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Epidemic growth rate, doubling time and R: stage split · case 01

R is overstated whenever there is a latent period.

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ROOT CAUSE

The infectious stage duration is not reduced by the latent stage.

THE FAILURE

The infectious stage duration is not reduced by the latent stage.

Unsuccessful approach: Halving the remaining time splits the generation interval inconsistently.

Case contract

r is the least-squares slope of ln(count) against day index over days with positive counts (original day indices kept); doubling time ln2/r only when r>0 else None; latent time Tl=latent_fraction*Tg, infectious time Ti=Tg-Tl, R=(1+r*Tl)*(1+r*Ti); return [r rounded 6, doubling rounded 4, R rounded 6]; None with fewer than two positive days.

Why this case matters

Compartmental epidemic calculations drive outbreak forecasts, vaccine targets and hospital planning; a single wrong flow, rate conversion or boundary silently changes every downstream number.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(counts, generation_mean, latent_fraction):
    pts = [(d, math.log(c)) for d, c in enumerate(counts) if c > 0]
    if len(pts) < 2:
        return None
    n = len(pts)
    mx = sum(d for d, _ in pts) / n
    my = sum(y for _, y in pts) / n
    sxx = sum((d - mx) ** 2 for d, _ in pts)
    sxy = sum((d - mx) * (y - my) for d, y in pts)
    r = sxy / sxx
    doubling = round(math.log(2) / r, 4) if r > 0 else None
    tl = latent_fraction * generation_mean
    ti = generation_mean
    rep = (1 + r * tl) * (1 + r * ti)
    return [round(r, 6), doubling, round(rep, 6)]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('regression: with reporting gap zero', ([2, 4, 0, 9, 13, 0, 30], 6.0, 0.5), [0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]),
  ('regression: declining', ([50, 41, 30, 26, 18, 15], 4.0, 0.3), [-0.246645, None, 0.217822]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]),
  ('regression: no latency', ([10, 13, 17, 22, 28], 5.0, 0.0), [0.258533, 2.6811, 2.292666]),
  ('regression: two points', ([5, 9], 4.5, 0.25), [0.587787, 1.1792, 4.956834])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('regression: with reporting gap zero', ([2, 4, 0, 9, 13, 0, 30], 6.0, 0.5), [0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]),
  ('regression: no latency', ([10, 13, 17, 22, 28], 5.0, 0.0), [0.258533, 2.6811, 2.292666]),
  ('regression: two points', ([5, 9], 4.5, 0.25), [0.587787, 1.1792, 4.956834])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('regression: with reporting gap zero', ([2, 4, 0, 9, 13, 0, 30], 6.0, 0.5), [0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]),
  ('regression: declining', ([50, 41, 30, 26, 18, 15], 4.0, 0.3), [-0.246645, None, 0.217822]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]),
  ('regression: no latency', ([10, 13, 17, 22, 28], 5.0, 0.0), [0.258533, 2.6811, 2.292666]),
  ('regression: two points', ([5, 9], 4.5, 0.25), [0.587787, 1.1792, 4.956834])]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[N - 1]:
    check(label, solve(*args), expected)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
regression: noisy growth	`[0.372323, 1.8617, 4.992511]`	`[0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]`	Failed
regression: with reporting gap zero	`[0.437065, 1.5859, 8.372041]`	`[0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]`	Failed
regression: declining	`[-0.246645, None, 0.009449]`	`[-0.246645, None, 0.217822]`	Failed
control: flat	`[0.0, None, 1.0]`	`[0.0, None, 1.0]`	Passed
control: too few positives	`None`	`None`	Passed
regression: exact doubling per day	`[0.693147, 1.0, 6.281201]`	`[0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]`	Failed
regression: leading zeros	`[0.796555, 0.8702, 28.575686]`	`[0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]`	Failed

SHA-256 / b9161fe49795a14db83a026d8b0db8b5110674c31d56b1db3cf9dee535514d17

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(counts, generation_mean, latent_fraction):
    pts = [(d, math.log(c)) for d, c in enumerate(counts) if c > 0]
    if len(pts) < 2:
        return None
    n = len(pts)
    mx = sum(d for d, _ in pts) / n
    my = sum(y for _, y in pts) / n
    sxx = sum((d - mx) ** 2 for d, _ in pts)
    sxy = sum((d - mx) * (y - my) for d, y in pts)
    r = sxy / sxx
    doubling = round(math.log(2) / r, 4) if r > 0 else None
    tl = latent_fraction * generation_mean
    ti = (generation_mean - tl) / 2
    rep = (1 + r * tl) * (1 + r * ti)
    return [round(r, 6), doubling, round(rep, 6)]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('regression: with reporting gap zero', ([2, 4, 0, 9, 13, 0, 30], 6.0, 0.5), [0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]),
  ('regression: declining', ([50, 41, 30, 26, 18, 15], 4.0, 0.3), [-0.246645, None, 0.217822]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]),
  ('regression: no latency', ([10, 13, 17, 22, 28], 5.0, 0.0), [0.258533, 2.6811, 2.292666]),
  ('regression: two points', ([5, 9], 4.5, 0.25), [0.587787, 1.1792, 4.956834])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('regression: with reporting gap zero', ([2, 4, 0, 9, 13, 0, 30], 6.0, 0.5), [0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]),
  ('regression: no latency', ([10, 13, 17, 22, 28], 5.0, 0.0), [0.258533, 2.6811, 2.292666]),
  ('regression: two points', ([5, 9], 4.5, 0.25), [0.587787, 1.1792, 4.956834])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('regression: with reporting gap zero', ([2, 4, 0, 9, 13, 0, 30], 6.0, 0.5), [0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]),
  ('regression: declining', ([50, 41, 30, 26, 18, 15], 4.0, 0.3), [-0.246645, None, 0.217822]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592])],
 [('regression: noisy growth', ([3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 19, 30], 5.0, 0.4), [0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]),
  ('control: flat', ([7, 7, 7, 7], 5.0, 0.5), [0.0, None, 1.0]),
  ('control: too few positives', ([0, 0, 4, 0], 5.0, 0.5), None),
  ('regression: exact doubling per day', ([1, 2, 4, 8, 16], 3.0, 0.5), [0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]),
  ('regression: leading zeros', ([0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 12], 7.0, 0.6), [0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]),
  ('regression: no latency', ([10, 13, 17, 22, 28], 5.0, 0.0), [0.258533, 2.6811, 2.292666]),
  ('regression: two points', ([5, 9], 4.5, 0.25), [0.587787, 1.1792, 4.956834])]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[N - 1]:
    check(label, solve(*args), expected)
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
regression: noisy growth	`[0.372323, 1.8617, 2.719006]`	`[0.372323, 1.8617, 3.693365]`	Failed
regression: with reporting gap zero	`[0.437065, 1.5859, 3.826406]`	`[0.437065, 1.5859, 5.341617]`	Failed
regression: declining	`[-0.246645, None, 0.460924]`	`[-0.246645, None, 0.217822]`	Failed
control: flat	`[0.0, None, 1.0]`	`[0.0, None, 1.0]`	Passed
control: too few positives	`None`	`None`	Passed
regression: exact doubling per day	`[0.693147, 1.0, 3.100091]`	`[0.693147, 1.0, 4.160461]`	Failed
regression: leading zeros	`[0.796555, 0.8702, 9.191561]`	`[0.796555, 0.8702, 14.037592]`	Failed

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Deterministic bounded teaching model with a stipulated contract; not a validated scientific or public-health modelling library. This reproducer isolates one failure mechanism. Results cover the supplied fixtures. Variants within a family share a test contract and should remain grouped when constructing evaluation splits. Related mechanisms with a shared evaluation_group must also remain together; these controlled models are not independent production incidents.

Observations recorded using Python 3.12.14 at 2026-09-29T14:47:31.409294+00:00.

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