Media: tess.mp4

• Purpose: tess.mp4 is a short, non-essential video used as a conceptual analogy for Compitum’s core ideas (cost–quality tradeoffs, constraints, and near-frontier behavior). It serves as a pedagogical bridge from advanced math to intuitive visuals.

• Provenance: Generated with Sora 2 (text-to-video). No dataset redistribution occurs; the file is an original artifact.

• Reproducibility: The video is not required for any result, test, or pipeline. All scientific claims are backed by code, tests, and documented metrics.

• Packaging: We exclude large media from source distributions to keep installs fast and reproducible.

• Accessibility: Below is a text description of the animation for screen readers.

Text Description (Alt)

The animation shows a character named Tess exploring branching paths in a stylized landscape. Each path has signs indicating expected “quality” and “cost.” Tess proceeds along routes that balance quality and cost while obeying visible “constraints” (e.g., bridges with weight limits). At ambiguous junctions, Tess pauses, checks measurements (gap to the next-best path, uncertainty), and proceeds cautiously. Over time, Tess’s route adjusts smoothly as the terrain changes, mirroring Compitum’s trust-region updates.

Notes

• This media is illustrative only; no decisions or metrics depend on it.

• If bandwidth is limited, you can safely ignore tess.mp4 and proceed with the PEER_REVIEW guide.