Resource Misallocation

Detects when multiple agents compete for shared resources, leading to contention, starvation, or deadlock. Common in parallel multi-agent architectures.

Examples

• Three agents simultaneously request access to the same database connection pool
• One agent holds a resource lock indefinitely, starving other agents
• Circular wait: Agent A waits for resource held by B, B waits for resource held by A
• Resources allocated inefficiently -- most agents idle while one is overloaded

Detection methods

Contention Analysis

Tracks concurrent resource access requests

Starvation Detection

Identifies agents that never acquire needed resources

Deadlock Graph

Analyzes circular wait conditions in resource allocation

Efficiency Scoring

Measures resource utilization distribution across agents

Subtypes

• contention
• starvation
• deadlock risk
• inefficient allocation