Equation 45 · OpenAI Codex as a Software-Engineering System: Models, Harnesses, and Evidence
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A complete evaluation record should identify at least . where D is the task distribution, M the model snapshot, H the harness, B the inference and retry budget, P permissions, X the execution environment, V verification, and the evaluation date. Omitting any of these makes reproduction or comparison weaker.
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- [1] Evaluating Large Language Models Trained on Code ↗
- [11] SWE-agent: Agent-Computer Interfaces Enable Automated Software Engineering ↗
- [3] Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex ↗
- [12] Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Software Tasks ↗
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