1% ============================================================================2% UQO Working Paper Template — Economics / Finance3% ============================================================================4\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{article}56% --- Encoding & Language ---7\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}8\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}9\usepackage[english]{babel}1011% --- Page Layout ---12\usepackage[13 letterpaper,14 top=1in,15 bottom=1in,16 left=1in,17 right=1in18]{geometry}1920% --- Typography ---21\usepackage{mathptmx} % Times-like font (text + math)22\usepackage{microtype} % Improved typographic refinements23\usepackage{setspace}24\onehalfspacing % 1.5 line spacing2526% --- Math ---27\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}2829% --- Tables ---30\usepackage{booktabs}31\usepackage{tabularx}32\usepackage{multirow}33\usepackage{threeparttable}34\usepackage{siunitx}35\sisetup{36 input-symbols = {()},37 table-format = -1.3,38 parse-numbers = false39}4041% --- Figures ---42\usepackage{graphicx}43\usepackage{subcaption}44\usepackage{float}4546% --- Colors & Links ---47\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}48\usepackage[49 colorlinks = true,50 linkcolor = NavyBlue,51 citecolor = NavyBlue,52 urlcolor = NavyBlue,53 breaklinks = true54]{hyperref}5556% --- Bibliography ---57\usepackage[authoryear,round,semicolon]{natbib}58\bibliographystyle{aer}5960% --- Captions ---61\usepackage[62 font = small,63 labelfont = bf,64 labelsep = period,65 justification = justified,66 singlelinecheck = false67]{caption}6869% --- Headers & Footers ---70\usepackage{fancyhdr}71\pagestyle{fancy}72\fancyhf{}73\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}74\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}7576% --- Section Formatting ---77\usepackage{titlesec}78\titleformat{\section}{\large\bfseries}{\thesection.}{0.5em}{}79\titleformat{\subsection}{\normalsize\bfseries}{\thesubsection.}{0.5em}{}80\titleformat{\subsubsection}{\normalsize\itshape}{\thesubsubsection.}{0.5em}{}8182% --- Appendix Support ---83\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}8485% --- Misc ---86\usepackage{enumitem}87\setlist{nosep,leftmargin=*}8889% ============================================================================90% ============================================================================91% METADATA92% ============================================================================93\usepackage{algorithm}94\usepackage{algpseudocode}95\usepackage{longtable}96\usepackage{array}97\usepackage{pdflscape}98\usepackage{rotating}99\usepackage{adjustbox}100\newcommand{\WPnumber}{30}101\newcommand{\WPtitle}{Beyond Text: Cache Compression and Knowledge Transfer in Multi-Agent Systems}102\newcommand{\WPsubtitle}{A Reproducible Study of Fidelity, Communication Cost, and Repeated Handoffs}103\newcommand{\WPdate}{October 2026}104\newcommand{\WPversion}{1.0}105\input{sections/abstract_text}106\newcommand{\WPkeywords}{KV cache compression; cache reuse; multi-agent systems; knowledge transfer; prompt compression; structured evidence; reproducibility; Apple Silicon; MLX}107\newcommand{\WPjel}{C63, C88, D83, L86, O33}108\newcommand{\WPauthor}{Simon-Pierre Boucher}109\newcommand{\WPaffiliation}{%110 Département des sciences administratives\\111 Université du Québec en Outaouais%112}113\newcommand{\WPemail}{simon-pierre.boucher@uqo.ca}114\newcommand{\WPaddress}{%115 Gatineau -- Pavillon Alexandre-Taché\\116 283, boulevard Alexandre-Taché\\117 Gatineau, Québec, Canada J9A 1L8%118}119\graphicspath{{figures/}}120\newcommand{\pp}{pp.}121122\begin{document}123\input{sections/titlepage}124\tableofcontents125\newpage126\input{sections/introduction}127\input{sections/related}128\input{sections/formulation}129\input{sections/methods}130\input{sections/protocol}131\input{sections/results}132\input{sections/adaptive}133\input{sections/limitations}134\input{sections/reproducibility}135\input{sections/conclusion}136\newpage137\bibliography{references}138\input{appendix/appendix}139\end{document}140