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Equation 31 · Part 3 · Why Cost and Latency Belong in the Evaluation Score, Not a Footnote

Symbol l

(s,c,l)(s, c, l)
ll

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l 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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Report the triple, not the rank. Publish (s, c, l) per agent per task suite, and let a scalarized ranking, if one is needed for a specific procurement decision, be computed downstream with weights that are stated rather than assumed.

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