+ Requires-Dist: scipy>=1.7
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+ Provides-Extra: plot
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+ Requires-Dist: matplotlib>=3.5; extra == "plot"
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+ Provides-Extra: dev
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+ Requires-Dist: pytest>=7.0; extra == "dev"
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+ Requires-Dist: matplotlib>=3.5; extra == "dev"
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+
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <img src="apd-logo.jpg" alt="Mikoshi Active Protocol Discovery" width="600">
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+ </p>
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+ # Active Protocol Discovery (APD)
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+ A lightweight framework for detecting hidden adaptive structure in noisy environments via sequential, KL-optimal probing.
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+ Most detection systems are **passive** — they watch and wait. APD is **active** — it probes, measures, adapts, and decides. This makes it fundamentally faster at detecting hidden adaptive behaviour.
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+ Rather than passively monitoring a system, APD:
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+ 1. **Injects structured perturbations** into the target environment
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+ 2. **Measures statistical deviation** between expected and observed responses
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+ 3. **Updates posterior belief** via sequential likelihood ratios
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+ 4. **Selects the next probe** to maximise expected evidence gain (KL-optimal)
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+ 5. **Decides** when statistical confidence is reached — no fixed sample size required
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+ ## Why APD Over Existing Approaches?
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+ | Approach | Method | Weakness | APD Advantage |
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+ |----------|--------|----------|---------------|
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+ | **Passive monitoring** | Watch logs/traffic for anomalies | Fails against agents that stay quiet until activated | APD *forces* adaptive agents to reveal themselves |
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+ | **Fixed probing** (honeypots, canaries) | Deploy known traps | Predictable — sophisticated agents learn to avoid them | APD *adapts* its probes based on what it learns |
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+ | **Threshold detectors** | Alert on metric > threshold | Requires pre-set thresholds, high false positive rate | APD uses *sequential testing* — mathematically controlled error rates |
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+ | **Batch hypothesis testing** | Collect N samples, then decide | Wastes samples, fixed sample size regardless of signal strength | APD *stops early* when evidence is sufficient — up to 45× faster |
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+ | **Anomaly detection (ML)** | Train model on "normal", flag outliers | Needs training data, can't detect novel adaptive behaviour | APD is *model-free* — works with any response distribution |
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+ ### Key Strengths
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+ - **45× faster than passive monitoring** — empirically demonstrated (see demo results below)
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+ - **2× faster than best fixed-probe methods** — KL-optimal selection always finds the most informative probe
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+ - **Mathematically guaranteed error rates** — false positive and false negative rates are configurable via Wald SPRT, not heuristic
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+ - **No training data required** — works from first observation, no labelled dataset needed
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+ - **Probe-agnostic** — plug in any environment, any probe set, any response distribution
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+ - **Lightweight** — pure NumPy/SciPy, no deep learning frameworks, runs on a Raspberry Pi
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+ ## Applications
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+ ### AI Safety & Adversarial Detection
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+ - **Deceptive AI agents** — detect if an autonomous agent is strategically hiding capabilities or intentions
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+ - **LLM prompt injection** — inject structured perturbations, monitor output entropy shifts to detect hidden tool-use loops
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+ - **Sleeper agents** — probe for trigger-activated behaviour in fine-tuned models
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+ - **Multi-agent deception** — detect if agents in a sandbox are colluding or behaving adaptively
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+ ### Network Security
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+ - **Bot detection** — send structured timing probes, observe latency distribution shifts to distinguish bots from humans
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+ - **Adversarial infrastructure** — detect command-and-control servers that adapt responses based on probe patterns
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+ - **DDoS source identification** — probe suspect sources with varied request patterns to detect coordinated adaptive behaviour
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+ ### Distributed Systems
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+ - **Hidden node discovery** — detect undeclared adaptive nodes in a distributed network
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+ - **Byzantine fault detection** — identify nodes that respond strategically rather than honestly
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+ - **Protocol compliance testing** — probe services to detect non-standard adaptive behaviour
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+ ### Research
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+ - **Multi-agent systems** — test whether agents develop emergent adaptive strategies
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+ - **Reinforcement learning** — detect if an RL agent has learned to game its environment
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+ - **Cognitive science** — sequential optimal experiment design for detecting adaptive structure in human/animal behaviour
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+ ## Installation
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+ ```bash
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+ pip install active-protocol-discovery
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+ ```
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+ Or from source:
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery.git
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+ cd active-protocol-discovery
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+ pip install -e ".[dev]"
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+ ```
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+ Or clone and install locally:
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+ ```bash
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+ git clone https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery.git
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+ cd active-protocol-discovery
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+ pip install -e ".[dev]"
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+ ```
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+ ## Quick Start
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+ ```python
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+ from apd import APDEngine, GaussianWorld, KLOptimalPolicy, WaldSPRT
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+ world = GaussianWorld(sigma=1.0, adaptive=True)
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+ policy = KLOptimalPolicy(probes=[0.2, 0.5, 1.0])
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+ sprt = WaldSPRT(alpha=0.01, beta=0.01)
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+ engine = APDEngine(world, policy, sprt)
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+ result = engine.run(max_steps=1000)
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+ print(f"Decision: {'Adaptive' if result.decision else 'Null'}")
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+ print(f"Steps: {result.steps}")
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+ ```
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+ ## How It Works
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+ APD implements a sequential likelihood ratio framework (Wald SPRT) with probe selection based on KL-separability. At each step the engine:
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+ 1. **Selects a probe** — the perturbation that maximises expected KL divergence between H0 and H1
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+ 2. **Observes the response** — samples from the true environment
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+ 3. **Updates the log-likelihood ratio** — accumulates evidence for/against adaptive structure
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+ 4. **Decides or continues** — stops when the SPRT threshold is crossed
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+ ## Demo Results
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+ Results from `experiments/gaussian_demo.py` (1000 trials, σ=1.0, α=β=0.01):
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+ ### H1: Adaptive world (adversary present)
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+ | Method | Mean Steps | Detection Rate | Undecided |
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+ | Passive (u=0) | 10000.0 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
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+ | Weak beacon (u=0.2) | 231.5 | 0.987 | 0.000 |
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+ | Strong beacon (u=1.0) | 10.4 | 0.996 | 0.000 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.2, 1.0} | 10.4 | 0.996 | 0.000 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.1..1.5} | 5.1 | 0.993 | 0.000 |
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+ ### H0: Null world (false positive check)
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+ | Method | Mean Steps | False Positive Rate | Correct Null |
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+ | Strong beacon (u=1.0) | 10.5 | 0.003 | 0.997 |
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+ | APD KL-optimal {0.1..1.5} | 5.1 | 0.002 | 0.998 |
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+ **Key takeaway:** APD automatically selects the strongest available probe (u=1.5), achieving 2× faster detection than a strong fixed beacon while maintaining false positive rates below α.
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+ ## Theory
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+ ### Wald SPRT
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+ The Sequential Probability Ratio Test accumulates log-likelihood ratios until crossing a decision boundary:
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+ - **Log-likelihood ratio:** Λ(y|u) = log p(y|H₁,u) − log p(y|H₀)
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+ - **Upper threshold (accept H₁):** A = log((1−β)/α)
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+ - **Lower threshold (accept H₀):** B = log(β/(1−α))
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+ ### KL Divergence as Probe Quality
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+ For the Gaussian case, the KL divergence between H₁ and H₀ given probe u is:
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+ D(u) = μ(u)² / (2σ²)
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+ This quantifies how much information a single observation provides about the hypothesis. APD selects the probe maximising D(u), achieving the fastest possible sequential detection.
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+ ### Expected Sample Complexity
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+ Under H₁, Wald's approximation gives:
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+ E[N|H₁] ≈ ((1−β)·A + β·B) / D(u)
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+ Stronger probes (higher D(u)) yield fewer required samples.
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+ ## Package Structure
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+ ```
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+ ├── models.py — World models (Gaussian, AdaptiveAgent, Network)
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+ ├── policy.py — Probe selection (KL-optimal, fixed, random, ε-greedy)
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+ ├── sprt.py — Wald Sequential Probability Ratio Test
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+ ├── apd.py — Main APD engine
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+ └── utils.py — Statistics helpers
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+ ```
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+ ## Running Experiments
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+ ```bash
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+ # Gaussian demo (the killer demo)
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+ python -m experiments.gaussian_demo
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+ # Adversarial agent in multi-dimensional space
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+ python -m experiments.adversarial_agent_demo
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+ # Full benchmark sweep (outputs CSV)
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+ python -m experiments.benchmark > results.csv
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+ ```
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+ ## Tests
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+ ```bash
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+ pytest tests/ -v
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+ ```
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+ ## Citation
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @software{apd2026,
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+ author = {Mikoshi Ltd},
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+ title = {Active Protocol Discovery},
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+ year = {2026},
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+ url = {https://github.com/DarrenEdwards111/active-protocol-discovery}
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ ## Licence
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+ Apache 2.0 — Mikoshi Ltd, 2026
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