---
slug: "FractionalDelivery"
name: "FractionalDelivery"
type: "Coordination"
layer: "Society"
ref: "FractionalDelivery#fe1c"
sema_id: "sema:FractionalDelivery#mh:SHA-256:fe1c10ac39652798ee9b2edd66406f9b1857f125b220f962d90fe9934cdccca7"
tags: ["Society","Coordination"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "origin-of-risk"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/FractionalDelivery/
related: ["EndogenousStress","FractionalMetaModel","Laterality","OrganisationGame"]
---

# FractionalDelivery

Pre-position part of a possible future configuration so that, when the game changes, most agents already fit the new optimum and only the remaining fraction must change strategy

Layer: Society · Category: Coordination

## Mechanism

In an [OrganisationGame](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/OrganisationGame.md) the best joint strategy keeps changing. For a change that may come (a server failure, a new reporting need, a different conversation), deliver part of the configuration it would require in advance: some components built, some agents already playing a strategy compatible with the new game. The delivered fraction is measured as the agents or components that would not need to change strategy to reach the new optimum, out of all involved; the undelivered remainder is the change's [Laterality](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/Laterality.md). Raising the delivered fraction lowers the laterality of the switch and so makes it more likely to happen in time. This is how a [FractionalMetaModel](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/FractionalMetaModel.md) is built on purpose, e.g. as a matrix of components against possible stressors recording how much of each is already delivered. The price is [EndogenousStress](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/EndogenousStress.md): preparation that does not pay until the change comes, and work to remove it if the change never comes. The delivered fraction should therefore track how likely the change is.

## Invariants

- Delivered fraction plus remaining laterality covers all agents or components involved in the change
- A higher delivered fraction means fewer agents must change strategy when the game changes
- The delivered fraction carries a standing cost as endogenous stress

## Preconditions

- A possible future change of game can be described in terms of the configuration it would require

## Failure modes

- Delivering fully for every possible change, at a cost that blocks integration altogether
- Leaving likely changes undelivered, so switching needs many agents to move at once
- Never removing fractional delivery for changes that have become unlikely

## Builds on

- [EndogenousStress](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/EndogenousStress.md) (Mind; References)
- [FractionalMetaModel](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/FractionalMetaModel.md) (Mind; References)
- [Laterality](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/Laterality.md) (Society; References)
- [OrganisationGame](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/OrganisationGame.md) (Society; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:FractionalDelivery#mh:SHA-256:fe1c10ac39652798ee9b2edd66406f9b1857f125b220f962d90fe9934cdccca7`
- Ref: `FractionalDelivery#fe1c`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/FractionalDelivery/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/#FractionalDelivery)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/FractionalDelivery.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/origin-of-risk/index.json)