#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Synthetic reference study for the Supervisory Capacity Model. This is not evidence about people or deployed LLMs. It separates an exact logistic-model recovery control from a queue-model mismatch test and detects violations caused by correlated arrivals, batching, and switching costs. """ from __future__ import annotations import json from pathlib import Path import numpy as np from scipy.optimize import least_squares SEED = 20260828 TEAM_SIZES = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10], dtype=float) SESSIONS_PER_SIZE = 500 DURATION_MIN = 30 LAMBDA = 0.25 BUDGET = 1.0 TYPE_NAMES = ("perception", "comprehension", "projection") TYPE_PROBS = np.array([0.50, 0.30, 0.20]) TYPE_COSTS = np.array([0.60, 1.00, 1.60]) TYPE_DEADLINES = np.array([2.0, 3.0, 4.0]) CONDITIONS = ("additive", "correlated", "batched", "switching") def logistic(n: np.ndarray, floor: float, span: float, midpoint: float, tau: float) -> np.ndarray: z = np.clip((n - midpoint) / tau, -40.0, 40.0) return floor + span / (1.0 + np.exp(z)) def fit_curve(x: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray: def residual(theta: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray: return logistic(x, *theta) - y initial = np.array([0.12, 0.82, 4.0, 1.0]) lower = np.array([0.0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.10]) upper = np.array([0.60, 1.00, 15.0, 8.0]) return least_squares(residual, initial, bounds=(lower, upper)).x def minute_arrivals(rng: np.random.Generator, n_agents: int, condition: str, minute: int, event_rate: float = LAMBDA, cost_scale: float = 1.0): events: list[list[float | int]] = [] independent_rate = 0.68 * event_rate if condition == "correlated" else event_rate for agent in range(n_agents): for _ in range(rng.poisson(independent_rate)): kind = int(rng.choice(len(TYPE_NAMES), p=TYPE_PROBS)) events.append([ minute + rng.random(), agent, kind, float(TYPE_COSTS[kind] * cost_scale), ]) if condition == "correlated": for _ in range(rng.poisson(event_rate - independent_rate)): kind = int(rng.choice(len(TYPE_NAMES), p=TYPE_PROBS)) when = minute + rng.random() for agent in range(n_agents): events.append([ when, agent, kind, float(TYPE_COSTS[kind] * cost_scale), ]) if condition == "batched" and events: by_kind: dict[int, list[int]] = {} for index, event in enumerate(events): by_kind.setdefault(int(event[2]), []).append(index) for kind, indices in by_kind.items(): if len(indices) > 1: total = (TYPE_COSTS[kind] * cost_scale * (1.0 + 0.25 * (len(indices) - 1))) per_event = float(total / len(indices)) for index in indices: events[index][3] = per_event return events def simulate_session(rng: np.random.Generator, n_agents: int, condition: str, event_rate: float = LAMBDA, budget: float = BUDGET, cost_scale: float = 1.0, deadline_scale: float = 1.0) -> float: events: list[list[float | int]] = [] for minute in range(DURATION_MIN): events.extend(minute_arrivals( rng, n_agents, condition, minute, event_rate, cost_scale )) events.sort(key=lambda event: (float(event[0]), rng.random())) if not events: return np.nan available = 0.0 previous_agent = None correct = 0 for arrival, agent, kind, cost in events: switch = 0.35 if condition == "switching" and previous_agent not in (None, agent) else 0.0 start = max(float(arrival), available) completion = start + (float(cost) + switch) / budget recovered = (completion - float(arrival) <= TYPE_DEADLINES[int(kind)] * deadline_scale) p_correct = 0.95 if recovered else 0.15 correct += int(rng.random() < p_correct) available = completion previous_agent = agent return correct / len(events) def bootstrap_midpoint( rng: np.random.Generator, values: dict[int, np.ndarray], repetitions: int = 400 ) -> tuple[float, float]: estimates = [] for _ in range(repetitions): means = np.array( [rng.choice(values[int(n)], size=len(values[int(n)]), replace=True).mean() for n in TEAM_SIZES] ) estimates.append(float(fit_curve(TEAM_SIZES, means)[2])) return tuple(np.quantile(estimates, [0.025, 0.975])) def direct_logistic_control(rng: np.random.Generator) -> dict[str, object]: """Generate scores from the fitted model itself as a code recovery check.""" truth = np.array([0.15, 0.80, 4.35, 0.90]) values: dict[int, np.ndarray] = {} means = [] for n in TEAM_SIZES.astype(int): probability = float(logistic(np.array([n]), *truth)[0]) scores = rng.binomial(1, probability, size=SESSIONS_PER_SIZE).astype(float) values[n] = scores means.append(float(scores.mean())) theta = fit_curve(TEAM_SIZES, np.array(means)) interval = bootstrap_midpoint(rng, values) return { "true_floor": float(truth[0]), "true_span": float(truth[1]), "true_midpoint": float(truth[2]), "true_tau": float(truth[3]), "fitted_floor": float(theta[0]), "fitted_span": float(theta[1]), "fitted_midpoint": float(theta[2]), "fitted_tau": float(theta[3]), "midpoint_ci": list(map(float, interval)), "means": means, } def sensitivity_battery(rng: np.random.Generator) -> list[dict[str, float | str]]: """One-factor-at-a-time queue sensitivity; descriptive, not inferential.""" settings = [("baseline", 1.0)] for factor in ("event_rate", "budget", "cost_scale", "deadline_scale"): settings.extend([(factor, 0.8), (factor, 1.2)]) records = [] for factor, multiplier in settings: values = { "event_rate": LAMBDA, "budget": BUDGET, "cost_scale": 1.0, "deadline_scale": 1.0, } if factor != "baseline": values[factor] *= multiplier means = [] for n in TEAM_SIZES.astype(int): scores = np.array([ simulate_session(rng, n, "additive", **values) for _ in range(200) ]) means.append(float(scores[np.isfinite(scores)].mean())) fitted = float(fit_curve(TEAM_SIZES, np.array(means))[2]) predicted = float( values["budget"] / (values["event_rate"] * values["cost_scale"] * np.dot(TYPE_PROBS, TYPE_COSTS)) ) records.append({ "factor": factor, "multiplier": multiplier, "event_rate": values["event_rate"], "budget": values["budget"], "cost_scale": values["cost_scale"], "deadline_scale": values["deadline_scale"], "predicted_midpoint": predicted, "fitted_midpoint": fitted, "bias": fitted - predicted, }) return records def main() -> None: rng = np.random.default_rng(SEED) all_values: dict[str, dict[int, np.ndarray]] = {} results = {"direct_logistic_control": direct_logistic_control(rng)} for condition in CONDITIONS: condition_values = {} means = [] for n in TEAM_SIZES.astype(int): scores = np.array( [simulate_session(rng, n, condition) for _ in range(SESSIONS_PER_SIZE)] ) scores = scores[np.isfinite(scores)] condition_values[n] = scores means.append(float(scores.mean())) all_values[condition] = condition_values theta = fit_curve(TEAM_SIZES, np.array(means)) interval = bootstrap_midpoint(rng, condition_values) results[condition] = { "means": means, "floor": float(theta[0]), "span": float(theta[1]), "midpoint": float(theta[2]), "tau": float(theta[3]), "midpoint_ci": list(map(float, interval)), } predicted_midpoint = BUDGET / (LAMBDA * float(np.dot(TYPE_PROBS, TYPE_COSTS))) results["design"] = { "seed": SEED, "sessions_per_size": SESSIONS_PER_SIZE, "duration_minutes": DURATION_MIN, "lambda": LAMBDA, "mean_service_cost": float(np.dot(TYPE_PROBS, TYPE_COSTS)), "budget": BUDGET, "predicted_midpoint": predicted_midpoint, } results["sensitivity_battery"] = sensitivity_battery(rng) root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent (root / "simulation_summary.json").write_text(json.dumps(results, indent=2) + "\n") rows = ["n additive correlated batched switching"] for index, n in enumerate(TEAM_SIZES.astype(int)): rows.append( f"{n} " + " ".join(f"{results[c]['means'][index]:.4f}" for c in CONDITIONS) ) (root / "simulation_curves.dat").write_text("\n".join(rows) + "\n") table = [ r"\begin{tabular}{lccc}", r"\toprule", r"Condition & nominal $n_0$ & fitted $n_{\mathrm{mid}}$ (95\% bootstrap) & diagnostic \\", r"\midrule", ] diagnostics = { "additive": "reference", "correlated": "shared bursts", "batched": "joint service", "switching": "agent-switch cost", } for condition in CONDITIONS: record = results[condition] lo, hi = record["midpoint_ci"] pred = f"{predicted_midpoint:.2f}" if condition == "additive" else "4.35 (naive)" label = condition.capitalize() table.append( f"{label} & {pred} & {record['midpoint']:.2f} " f"[{lo:.2f}, {hi:.2f}] & {diagnostics[condition]} \\\\" ) table.extend([r"\bottomrule", r"\end{tabular}"]) (root / "simulation_table.tex").write_text("\n".join(table) + "\n") print(json.dumps(results, indent=2)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()