Equation 28 · Part 1 · The Real Economics of Shipping a Model to a Device
Symbol C_dev
What this part means
ev is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
ev is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
…why U belongs in the equation at all: it is a cost that scales with fleet size regardless of how many of those devices ever actually invoke the feature being updated, which is precisely the same property that makes dangerous to ignore.
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A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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