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Adds a reproducible study of XRay mode recovery, parameter error and Cramér–Rao bounds, so estimator changes can be evaluated against known signals. The linear-prediction-validate (lpv) command provides text or strict JSON, saved provenance and optional offline plots, with controlled noise and distortions. Domain result objects own the reports used by the CLI.

Bounds use an analytic Jacobian and scaled SVD to reject unidentifiable mode decompositions. Equivalent amplitude, frequency and phase representations produce consistent recovery statistics. Parameter scatter is conditional on recovery; the reported bounds are unconditional. The study characterizes the mode loss in #1; production root selection remains unchanged.

Validation: 81 focused validation tests, 2,896 full CPU tests, and make ci-lint passed. An isolated installation of the built wheel passed text/JSON, distortion, saved-summary, offline-plot and scientific regression checks. CPU skips require optional runtime/GPU support; existing Astropy FITS keyword warnings come from unchanged xPOIS fixtures.

Refs #1.

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Representative summary.json from cuphoton xray lpv --trials 300 --snr-db 40,30,20,10,5 --output-dir <dir> at a9bb709 (CPU, WSL2 Ubuntu 24.04, Python 3.12). The Bokeh validation.html written next to it is not attachable here; a PNG rendering of the same summary follows.

summary.json
{
 "artifacts": {
  "figure": "validation.html",
  "summary": "summary.json"
 },
 "command": "linear-prediction-validate",
 "config": {
  "distortions": [
   "none"
  ],
  "estimators": [
   "cpu"
  ],
  "mode_matching": {
   "criterion": "a true mode is recovered when a fitted mode lies within the tolerance of its angular frequency; fitted modes are assigned nearest-first and each is used at most once",
   "tolerance_rad_per_time": 0.3
  },
  "model": "trace(t) = constant + sum_k amplitude_k exp(-decay_k t) cos(angular_frequency_k t + phase_k)",
  "n_components": 6,
  "noise": {
   "kind": "white Gaussian, independent per sample",
   "signal_rms": 0.6600738968812622,
   "snr_db": [
    40.0,
    30.0,
    20.0,
    10.0,
    5.0
   ],
   "snr_db_definition": "20 log10(rms of the mean-removed clean trace / sigma)"
  },
  "sampling": {
   "dt": 0.1,
   "duration": 9.5,
   "samples": 96,
   "start": 0.0
  },
  "seed": 20260914,
  "statistics": "bias, std (ddof 1) and rmse are computed over the recovered trials of each mode; crlb_std and crlb_variance are the unconditional Cramer-Rao bounds from the exact Fisher information of the model at the true parameters; the phase error is wrapped to [-pi, pi)",
  "trials_per_level": 300,
  "truth": {
   "constant": 0.15,
   "modes": [
    {
     "amplitude": 1.25,
     "angular_frequency": 2.4,
     "decay": 0.09,
     "phase": 0.3
    },
    {
     "amplitude": 0.45,
     "angular_frequency": 0.9,
     "decay": 0.03,
     "phase": -0.75
    }
   ]
  },
  "units": {
   "amplitude": "trace units",
   "angular_frequency": "rad / time unit",
   "decay": "1 / time unit",
   "phase": "rad",
   "time": "input time unit"
  }
 },
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  "backend": "cpu",
  "device": "cpu",
  "dtype": "float64",
  "numpy_version": "2.4.6",
  "package_version": "0.1.2",
  "platform": "Linux-6.18.33.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2-x86_64-with-glibc2.39",
  "python_version": "3.12.3",
  "scipy_version": "1.18.0",
  "source_revision": "a9bb709d9e87e2e321b5022ebbf184feae8f2c44"
 },
 "schema_version": 1
}

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lpv_refined_summary PNG rendering of the summary above: frequency and decay scatter against the bound, and the weak-mode loss rate, for the linear-prediction and refined estimators.

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Adds a synthetic damped-mode validation workflow for linear prediction. The change includes validation statistics, summary and figure output, an lpv command, shared XRay text-output helpers, tests, and documentation.

Changes: Synthetic linear prediction validation

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Trace generation and numerical primitives
src/cuphoton/xray/synthetic_validation.py, docs/xray/LINEAR-PREDICTION-VALIDATION.md, tests/xray/test_synthetic_validation.py
Adds damped-mode trace generation, five distortion types, numerical Cramér–Rao bounds, and frequency-based mode matching. Tests cover fixture generation, noise, bounds, distortions, and matching.
Validation trials and statistics
src/cuphoton/xray/synthetic_validation.py, docs/xray/LINEAR-PREDICTION-VALIDATION.md, tests/xray/test_synthetic_validation.py
Adds Monte Carlo trials, per-mode statistics, estimator-error and mode-loss accounting, and residual ratios. Tests cover statistics, invalid inputs, and estimator failures.
Summaries, provenance, and plots
src/cuphoton/xray/synthetic_validation.py, docs/xray/LINEAR-PREDICTION-VALIDATION.md, tests/xray/test_synthetic_validation.py, tests/xray/test_synthetic_validation_provenance.py, tests/xray/test_synthetic_validation_viz.py
Adds versioned summaries with runtime and source metadata, JSON run output, and optional Bokeh figures. Tests cover serialization, provenance, and figure output.
Shared XRay text-output helpers
src/cuphoton/xray/_cli_output.py, src/cuphoton/xray/commands.py
Adds shared printers for file probes, validation sweeps, model-order sweeps, and subspace benchmark batches. Existing command output delegates to the shared helpers.
Validation CLI and documentation
src/cuphoton/xray/commands.py, tests/xray/test_cli.py, tests/core/test_cli_contract.py, docs/xray/README.md, docs/xray/LINEAR-PREDICTION-VALIDATION.md
Adds the linear-prediction-validate command and lpv alias, with text and JSON reports, optional run output, and input validation. Updates command-count expectations and links the guide from the XRay documentation.

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In `@docs/xray/LINEAR-PREDICTION-VALIDATION.md`:
- Around line 50-53: Update the angular-frequency bound description in the
validation section to clarify that it matches the square root of the closed-form
variance, not the variance itself; keep the formula and existing comparison
details intact.

In `@src/cuphoton/xray/synthetic_validation.py`:
- Around line 221-228: Update the exception handler around the Fisher matrix
inversion in the Cramer-Rao bounds calculation to convert singular-matrix
failures from np.linalg.inv into ValueError, alongside FloatingPointError.
Adjust the error message to cover invalid modes as well as noise_sigma.

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Reviewing this in detail now to assess if it makes sense to get it in to the v0.1.3 release. Just realized my agent blew away your commits entirely when it rebased the branch off main; I'm addressing that now! Apologies, wasn't an intentional effort to take credit for your work :-)

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Ok I still need to bang on this a bit more so I'm going to punt it to our next release vs. trying to get it in last minute into the imminent v0.1.3 release we're about to cut.

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Approved, thanks @jimsweeney! Congrats on being our first external contributor!

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Adds cuphoton.xray.synthetic_validation: a fixture of known damped modes
(the synthetic_trace modes plus white Gaussian noise), Cramer-Rao bounds
from the exact Fisher information of the same model, a Monte Carlo sweep
that reports per-mode bias, standard deviation and rmse of every
parameter against the bound together with the mode-loss rate, optional
model-mismatch traces with a residual-to-noise ratio, and a
schema_version 1 summary (config, runtime via runtime_metadata, results
per condition with attempted/successful/failed trials, artifacts).

The linear-prediction-validate (lpv) command runs the sweep and, with
--output-dir, writes summary.json and a Bokeh figure outside the
checkout. Documented in docs/xray/LINEAR-PREDICTION-VALIDATION.md.

The sweep is the reproducer for the mode loss discussed in NVIDIA#1: a lightly
damped mode whose fitted decay crosses zero under noise is dropped by
the
root filter. No default behaviour changes.

Refs NVIDIA#1

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014wyj5iPSHmtR3vSTvJWKfw
Signed-off-by: James Sweeney <jmsweene@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Keep small-trial summaries valid JSON, integrate the requested chirp,
and retain floating parameters for Fisher derivatives. Match nearby
modes globally and reject incompatible combined sweep settings.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Use the same amplitude and phase convention for truth, fitted modes,
and summary metadata so equivalent modes have zero parameter error.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Keep text formatting separate from command setup and execution.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Reject invalid numerical inputs before trials and distinguish
estimator exceptions from mode loss in the text report. Record
revisions only for tracked source checkouts, together with tracked-
file dirtiness.

Embed plot resources for offline use without changing Bokeh output
state. Clarify numerical Fisher bounds and conditional scatter, and
anchor the Gaussian distortion envelope at the first sample.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Report unidentifiable modes with the validation error context. Clarify
that the frequency standard-deviation bound uses the square root of
the closed-form variance.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Give probe, validation, and benchmark results their own text formatting.
Keep batch aggregation and validation orchestration in the owning
modules, with commands routing reports through their injected output.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Use analytic derivatives and scaled singular values to reject
unidentifiable model parameters before reporting Cramer-Rao bounds.
Normalize frequency signs with phases so equivalent traces report
the same recovery and parameter statistics.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
Keep recovered-mode count and frequency error ahead of decay error.
Compare assignment costs exactly so decay only resolves frequency ties,
including reversed modes and extra fitted candidates.

Signed-off-by: Trent Nelson <trentn@nvidia.com>
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