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Equation 32 · Part 1 · Why Cost and Latency Belong in the Evaluation Score, Not a Footnote

Symbol lambda_c

λc\lambda_c
λc\lambda_c

What this part means

lambdaca_c 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

lambdaca_c is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

The passage around this formula

When a scalarized score is unavoidable — a single procurement decision, for a single stated deployment — publish λc\lambda_c and λl\lambda_l explicitly next to the resulting number, so a reader with a different cost tolerance can substitute their own weights rather than inherit the evaluator’s.

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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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