Equation 38 · Part 1 · Why Coding Agents Fail: Long-Horizon Reliability in OpenAI Codex
Symbol k
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the first rises with.
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The first rises with k ; the second falls.
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Best-of- k also has a selection problem: an oracle evaluator is unavailable in real work. The system needs a ranking function capable of recognizing the good candidate without hidden benchmark tests. If selection correlates poorly with true quality, additional samples generate review load rather than reliability.
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