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Equation 9 · Part 1 · Why Cost and Latency Belong in the Evaluation Score, Not a Footnote

Symbol A

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AA

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at least as good on every axis and strictly better on at least one.

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Say agent A Pareto-dominates agent B if A is at least as good on every axis and strictly better on at least one:

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Given that, the more defensible comparison between two agents is not a rank at all. It is a dominance relation. Say agent A Pareto-dominates agent B if A is at least as good on every axis and strictly better on at least one:

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