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Restores the executable Driver, Oud, and Voelkle (2017) p. 16 T0VARstd scalar on current main after 0ce16e8 dropped the pre-consolidation code while research notes already named the map (register items 79–80).

Head is independent of #262 T0MEANSstd (open, rebased onto #250; do not merge). Lands on protected main c519a0d after #250 asymCINTstd, #243 CINTstd, #242 MANIFESTMEANSstd, and #244 discreteCINTstd.

JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-26T07:17Z from https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/download/v077i05/1104. Table 2 (p. 12) and footnote 4 (p. 16) were read from that PDF in this cycle.

  • Table 2 (p. 12) names T0VAR the lower-triangular Cholesky of latent process initial variance/covariance and names T0MEANS the n.latent × 1 matrix of latent process means at the first time point T0.
  • Page 16 prints standardised matrices with the suffix std when appropriate. The printed example on p. 16 is discreteDRIFTstd, not T0VARstd.
  • Footnote 4: standardisations use only the relevant variance, not the total. DRIFT uses within-subject asymDIFFUSION because those parameters represent individual, or average individual, temporal dynamics. Table 2 T0VAR is the first occasion, so that relevant variance is free T0VAR p_0, not asymDIFFUSION.
  • The 2017-era summary.ctsemFit.R forms T0VARstd as solve(sqrt(diag(T0VAR))) %&% T0VAR when verbose = TRUE. OpenMx %&% is t(A) %*% B %*% A. The default ridging = FALSE adds 0, not 0.0001; that ridge is a numerical hack and is not this exact map.
  • Scalar map: p_0 / p_0 = 1 after strictly positive free T0VAR. Form p_0 first, then 1 / √p_0, then (1 / √p_0) p_0 (1 / √p_0). Zero p_0 has no positive SD and fails closed. Free T0VAR does not require stable a < 0. A non-event clock fails closed. Distinct positive p_0 recover the same 1.
  • μ_0 / √p_0 is T0MEANSstd and recovers the same number when μ_0 = √p_0 and remains a distinct named quantity. This crate does not currently export T0MEANSstd; the refuse still names that quantity.
  • p / p = 1 is asymDIFFUSIONstd and recovers the same number and remains a distinct named quantity. This crate does not currently export asymDIFFUSIONstd; the refuse still names that quantity.

Still not a Kalman filter, not a matrix expm, not ESEM estimation, not DSEM, not MGCFA, and not ctsem estimation.

Meredith (1993) remains unread (Unpaywall 2026-08-26T07:17Z: is_oa: false; OpenAlex closed; Springer content/pdf is a 3038-byte HTML stub). Mislevy (1991) remains unread on the same terms (DOI 10.1007/bf02294457; Unpaywall is_oa: false). #84 metric still does not license latent means.

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  • cargo +1.98.0 test -p psychometric_core --lib — 174 passed
  • cargo +1.98.0 test -p psychometric_core --test multilevel_event_time_recovery_contract --test scientific_claim_boundary_contract standardised_initial_latent_variance — 2 + 1 passed
  • cargo +1.98.0 clippy -p psychometric_core --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • cargo +1.98.0 fmt -p psychometric_core -- --check
  • RUSTDOCFLAGS='-D warnings' cargo +1.98.0 doc -p psychometric_core --no-deps

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  • crate: psychometric_core (not a second invariance crate)
  • map: recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance
  • ADR: 0005

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  • 새 기능

    • 초기 잠재분산을 표준화해 T0VARstd 값을 복구하는 기능을 추가했습니다.
    • 잘못된 시간 척도, 0 또는 유효하지 않은 분산 입력을 명확한 오류로 처리합니다.
    • 관련 기능을 공개 API에서 사용할 수 있습니다.
  • 버그 수정

    • 표준화된 초기분산을 평균이나 점근 확산과 혼동하는 입력을 거부합니다.
  • 문서

    • T0VARstd의 정의, 적용 조건 및 관련 개념과의 차이를 문서화했습니다.

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psychometric_coreT0VART0VARstd로 복구하는 공개 API를 추가했습니다. event-time과 양의 유한 분산을 검증합니다. 잘못된 표준화 양의 대응을 거부하고, 오류·re-export·테스트·문서를 갱신합니다.

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초기 잠재분산 표준화

Layer / File(s) Summary
표준화 API와 오류 계약
crates/psychometric_core/src/error.rs, crates/psychometric_core/src/event_time.rs, crates/psychometric_core/src/lib.rs
T0VARstd 복구 함수와 세 가지 오용 거부 함수를 추가했습니다. event-time clock, 유한성, 양의 분산을 검증합니다. 관련 PsychometricError 변형과 공개 re-export를 추가했습니다.
표준화 동작과 경계 검증
crates/psychometric_core/src/event_time.rs, crates/psychometric_core/tests/multilevel_event_time_recovery_contract.rs, crates/psychometric_core/tests/scientific_claim_boundary_contract.rs
양의 분산의 표준화 결과가 1인지 검증합니다. 비이벤트 clock, 0·음수·비유한 분산과 잘못된 개념 대응의 오류 처리를 검증합니다.
표준화 정의와 릴리스 문서
docs/adr/0005-posterior-esem-dsem.md, docs/research/multilevel-event-time-recovery.md, CHANGELOG.md
T0VARstd의 계산식, 적용 조건, 관련 표준화 양과의 구분 및 실패 조건을 문서화했습니다.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 659e1

The restored scalar behavior is localized, but the accompanying documentation currently claims a smaller RMSE where the compared standardized values can be identical, which could mislead users about validation results. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to correct that statement.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant 호출자
  participant recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance
  participant LagClock
  participant PsychometricError
  호출자->>recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance: T0VAR와 clock 전달
  recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance->>LagClock: event-time clock 검증
  LagClock-->>recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance: 검증 결과 반환
  recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance->>PsychometricError: 잘못된 분산 조건 처리
  recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance-->>호출자: T0VARstd = 1 또는 오류 반환
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Map free first-occasion T0VAR through 2017-era summary.ctsemFit.R as
solve(sqrt(diag(T0VAR))) %&% T0VAR after strictly positive p_0. OpenMx
%&% is t(A)%*%B%*%A; the default ridge is 0. The scalar correlation is
p_0/p_0 = 1. Refuse unstandardised T0VAR, T0MEANSstd, and
asymDIFFUSIONstd. Free T0VAR does not require a<0.
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Comment on lines +1634 to +1637
let process_sd = initial_latent_variance.sqrt();
let inverse_sd = require_finite(1.0 / process_sd)?;
let scaled = require_finite(inverse_sd * initial_latent_variance)?;
require_finite(scaled * inverse_sd)

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🔍 Unreachable overflow guards in the T0VARstd map

The three require_finite calls in recover_standardised_initial_latent_variance can never fail: for any finite positive p, 1/sqrt(p), sqrt(p), and the final product ≈1 are all finite (verified down to the smallest denormal and up to f64::MAX). Unlike the sibling mean map, there is no external numerator that could overflow, so the error arms are dead. Against the 100% branch-coverage contract in AGENTS.md, these arms may be uncoverable.

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In `@docs/research/multilevel-event-time-recovery.md`:
- Line 253: Update the RMSE comparison in the paragraph around Driver et al. so
asymDIFFUSIONstd (p/p = 1) is not claimed to differ from T0VARstd, and exclude
the matching T0MEANSstd case where μ0 = √p0. Validate these named quantities
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- Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; Table 2; Eq. 3; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T21:10Z) recovers a known standardised continuous TD effect \(m\cdot\sqrt{v}/\sqrt{-q/(2a)}\) at machine-scale RMSE, and that RMSE is smaller than treating unstandardised \(M\), intercept-style \(A^{-1}[e^{A\Delta t}-I]M\cdot\sqrt{v}/\sqrt{p}\), or \(m\cdot\sqrt{v}/\sqrt{\mathrm{trait}+p+\mathrm{added}}\) as `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; equal numbers with `TIPREDEFFECTstd` when \(M=B\) remain distinct named quantities; a larger positive \(q\) yields a smaller \(|\mathrm{std}|\); a zero coefficient with positive \(v\) and \(p\) is exactly zero; \(q=0\), \(v=0\), and \(a\ge 0\) fail closed; a non-event clock and an overflowing product fail closed.
- Driver et al. (2017, Table 3 / p. 16 `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T21:34Z) recovers a known standardised first-occasion TD effect \(t0_m\cdot\sqrt{v}/\sqrt{p_0}\) at machine-scale RMSE, and that RMSE is smaller than treating unstandardised \(t0_m\), continuous \(m\cdot\sqrt{v}/\sqrt{-q/(2a)}\), or \(t0_m\cdot\sqrt{v}/\sqrt{\mathrm{trait}+p_0+\mathrm{added}}\) as `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; equal numbers with `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` when \(t0_m=t0_b\) remain distinct named quantities; a larger positive \(p_0\) yields a smaller \(|\mathrm{std}|\); a zero coefficient with positive \(v\) and \(p_0\) is exactly zero; \(p_0=0\) and \(v=0\) fail closed; a non-event clock and an overflowing product fail closed; free `T0VAR` does not require \(a<0\).
- Driver et al. (2017, Table 2 / p. 16 `T0VARstd`; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T22:06Z) recovers the scalar correlation \(p_0/p_0=1\) at machine-scale RMSE after strictly positive free `T0VAR`, and that RMSE is smaller than treating unstandardised \(p_0\), `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` \(t0_m\cdot\sqrt{v}/\sqrt{p_0}\), or `addedT0TIPREDVAR` \(t0_b^{2}v\) as `T0VARstd`; distinct positive \(p_0\) recover the same 1; \(p_0=0\) fails closed; a non-event clock fails closed; free `T0VAR` does not require \(a<0\).
- Driver et al. (2017, Table 2 / p. 16 `T0VARstd`; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-26T07:17Z) recovers the scalar correlation \(p_0/p_0=1\) at machine-scale RMSE after strictly positive free `T0VAR`, and that RMSE is smaller than treating unstandardised \(p_0\), `T0MEANSstd` \(\mu_0/\sqrt{p_0}\), or `asymDIFFUSIONstd` \(p/p=1\) as `T0VARstd`; distinct positive \(p_0\) recover the same 1; equal 1 with `T0MEANSstd` when \(\mu_0=\sqrt{p_0}\) remains a distinct named quantity; equal 1 with `asymDIFFUSIONstd` remains a distinct named quantity; \(p_0=0\) fails closed; a non-event clock fails closed; free `T0VAR` does not require \(a<0\).

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Line 253의 RMSE 비교를 수정하세요.

asymDIFFUSIONstd의 유효한 scalar 값은 p / p = 1입니다. 따라서 이를 T0VARstd로 대체해도 정답과 같아서 RMSE는 동일하게 0이며, “RMSE가 더 작다”는 주장은 성립하지 않습니다. T0MEANSstdμ_0 = √p_0이면 같은 값이 됩니다. 명명된 양의 구분은 수치 RMSE가 아니라 API의 개념 및 거부 계약으로 검증하세요. RMSE 비교에는 실제 출력이 다른 기준만 사용하세요.

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In `@docs/research/multilevel-event-time-recovery.md` at line 253, Update the RMSE
comparison in the paragraph around Driver et al. so asymDIFFUSIONstd (p/p = 1)
is not claimed to differ from T0VARstd, and exclude the matching T0MEANSstd case
where μ0 = √p0. Validate these named quantities through API conceptual
distinctions and rejection contracts, using RMSE only for baselines with
genuinely different outputs.

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