Equation 32 · Part 1 · Why Coding Agents Fail: Long-Horizon Reliability in OpenAI Codex
Symbol q
What this part means
the probability.
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q 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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Where the article explains it
If independent attempts each succeed with probability q , then
The passage around this formula
Code-generation research often reports k : the probability that at least one of k sampled solutions passes. If independent attempts each succeed with probability q , then
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