{
  "study_id": "O0-STUDY-009",
  "title": "Small-world topology accelerates Kuramoto synchronization at matched edge count",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "date": "2026-07-26",
  "record_class": "SIMULATION_STUDY",
  "program": "collective-coordination",
  "research_status": "complete",
  "evidence_type": "computational_simulation",
  "replication_status": "internally_unreplicated",
  "physical_validation": "none",
  "biological_validation": "none",
  "exploratory_vs_confirmatory": "confirmatory",
  "top_line_verdict": "PRELIMINARY SUPPORT",
  "n_seeds": 12,
  "N": 32,
  "K_mid": 2.7,
  "topologies": ["ring", "smallworld_p015", "random"],
  "source_records": ["OA-C005", "O0-STUDY-007"],
  "philosophical_provenance": {
    "record": "# The O-0 Phenomenon- A Unified Framework.md",
    "section": "IV",
    "proposition": "Coordination in the brain (gamma synchrony) is enabled by specific network structure.",
    "relationship": "operationalization",
    "disclaimer": "Reproduces a classical result (Watts & Strogatz 1998). The Kuramoto model is not the brain."
  },
  "files": {
    "record": "scientific_record.md",
    "run_script": "src/run_study.py",
    "summary_json": "results/summary.json",
    "figure": "figures/01_smallworld_sync.png"
  }
}