Equation 18 · Part 2 · Why Cost and Latency Belong in the Evaluation Score, Not a Footnote
Symbol A
What this part means
the agent.
Its job in the formula
A is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
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Where the article explains it
Agent A and Agent B from the opening example are exactly such a pair: A wins on s , B wins on both c and l , and the Pareto relation is silent about which is “better.
The passage around this formula
Make that judgment explicit and it becomes a scalarized score. Choose exchange rates (accuracy points per dollar) and (accuracy points per second of latency), and define . This is a legitimate way to rank agents, and it is what most procurement decisions ultimately have to do. But writing it out this…
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