{
  "scope": "Separate diagnostic study, not the public scalar-service benchmark or empirical validation.",
  "resource_constraint": "Owner reports insufficient resources for broader empirical testing.",
  "algorithm": {
    "name": "one-step greedy scalar-payload selection",
    "source_file": "paired_information_study.py",
    "source_sha256": "fb9ada082bb38e7f9e73679dc90df413fe0ce305099b4de1628a3b4d979fd443",
    "candidate_count": 3,
    "reconsideration_interval_updates": 10,
    "criterion": "Immediate wrong-route action count plus maximum reference error in a copied controller."
  },
  "reported_result": {
    "matched_comparisons": 128,
    "reported_outcome_differences": 0,
    "source_file": "SCIENTIFIC_CORE_R02.md",
    "source_sha256": "af559ab1569ed6f4ec919bd4f5979c1f0a40ececcf272713b91f948e3c874a6a",
    "interpretation": "No demonstrated stronger adversary on the declared reported outcomes."
  },
  "source_excerpt": " and tick%10==0:\n            options=[1-truth,.66 if truth<.5 else .34,.51 if truth<.5 else .49];scored=[]\n            for payload in options:\n                vals,ages=messages(payload);nx,ready,_=decide(vals,ages,True);objective=int(np.count_nonzero(ready&((nx>=.5)!=(truth>=.5))))+float(np.max(np.abs(nx-truth)));scored.append((objective,payload));optimization_queries+=1\n            last_payload=max(scored)[1]\n"
}