% ============================================================================ % UQO Working Paper Template — Economics / Finance % ============================================================================ \documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article} % --- Encoding & Language --- \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[english]{babel} % --- Page Layout --- \usepackage[ letterpaper, top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in ]{geometry} % --- Typography --- \usepackage{mathptmx} % Times-like font (text + math) \usepackage{microtype} % Improved typographic refinements \usepackage{setspace} \onehalfspacing % 1.5 line spacing % --- Math --- \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm} % --- Tables --- \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{threeparttable} \usepackage{siunitx} \sisetup{ input-symbols = {()}, table-format = -1.3, parse-numbers = false } % --- Figures --- \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{subcaption} \usepackage{float} % --- Colors & Links --- \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage[ colorlinks = true, linkcolor = NavyBlue, citecolor = NavyBlue, urlcolor = NavyBlue, breaklinks = true ]{hyperref} % --- Bibliography --- \usepackage[authoryear,round,semicolon]{natbib} \bibliographystyle{aer} % --- Captions --- \usepackage[ font = small, labelfont = bf, labelsep = period, justification = justified, singlelinecheck = false ]{caption} % --- Headers & Footers --- \usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} % --- Section Formatting --- \usepackage{titlesec} \titleformat{\section}{\large\bfseries}{\thesection.}{0.5em}{} \titleformat{\subsection}{\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubsection.}{0.5em}{} \titleformat{\subsubsection}{\normalsize\itshape}{\thesubsubsection.}{0.5em}{} % --- Appendix Support --- \usepackage[toc,page]{appendix} % --- Misc --- \usepackage{enumitem} \setlist{nosep,leftmargin=*} % ============================================================================ % ============================================================================ % METADATA % ============================================================================ \usepackage{algorithm} \usepackage{algpseudocode} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{pdflscape} \usepackage{adjustbox} \newcommand{\WPnumber}{30} \newcommand{\WPtitle}{Beyond Text: Cache Compression and Knowledge Transfer in Multi-Agent Systems} \newcommand{\WPsubtitle}{A Reproducible Study of Fidelity, Communication Cost, and Repeated Handoffs} \newcommand{\WPdate}{October 2026} \newcommand{\WPversion}{1.0} \input{sections/abstract_text} \newcommand{\WPkeywords}{KV cache compression; cache reuse; multi-agent systems; knowledge transfer; prompt compression; structured evidence; reproducibility; Apple Silicon; MLX} \newcommand{\WPjel}{C63, C88, D83, L86, O33} \newcommand{\WPauthor}{Simon-Pierre Boucher} \newcommand{\WPaffiliation}{% Département des sciences administratives\\ Université du Québec en Outaouais% } \newcommand{\WPemail}{simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca} \newcommand{\WPaddress}{% Gatineau -- Pavillon Alexandre-Taché\\ 283, boulevard Alexandre-Taché\\ Gatineau, Québec, Canada J9A 1L8% } \graphicspath{{figures/}} \newcommand{\pp}{pp.} \begin{document} \input{sections/titlepage} \tableofcontents \newpage \input{sections/introduction} \input{sections/related} \input{sections/formulation} \input{sections/methods} \input{sections/protocol} \input{sections/results} \input{sections/adaptive} \input{sections/limitations} \input{sections/reproducibility} \input{sections/conclusion} \newpage \bibliography{references} \input{appendix/appendix} \end{document}