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 | `membership_target` | language, episode, template, department, and opportunity-pool targets cannot collapse into entity or project |
 | `topic_measurement` | logistic-normal ALR/ILR coordinates and the CPU `f64` TRSL-TM reference estimator |
 | `analysis_engine` | bounded cutoff-safe temporal evidence readiness execution and digest-bound terminal artifacts |
-| `psychometric_core` | posterior-aware structural input gates, CWC within/between OLS plus the contextual effect, event-time log-rate, unequal-interval discrete-lag remapping, constant-predictor discrete effect, time-varying-predictor discrete effect (Eq. 14), exact scalar discrete process noise (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3), lagged latent covariance and unconditional latent variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4), stationary within-subject variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 4 as `Δt → ∞`; `asymDIFFUSION`), trait-plus-state variance (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `TRAITVAR`; not process noise), observed-indicator variance and lagged observed covariance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5; Table 2 `MANIFESTVAR` is `Θ`, not `Var(y)`; `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTVAR`; `Θ` does not enter lagged observed covariance; observed-indicator mean is `τ + λ μ`; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y)`; `CINT` is not `MANIFESTMEANS`; discrete latent mean is `exp(a Δt) μ_0 + (exp(a Δt) − 1)/a κ`; `T0MEANS` is not `μ_t`; `CINT` is not the discrete increment; evolved observed mean is `τ + λ μ_t`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not `E(y_t)`; contemporaneous `TDPREDEFFECT` impulse is `m x`, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that contemporaneous impulse is `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; time-independent `TIPREDEFFECT` increment is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, not `M x`, not Voelkle Eq. 14, and not the coefficient `B`; Eq. 5 of that increment is `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`; within-interval `TDPREDEFFECT` carry is `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`, not the contemporaneous Dirac, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that carried observed mean when `u ≠ t`; first-occasion `T0TIPREDEFFECT` shift is `t0_b z` and Eq. 3 first-summand carry is `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` (`T0TIPREDEFFECT` is not `TIPREDEFFECT` `B`; `t0_b z` is not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`; `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` is not `t0_b z`; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean), first-occasion `T0TDPREDEFFECT` shift is `t0_m x0` and Eq. 3 first-summand carry is `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` (`T0TDPREDEFFECT` is not `TDPREDEFFECT` `M`; `t0_m x0` is not `M x`; `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `t0_m x0`; `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`; `t0_m x0` is not `t0_b z`; an impulse at `u ≤ t0` that used `M` is already in `η(t0)` as `TDPREDEFFECT`, not as `T0TDPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_m x0)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)` is not that observed mean; §7.2 level-change `CINT` is `κ = −a m x` with `a < 0` so `−κ / a = m x` (`−a m x` is not the dissipating Dirac, not a free `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not the extra near-zero-drift latent process also named in §7.2; Eq. 3 of that setting is `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, which is not `m x`, not `κ`, and not `TIPREDEFFECT`; §7.2 extra-process contribution is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)` (`ε = a` is `a_{ηξ} x Δt e^{a Δt}`; identification `TDPREDEFFECT` on the extra process is 1; printed extra `DRIFT` is `−0.000001`; not `κ = −a m x`, not `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, and not the dissipating Dirac `m x`; `ε ≥ 0` fails closed; Eq. 5 of that contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)`; the extra process has `LAMBDA` 0 and is not an observed indicator; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; the contribution is not `E(y_t)`; the evolved-plus-contribution latent mean is not `E(y_t)`; after-t0 extra-process `TDPREDEFFECT` is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a)` for `t0 < u < t` while `μ_t` uses `Δt`; Eq. 5 of that after-t0 contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a)`; the first-occasion extra-process observed mean is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`; `e^{a(t−u)} m x` is a Dirac on the original process, not this `DRIFT` drive; §7.2 `asymTIPREDEFFECT` is `-B z / a` for `a < 0` (`-B z / a` is not the coefficient `B`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `(B / a)² v`, not `TRAITVAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`, and not `-B z / a`; Table 2 `asymCINT` is `-κ / a` for `a < 0` and is not `κ`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`, not `T0MEANS`, and not `-B z / a`; p. 16 stationary `T0MEANS` is `-κ / a + −B z / a` and is not free `T0MEANS`, not `asymCINT` alone, not `asymTIPREDEFFECT` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent mean; Eq. 5 of that constrained mean is `τ + λ(−κ / a + −B z / a)`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(−κ / a)` is not that observed mean when `B z ≠ 0`; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_0)`; the constrained latent mean is not `E(y_0)`; stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v` (not free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION` alone, not `TRAITVAR` alone, not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent variance. Eq. 5 of that constrained variance is `λ²(trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T03:20Z; form the stationary latent variance first, then `λ² p + θ + ψ`; `λ² p_0` is not that observed variance; `λ²(−q / (2 a)) + θ` is not that observed variance when `TRAITVAR` or `addedTIPREDVAR` is nonzero; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_0)`; the constrained latent variance is not `Var(y_0)`); lagged stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay; contemporaneous `T0VAR` is not that lagged map; decaying the constrained total as if it were all state is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; contemporaneous `Var(y_0)` is not that lagged observed covariance; the lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance); later-occasion stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`; under stationarity that composition equals contemporaneous `T0VAR`; evolving the constrained total as if it were all state is not that later map; the lagged covariance omits `Q_Δt`; `Q_Δt` is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; lagged observed covariance omits `Q_Δt` and `θ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`))), irregular already-centered residual lag, Rubin `T` on OLS loadings, and strong-gated latent means (two-observation residual variance is identically `0` and caps at strong/scalar; Putnick & Bornstein, 2016) |
+| `psychometric_core` | posterior-aware structural input gates, CWC within/between OLS plus the contextual effect, event-time log-rate, unequal-interval discrete-lag remapping, constant-predictor discrete effect, time-varying-predictor discrete effect (Eq. 14), exact scalar discrete process noise (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3), lagged latent covariance and unconditional latent variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4), stationary within-subject variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 4 as `Δt → ∞`; `asymDIFFUSION`), trait-plus-state variance (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `TRAITVAR`; not process noise), observed-indicator variance and lagged observed covariance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5; Table 2 `MANIFESTVAR` is `Θ`, not `Var(y)`; `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTVAR`; `Θ` does not enter lagged observed covariance; observed-indicator mean is `τ + λ μ`; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y)`; `CINT` is not `MANIFESTMEANS`; discrete latent mean is `exp(a Δt) μ_0 + (exp(a Δt) − 1)/a κ`; `T0MEANS` is not `μ_t`; `CINT` is not the discrete increment; evolved observed mean is `τ + λ μ_t`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not `E(y_t)`; contemporaneous `TDPREDEFFECT` impulse is `m x`, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that contemporaneous impulse is `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; time-independent `TIPREDEFFECT` increment is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, not `M x`, not Voelkle Eq. 14, and not the coefficient `B`; Eq. 5 of that increment is `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`; within-interval `TDPREDEFFECT` carry is `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`, not the contemporaneous Dirac, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that carried observed mean when `u ≠ t`; first-occasion `T0TIPREDEFFECT` shift is `t0_b z` and Eq. 3 first-summand carry is `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` (`T0TIPREDEFFECT` is not `TIPREDEFFECT` `B`; `t0_b z` is not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`; `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` is not `t0_b z`; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean), first-occasion `T0TDPREDEFFECT` shift is `t0_m x0` and Eq. 3 first-summand carry is `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` (`T0TDPREDEFFECT` is not `TDPREDEFFECT` `M`; `t0_m x0` is not `M x`; `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `t0_m x0`; `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`; `t0_m x0` is not `t0_b z`; an impulse at `u ≤ t0` that used `M` is already in `η(t0)` as `TDPREDEFFECT`, not as `T0TDPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_m x0)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)` is not that observed mean; §7.2 level-change `CINT` is `κ = −a m x` with `a < 0` so `−κ / a = m x` (`−a m x` is not the dissipating Dirac, not a free `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not the extra near-zero-drift latent process also named in §7.2; Eq. 3 of that setting is `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, which is not `m x`, not `κ`, and not `TIPREDEFFECT`; §7.2 extra-process contribution is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)` (`ε = a` is `a_{ηξ} x Δt e^{a Δt}`; identification `TDPREDEFFECT` on the extra process is 1; printed extra `DRIFT` is `−0.000001`; not `κ = −a m x`, not `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, and not the dissipating Dirac `m x`; `ε ≥ 0` fails closed; Eq. 5 of that contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)`; the extra process has `LAMBDA` 0 and is not an observed indicator; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; the contribution is not `E(y_t)`; the evolved-plus-contribution latent mean is not `E(y_t)`; after-t0 extra-process `TDPREDEFFECT` is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a)` for `t0 < u < t` while `μ_t` uses `Δt`; Eq. 5 of that after-t0 contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a)`; the first-occasion extra-process observed mean is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`; `e^{a(t−u)} m x` is a Dirac on the original process, not this `DRIFT` drive; §7.2 `asymTIPREDEFFECT` is `-B z / a` for `a < 0` (`-B z / a` is not the coefficient `B`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `(B / a)² v`, not `TRAITVAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`, and not `-B z / a`; Table 2 `asymCINT` is `-κ / a` for `a < 0` and is not `κ`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`, not `T0MEANS`, and not `-B z / a`; p. 16 stationary `T0MEANS` is `-κ / a + −B z / a` and is not free `T0MEANS`, not `asymCINT` alone, not `asymTIPREDEFFECT` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent mean; Eq. 5 of that constrained mean is `τ + λ(−κ / a + −B z / a)`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(−κ / a)` is not that observed mean when `B z ≠ 0`; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_0)`; the constrained latent mean is not `E(y_0)`; stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v` (not free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION` alone, not `TRAITVAR` alone, not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent variance. Eq. 5 of that constrained variance is `λ²(trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T03:20Z; form the stationary latent variance first, then `λ² p + θ + ψ`; `λ² p_0` is not that observed variance; `λ²(−q / (2 a)) + θ` is not that observed variance when `TRAITVAR` or `addedTIPREDVAR` is nonzero; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_0)`; the constrained latent variance is not `Var(y_0)`); lagged stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay; contemporaneous `T0VAR` is not that lagged map; decaying the constrained total as if it were all state is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; contemporaneous `Var(y_0)` is not that lagged observed covariance; the lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance); later-occasion stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`; under stationarity that composition equals contemporaneous `T0VAR`; evolving the constrained total as if it were all state is not that later map; the lagged covariance omits `Q_Δt`; `Q_Δt` is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; lagged observed covariance omits `Q_Δt` and `θ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`))), 2017-era commented `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR` is `p + trait/a² + (B/a)² v` (not the two-term `p + trait/a²`, not stationary `T0VAR` `trait + p + (B/a)² v`, and not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone), irregular already-centered residual lag, Rubin `T` on OLS loadings, and strong-gated latent means (two-observation residual variance is identically `0` and caps at strong/scalar; Putnick & Bornstein, 2016) |
 | `validation_core` | RMSE, bias, coverage, graph, and Monte Carlo metrics |
 | `tepp_api` | versioned DTO, schema, and export contracts |
 | `psychometric_core` | posterior-aware structural input gates, CWC within/between OLS plus the contextual effect, event-time log-rate, unequal-interval discrete-lag remapping, constant-predictor discrete effect, time-varying-predictor discrete effect (Eq. 14), exact scalar discrete process noise (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3), lagged latent covariance and unconditional latent variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4), stationary within-subject variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 4 as `Δt → ∞`; `asymDIFFUSION`), trait-plus-state variance (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `TRAITVAR`; not process noise), observed-indicator variance and lagged observed covariance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5; Table 2 `MANIFESTVAR` is `Θ`, not `Var(y)`; `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTVAR`; `Θ` does not enter lagged observed covariance; observed-indicator mean is `τ + λ μ`; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y)`; `CINT` is not `MANIFESTMEANS`; discrete latent mean is `exp(a Δt) μ_0 + (exp(a Δt) − 1)/a κ`; `T0MEANS` is not `μ_t`; `CINT` is not the discrete increment; evolved observed mean is `τ + λ μ_t`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not `E(y_t)`; contemporaneous `TDPREDEFFECT` impulse is `m x`, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that contemporaneous impulse is `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; time-independent `TIPREDEFFECT` increment is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, not `M x`, not Voelkle Eq. 14, and not the coefficient `B`; Eq. 5 of that increment is `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`; within-interval `TDPREDEFFECT` carry is `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`, not the contemporaneous Dirac, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that carried observed mean when `u ≠ t`; first-occasion `T0TIPREDEFFECT` shift is `t0_b z` and Eq. 3 first-summand carry is `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` (`T0TIPREDEFFECT` is not `TIPREDEFFECT` `B`; `t0_b z` is not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`; `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` is not `t0_b z`; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean), first-occasion `T0TDPREDEFFECT` shift is `t0_m x0` and Eq. 3 first-summand carry is `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` (`T0TDPREDEFFECT` is not `TDPREDEFFECT` `M`; `t0_m x0` is not `M x`; `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `t0_m x0`; `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`; `t0_m x0` is not `t0_b z`; an impulse at `u ≤ t0` that used `M` is already in `η(t0)` as `TDPREDEFFECT`, not as `T0TDPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_m x0)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)` is not that observed mean; §7.2 level-change `CINT` is `κ = −a m x` with `a < 0` so `−κ / a = m x` (`−a m x` is not the dissipating Dirac, not a free `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not the extra near-zero-drift latent process also named in §7.2; Eq. 3 of that setting is `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, which is not `m x`, not `κ`, and not `TIPREDEFFECT`; §7.2 extra-process contribution is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)` (`ε = a` is `a_{ηξ} x Δt e^{a Δt}`; identification `TDPREDEFFECT` on the extra process is 1; printed extra `DRIFT` is `−0.000001`; not `κ = −a m x`, not `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, and not the dissipating Dirac `m x`; `ε ≥ 0` fails closed; Eq. 5 of that contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)`; the extra process has `LAMBDA` 0 and is not an observed indicator; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; the contribution is not `E(y_t)`; the evolved-plus-contribution latent mean is not `E(y_t)`; after-t0 extra-process `TDPREDEFFECT` is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a)` for `t0 < u < t` while `μ_t` uses `Δt`; Eq. 5 of that after-t0 contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a)`; the first-occasion extra-process observed mean is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`; `e^{a(t−u)} m x` is a Dirac on the original process, not this `DRIFT` drive; §7.2 `asymTIPREDEFFECT` is `-B z / a` for `a < 0` (`-B z / a` is not the coefficient `B`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `(B / a)² v`, not `TRAITVAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`, and not `-B z / a`; Table 2 `asymCINT` is `-κ / a` for `a < 0` and is not `κ`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`, not `T0MEANS`, and not `-B z / a`; p. 16 stationary `T0MEANS` is `-κ / a + −B z / a` and is not free `T0MEANS`, not `asymCINT` alone, not `asymTIPREDEFFECT` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent mean; Eq. 5 of that constrained mean is `τ + λ(−κ / a + −B z / a)`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(−κ / a)` is not that observed mean when `B z ≠ 0`; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_0)`; the constrained latent mean is not `E(y_0)`; stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v` (not free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION` alone, not `TRAITVAR` alone, not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent variance. Eq. 5 of that constrained variance is `λ²(trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T03:20Z; form the stationary latent variance first, then `λ² p + θ + ψ`; `λ² p_0` is not that observed variance; `λ²(−q / (2 a)) + θ` is not that observed variance when `TRAITVAR` or `addedTIPREDVAR` is nonzero; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_0)`; the constrained latent variance is not `Var(y_0)`); lagged stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay; contemporaneous `T0VAR` is not that lagged map; decaying the constrained total as if it were all state is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; contemporaneous `Var(y_0)` is not that lagged observed covariance; the lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance); later-occasion stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`; under stationarity that composition equals contemporaneous `T0VAR`; evolving the constrained total as if it were all state is not that later map; the lagged covariance omits `Q_Δt`; `Q_Δt` is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; lagged observed covariance omits `Q_Δt` and `θ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`); predetermined later-occasion `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that later map; setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary later-occasion map; stationary later variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that later map when `p_0` is free; evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the predetermined later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`; stationary later observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free); predetermined lagged `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v` (free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that lagged map; setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary lagged map; stationary lagged covariance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that lagged map when `p_0` is free; evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that lagged map; later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` does not enter; the predetermined lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance; predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and `θ` and is not that lagged observed covariance; stationary lagged observed covariance is not that observed covariance when `p_0` is free; the predetermined first-occasion variance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`; free `p_0` is not that map; stationary first-occasion variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that map when `p_0` is free; lagged covariance decays the state and is not that map; later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined first-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not that first-occasion observed variance; the predetermined first-occasion latent variance is not that observed variance; stationary first-occasion observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free; predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that first-occasion observed variance; later-start lagged covariance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T10:27Z; first-occasion lagged omits `e^{a s} Q_u`; later-occasion variance does not lag; stationary lagged uses `−q / (2 a)`; decaying the later total is not that map; Eq. 5 of that later-start lagged covariance is `λ²` of it plus `ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; first-occasion lagged observed omits `e^{a s} Q_u`; later observed variance includes `Q_u` and `θ`; later-start later-occasion variance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + Q_s + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 3–4 Chapman–Kolmogorov `Q_{u+s} = e^{2 a s} Q_u + Q_s`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T11:05Z; later-occasion variance at `u` omits `Q_s`; later-start lagged covariance omits `Q_s`; stationary later uses `−q / (2 a)`; evolving the later total as if it were all state is not that map; ignoring `startoffset` omits `e^{2 a s} Q_u`; Eq. 5 of that later-start later-occasion variance is `λ²` of it plus `θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not that observed variance; p. 16 `discreteDRIFTstd` is `e^{a Δt}` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (footnote 4; unstandardised `e^{a Δt}` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`; the §7.1 trait-plus-state autocorrelation uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance; p. 16 `discreteDIFFUSIONstd` is `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (footnote 4; unstandardised `Q_Δt` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; the continuous standardisation `−2 a` is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; `Q_Δt / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance; p. 16 `DIFFUSIONstd` is `q / (−q / (2 a)) = −2 a` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 4; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:20Z; unstandardised `q` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; the discrete standardisation `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` depends on `Δt` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; `q / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance; p. 16 `DRIFTstd` is the continuous auto-effect after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 1; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:28Z); unstandardised `a` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DRIFTstd`; the discrete standardisation `e^{a Δt}` depends on the event interval and is not `DRIFTstd`; `a p / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DRIFTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); p. 16 `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` is `(-B / a) · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T14:25Z; unstandardised `-B / a` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; the finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; `(-B / a) · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); p. 16 `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T16:21Z; unstandardised `B` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; the asymptotic standardisation `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; the finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `B · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); Table 3 `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_b · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` `p_0` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T17:20Z; the affected variance is free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `t0_b` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TIPREDEFFECTstd` `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` is the continuous coefficient and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `t0_b · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; §7.2; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T18:20Z; `T0TIPREDEFFECT %*% TIPREDVAR %*% t(T0TIPREDEFFECT)` immediately after `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; form `t0_b` first, then square, then multiply by `v`; a zero coefficient or zero predictor variance is exactly zero; free `T0TIPREDEFFECT` does not require `a < 0`; `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and is not this first-occasion map; `t0_b · √v / √p_0` is `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` and is not this variance; free `T0VAR` is not this extra TI variance; `TRAITVAR` is not this extra TI variance; Equation 5 of 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `λ² t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 3, p. 13; Table 2, p. 12; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T19:10Z; form `t0_b² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`; a zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero; `t0_b² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra; `λ² p_0 + θ` is first-occasion observed variance, not this extra; `λ² (B / a)² v` is Eq. 5 of `addedTIPREDVAR`, not this first-occasion observed extra; `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra; Equation 5 of §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `λ² (B / a)² v`; form `(B / a)² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`; a zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero; lasting asymptotic extra requires `a < 0`; `(B / a)² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra; `λ² t0_b² v` is first-occasion extra observed TI variance, not this extra; `λ² p + θ` is stationary observed variance, not this extra; `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra; p. 16 `TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `m · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` and strictly positive time-dependent predictor variance; unstandardised `M` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `M = B`; intercept-style `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] M · √v / √p` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `m · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; Table 3 / p. 16 `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_m · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` and strictly positive TD predictor variance; unstandardised `t0_m` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `TDPREDEFFECTstd` uses `asymDIFFUSION` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `t0_m = t0_b`; `t0_m · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; free `T0VAR` does not require `a < 0`; p. 16 `T0VARstd` is `p_0 / p_0 = 1` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(T0VAR))) %&% T0VAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; default ridge is 0); unstandardised `T0VAR` is not `T0VARstd`; `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0VARstd`; `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `T0VARstd`; p. 16 `TRAITVARstd` is `trait / trait = 1` after strictly positive `TRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TRAITVAR))) %&% TRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; no ridge addend); unstandardised `TRAITVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`; `T0VARstd` is not `TRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1; `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`; p. 16 `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is `ψ / ψ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTTRAITVAR))) %&% MANIFESTTRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0); unstandardised `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`; `TRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`; p. 16 `MANIFESTVARstd` is `θ / θ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTVAR))) %&% MANIFESTVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; 2017-era `dimnames` assignment to `latentNames` is a source bug); unstandardised `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`; `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTVARstd` even when both equal 1; Equation 5 `Var(y)` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`; p. 16 `TIPREDVARstd` is `v / v = 1` after strictly positive `TIPREDVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TIPREDVAR))) %&% TIPREDVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `TIpredNames`); unstandardised `TIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`; `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `TIPREDVARstd` even when both equal 1; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`; p. 16 `asymDIFFUSIONstd` is `p / p = 1` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` (`solve(sqrt(diag(asymDIFFUSION))) %&% asymDIFFUSION`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `latentNames`); unstandardised `asymDIFFUSION` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`; `TIPREDVARstd` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd` even when both equal 1; `DIFFUSIONstd` `−2 a` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`; p. 16 `discreteCINTstd` is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `discreteCINT` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `κ / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `(-κ / a) / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `asymCINTstd` is `(-κ / a) / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `asymCINT` is not `asymCINTstd`; `κ / √p` is not `asymCINTstd`; `discreteCINTstd` is not `asymCINTstd`; `T0MEANSstd` is `μ_0 / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR`; unstandardised `T0MEANS` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `T0VARstd` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `μ_0 / √asymDIFFUSION` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `MANIFESTMEANSstd` is `τ / √θ` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR`; unstandardised `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; `τ / √(λ² Var(η) + θ)` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; p. 16 `CINTstd` is `κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `CINT` is not `CINTstd`; `asymCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`; `discreteCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`; `κ / √(trait + p + added)` is not `CINTstd`;))))), irregular already-centered residual lag, Rubin `T` on OLS loadings, and strong-gated latent means (two-observation residual variance is identically `0` and caps at strong/scalar; Putnick & Bornstein, 2016) |
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+- `psychometric_core` recovers the 2017-era commented-out `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR` as `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v` on current main. 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R` (cran/ctsem 2.5.0) comments `asymTOTALVAR <- asymDIFFUSION + asymTRAITVAR` with `asymTRAITVAR <- solve(DRIFT) %*% TRAITVAR %*% t(solve(DRIFT))`, then later comments `asymTOTALVAR <- asymTOTALVAR + addedTIPREDVAR` immediately after forming `addedTIPREDVAR`. Driver, Oud, and Voelkle (2017, Eq. 1, p. 4; Eq. 4, p. 5; Table 2, p. 12; §4.3, p. 9; §7.2, pp. 20–21; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-31T04:40Z from https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/download/v077i05/1104) write `dη = (Aη + ξ + Bz + Mx) dt + G dW`. Form the two-term total first (`1 / a`, then square, then multiply by `trait`, then add `asymDIFFUSION`). Then include `addedTIPREDVAR` (unit asymptotic effect, then square, then multiply by `v`). Then add. This crate does not currently export `recover_asymptotic_total_variance` or `recover_asymptotic_trait_variance`; form those terms inline. Table 2/3 do not name `asymTOTALVAR`. A zero trait, a zero diffusion, and a zero TI extra is exactly zero even if `a ≥ 0`. `a ≥ 0` with a nonzero contribution fails closed. A zero TI extra keeps the two-term total. A zero trait and a zero diffusion keep `addedTIPREDVAR`. `p + trait / a²` is the two-term commented total and is not this map when `addedTIPREDVAR ≠ 0`. Stationary `T0VAR` `trait + p + (B / a)² v` keeps `TRAITVAR` in process units and is not this map. `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and equals this total when `q = 0` and `trait = 0` and remains a distinct named quantity. This slice does not duplicate queued `#340` two-term `asymTOTALVAR`. Meredith (1993) remains unread (web search 2026-08-31T04:40Z: Springer/Cambridge Core paywalled; Unpaywall historically `is_oa: false`; Springer `content/pdf` is an HTML stub). Mislevy (1991, *Psychometrika, 56*, 177–196) remains unread on the same terms (DOI `10.1007/bf02294457`). Still not a Kalman filter, not a matrix `expm`, not ESEM estimation, not DSEM, and not ctsem estimation.
 - `event_core` adds bounded Allen interval-consistency classification, atomic path-consistency closure, contradiction/resource refusals, and an explicit dependency-error fallback without claiming unrestricted global satisfiability.
 
 - `psychometric_core` recovers the Driver, Oud, and Voelkle (2017, Table 2, p. 12 `MANIFESTTRAITVAR`; §7.1, p. 19; p. 16 `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-27T14:20Z from https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/download/v077i05/1104) scalar standardised manifest-trait variance on current main after `0ce16e8` dropped the pre-consolidation code while research notes already named the map (register items 83–84). Table 2 names `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` `Ψ_τ` the additional time-invariant variance-covariance on the measurement level and sets it `NULL` when there is no manifest trait. Equation 5 writes `Γ ~ N(τ, Ψ)` and names that covariance the manifest traits. Section 7.1 names manifest traits stable individual differences in indicator levels, distinct from process-level `TRAITVAR` `φ_ξ`. Page 16 prints standardised matrices with the suffix `std` when appropriate. The printed example on p. 16 is `discreteDRIFTstd`, not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`. Footnote 4 standardises using only the relevant variance, not the total. The relevant variance for that named indicator-level correlation is `MANIFESTTRAITVAR`, not process-level `TRAITVAR` and not residual `MANIFESTVAR` `θ`. The 2017-era source forms `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` only when `MANIFESTTRAITVAR != 0`, as `solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTTRAITVAR) + ridging)) %&% MANIFESTTRAITVAR` when `verbose = TRUE`. OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`. Unlike `TRAITVARstd`, that formation adds `diag(c(ridging), n.manifest)`. The default `ridging = FALSE` adds 0, not `0.0001`; that ridge is a numerical hack and is not this exact map. The scalar correlation is `ψ / ψ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTTRAITVAR`. Form strictly positive `ψ` first, then `1 / √ψ`, then `(1 / √ψ) ψ (1 / √ψ)`. Unstandardised `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is defined for a zero trait; standardised `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not. Zero `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` skips forming `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` in the 2017-era source and fails closed here. Indicator-level trait variance is an event-time structural quantity, so a non-event clock fails closed. `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` does not require stable `a < 0`. Distinct positive `ψ` recover the same 1. `trait / trait = 1` is `TRAITVARstd` and recovers the same number and remains a distinct named quantity. `θ` is `MANIFESTVAR` and is measurement error, not this correlation. Meredith (1993) remains unread (web search 2026-08-27T14:20Z: Springer/Cambridge Core paywalled; Unpaywall historically `is_oa: false`; Springer `content/pdf` is an HTML stub). Mislevy (1991, *Psychometrika, 56*, 177–196) remains unread on the same terms (DOI `10.1007/bf02294457`). Still not a Kalman filter, not a matrix `expm`, not ESEM estimation, not DSEM, and not ctsem estimation.
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 - Do not remove repeated report language with global stopword lists or use TF-IDF/BM25 as inferential weights. Model template, section, copied-text, style, modality, and corpus-background sources explicitly.
 - Do not treat raw topic proportions as ordinary Euclidean indicators. Use logistic-normal coordinates or valid log-ratio coordinates and propagate posterior uncertainty into ESEM/DSEM.
 - Do not treat metric/weak invariance as a latent-mean license. Strong (equal loading and intercept) or strict is required; `#84` `metric` licenses shared metric meaning only. Putnick and Bornstein (2016, PMC5145197 opened 2026-08-19T22:15Z) require scalar invariance before latent-mean comparison; residual invariance is not a prerequisite. Two-observation series have no residual degrees of freedom (`ordinary_least_squares_fit` returns residual variance `0`) and cap at strong/scalar; they still license means. This is two-group OLS, not MGCFA. Meredith (1993) names remain unread labels (Unpaywall/OpenAlex 2026-08-25T11:32Z: closed).
-- Do not use the difference quotient as a continuous-time rate. The scalar map is `a = ln(φ) / Δt` on event time. Discrete lags from unequal event intervals are not one coefficient; remap them through that log-rate. Binary64 `exp(a Δt) = 0` is not a discrete lag. A constant predictor's discrete effect is Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 12), evaluated as `a_yx (expm1(z) / a_xx)` with `z = a_xx Δt` so a finite result is not lost when `z` overflows to `-∞` or when `a_yx Δt` overflows. When `expm1(z)` overflows at a finite `z`, rewrite in log space; a zero continuous effect is exactly zero; an overflowing `a_yx/a_xx` rewrite term fails closed. The first-order product is the underflow limit of that equation, not the general constant-predictor discrete effect. A time-varying predictor whose sampling interval equals its constancy interval uses Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14): `b* = a_yx Δt`. Unmatched intervals fail closed (Oud & Jansen, 2000, unread). Discrete process noise is Driver et al. (2017, Eq. 3): `Q_Δt = 0.5 q (expm1(z) / a)` with `z = 2 (a Δt)` and `q = G G⊤ ≥ 0`; do not form `2 a` first; `a = 0` and `z → 0` recover `q Δt`; a zero diffusion is exactly zero; an overflowing rewrite scale `0.5 q / a` fails closed; this is not a Kalman filter. `Q_Δt` is `cov(η_t | η_{t-1})`, not `Var(η_t)`. The lagged covariance is `exp(a Δt) p` and the unconditional variance is `exp(2 a Δt) p + Q_Δt` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4, pp. 4–5; JSS has no numbered §2.2). A zero diffusion whose `2 (a Δt)` overflows to `+∞` is not a finite `Var(η_t)`. The stationary within-subject variance is the `Δt → ∞` limit of Eq. 4: `-q / (2 a)` for stable `a < 0` (JSS p. 16 `asymDIFFUSION`; §4.3). When `2 a` is finite, form `q / -(2 a)` so `q / a` overflow does not lose a finite result (`q = MAX`, `a = -0.75` → `MAX / 1.5`). When `2 a` overflows, form `(q / a) * -0.5`. Do not form `0.5 q` first (`q = from_bits(1)` underflows). `a ≥ 0` has no finite stationary variance. Finite-interval `Q_Δt` is not that limit. Trait-plus-state variance is `trait + state` and lagged covariance is `trait + exp(a Δt) p` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3, p. 9). Trait variance is not process noise and not `asymDIFFUSION`. Evolving the summed variance as if it were all state is not that map. This is not RI-CLPM. Observed-indicator variance is `λ² Var(η) + θ` when `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is zero and `λ² Var(η) + θ + ψ` otherwise (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 2, p. 12). Lagged observed covariance is `λ² cov(η_t, η_{t-1}) + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` does not enter. Observed-indicator mean is `τ + λ μ` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5; Table 2, p. 12). `MANIFESTMEANS` is `τ`, not `E(y)`. `E(η)` is not `E(y)`. `CINT` is not `MANIFESTMEANS`. `T0MEANS` is not `E(y)`. The discrete latent mean is `μ_t = exp(a Δt) μ_0 + (exp(a Δt) − 1)/a κ` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3, p. 4; Table 2, p. 12). `T0MEANS` is not `μ_t`. `CINT` is not that discrete increment. A zero drift is `κ Δt`. Underflow of `exp(a Δt)` to `+0` drops the carried `T0MEANS` and keeps `−κ / a`. The evolved observed mean is `τ + λ μ_t` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of that Eq. 3 map). The first-occasion map `τ + λ μ_0` is not `E(y_t)`. `μ_t` is not `E(y_t)`. The contemporaneous time-dependent predictor impulse is `m x` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3 fourth summand; Table 2 `TDPREDEFFECT` is `M`). Form `μ_t` first, then add `m x`. `TDPREDEFFECT` is not `CINT`. `M x` is not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z` and is not Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14). The §7.2 level-change form is not that impulse. The observed mean of that contemporaneous impulse is `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Eq. 3 fourth-summand composition). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`. The evolved-plus-impulse latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The time-independent predictor increment is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3 second summand; Table 2 `TIPREDEFFECT` is `B`). Form `B z` first, then the discrete intercept map. A zero drift is `B z Δt`. `TIPREDEFFECT` is `B`, not that discrete increment. `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z` is not `CINT`, not `M x`, and not Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14). The observed mean of that increment is `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Eq. 3 printed addend after the `T0MEANS` carry and the `CINT` increment). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`. The evolved-plus-increment latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The within-interval time-dependent impulse carry is `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 1–2 Green-function integral of Eq. 2; §7.2 dissipation). Form `m x` first, then `e^{a(t−u)} m x`. A zero drift is `m x` with no dissipation. Underflow of `e^{a(t−u)}` to `+0` is vanishing dissipation and is kept. `e^{A(t−u)} M x` is not the contemporaneous Dirac, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14). An impulse at `u = t` is the contemporaneous map. An impulse at `u ≤ t0` is already in `η(t0)`. The observed mean of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Eq. 1–2 carried latent mean). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`. `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_t)`. The carried latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The first-occasion time-independent predictor shift is `t0_b z` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3 `T0TIPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 3 first summand). Form `t0_b z` first, then `e^{a Δt} t0_b z`. Form `μ_t` first, then add that carry. A zero drift is `t0_b z`. Underflow of `e^{a Δt}` to `+0` is a vanishing carry of the first-occasion shift and is kept. `t0_b z` is not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`. `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` is not `t0_b z`. `T0TIPREDEFFECT` is the coefficient, not the shift. The observed mean of that first-occasion carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Table 3 / Eq. 3 first-summand composition). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The process-increment map `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The impulse-carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`. The evolved-plus-carry latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The first-occasion time-dependent predictor shift is `t0_m x0` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3 `T0TDPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 3 first summand; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:10Z). Form `t0_m x0` first, then `e^{a Δt} t0_m x0`. Form `μ_t` first, then add that carry. A zero drift is `t0_m x0`. Underflow of `e^{a Δt}` to `+0` is a vanishing carry of the first-occasion shift and is kept. `t0_m x0` is not `M x`, not `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`, not `t0_b z`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, and not `CINT`. `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `t0_m x0`. `T0TDPREDEFFECT` is the coefficient, not the shift. An impulse at `u ≤ t0` that used `M` is already in `η(t0)` as `TDPREDEFFECT`, not as `T0TDPREDEFFECT`. The observed mean of that first-occasion TD carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_m x0)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Table 3 / Eq. 3 first-summand TD composition; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:07Z). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The process-increment map `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The impulse-carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`. The first-occasion TI map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)` is not that observed mean. The evolved-plus-carry latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The lasting level-change `CINT` is `κ = −a m x` (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 20–21; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:45Z). Form `m x` first, then multiply by `−a`. Stable `a < 0` is required so `−κ / a = m x` is an equilibrium offset. `a ≥ 0` cannot hold a new process mean. `−a m x` is not the dissipating Dirac `m x`, not a free `CINT`, and not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`. The extra near-zero-drift latent process also named in §7.2 is a different specification and is not this `CINT` setting. Equation 3 maps that intercept as `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:50Z). Form the level-change `CINT` first, then the discrete intercept map. Underflow of `e^{a Δt}` to `+0` keeps `m x`. `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x` is not `m x`, not `κ`, and not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`. The printed §7.2 lasting level change is an extra near-zero-drift latent process (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 22–23; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T23:10Z). `T0MEANS`, `CINT`, `T0VAR`, `DIFFUSION`, and `TRAITVAR` of that process are fixed to 0; `TDPREDEFFECT` on it is fixed to 1; its `DRIFT` diagonal is very close to 0 (printed example `−0.000001`; precisely 0 causes computational problems); the original process is driven by the `DRIFT` coupling `a_{ηξ}`. After a unit identification impulse the scalar contribution is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)` (`ε = a` is `a_{ηξ} x Δt e^{a Δt}`). Form `a_{ηξ} x` first. A zero coupling or zero predictor is exactly zero. `ε ≥ 0` fails closed. That contribution is not `κ = −a m x`, not `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, and not the dissipating Dirac `m x`. The observed mean of that extra-process contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a))` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of that §7.2 contribution; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-21T06:12Z). The extra process has `LAMBDA` 0 and is not an observed indicator. Original indicators load on the original process after the `DRIFT` coupling. The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The contribution is not `E(y_t)`. The evolved-plus-contribution latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. `T0TDPREDEFFECT` on the extra process begins at `t = 0` and uses `Δt = t − t0` for both the original-process evolution and the extra drive. `TDPREDEFFECT` after `t0` uses `t − u` with `t0 < u < t` for the extra drive while `μ_t` still uses `Δt`. The observed mean of that after-t0 extra-process contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a))` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of that §7.2 after-t0 contribution; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-21T06:32Z). The first-occasion extra-process observed mean is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`. The impulse-carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is a Dirac on the original process and is not that `DRIFT` drive. An impulse at `u = t0` or `u = t` is not interior. The asymptotic time-independent predictor effect is `-B z / a` (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 20–21; JSS PDF opened 2026-08-21T13:08Z). Form `B z` first, then divide by `-a`. Stable `a < 0` is required. `a ≥ 0` cannot hold a finite process-mean change. `-B z / a` is not the coefficient `B`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`. The asymptotic time-independent predictor variance is `(B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 20–21 `addedTIPREDVAR`). Form the unit asymptotic effect first, then square, then multiply by `v`. `(B / a)² v` is not `TRAITVAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`, and not `-B z / a`. The asymptotic continuous intercept is `-κ / a` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 2, p. 12 `asymCINT`; Eq. 3 as `Δt → ∞`; JSS PDF opened 2026-08-21T16:13Z). Form `κ` first, then divide by `-a`. Stable `a < 0` is required. `-κ / a` is not `κ`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`, not `T0MEANS`, and not `-B z / a`. The p. 16 stationary `T0MEANS` constraint is `-κ / a + −B z / a`. Form the intercept contribution first, then include the TI extra effect, then add. That constrained first-occasion mean is not free `T0MEANS`, not `asymCINT` alone, not `asymTIPREDEFFECT` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent mean. Equation 5 of that constrained mean is `τ + λ(−κ / a + −B z / a)` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3, pp. 9–10; Eq. 5, p. 5; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-21T20:07Z). Form the stationary latent mean first, then `τ + λ` of that mean. `τ + λ μ_0` for free `T0MEANS` is not that composition. `τ + λ(−κ / a)` is not that composition when `B z ≠ 0`. `τ + λ μ_t` is not that composition. `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_0)`. The constrained latent mean is not `E(y_0)`. The p. 16 constrained first-occasion variance `trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v` is not free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION` alone, not `TRAITVAR` alone, not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent variance. Eq. 5 of that constrained variance is `λ²(trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T03:20Z; form the stationary latent variance first, then `λ² p + θ + ψ`; `λ² p_0` is not that observed variance; `λ²(−q / (2 a)) + θ` is not that observed variance when `TRAITVAR` or `addedTIPREDVAR` is nonzero; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_0)`; the constrained latent variance is not `Var(y_0)`). The lagged covariance of that constrained process is `trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 / p. 16 `T0VAR`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T19:13Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay with `e^{a Δt}`. Contemporaneous `T0VAR` is not that lagged map. Decaying the constrained total as if it were all state is not that lagged map. Equation 5 of that lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v) + ψ`. `Θ` does not enter. Contemporaneous `Var(y_0)` is not that lagged observed covariance. The lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance. The later-occasion variance of that constrained process is `trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 / p. 16 `T0VAR`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T23:12Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`. Under stationarity that composition equals contemporaneous `T0VAR`. Evolving the constrained total as if it were all state is not that later map. The lagged covariance omits `Q_Δt` and is not that later map. `Q_Δt` is not that later map. Equation 5 of that later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`. The lagged observed covariance omits `Q_Δt` and `θ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`. The later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`. The later-occasion variance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 predetermined first occasion; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T05:12Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`. Free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that later map. Setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary later-occasion map. Stationary later variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that later map when `p_0` is free. Evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that later map. As `Δt → ∞` with stable `a < 0` the composition approaches contemporaneous stationary `T0VAR`. As `Δt → 0+` the composition approaches `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`. Nonzero diffusion with `a ≥ 0` is a growing process and is kept. Equation 5 of that predetermined later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`. The predetermined later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`. Stationary later observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free. The lagged covariance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 predetermined first occasion; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T09:04Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay with `e^{a Δt}`. Free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that lagged map. Setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary lagged map. Stationary lagged covariance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that lagged map when `p_0` is free. Evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that lagged map. Later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that lagged map. As `Δt → ∞` with stable `a < 0` the state term vanishes. As `Δt → 0+` the composition approaches `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`. Equation 5 of that predetermined lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v) + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` does not enter. The predetermined lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance. Predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and `θ` and is not that lagged observed covariance. Stationary lagged observed covariance is not that observed covariance when `p_0` is free. The predetermined first-occasion variance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`. Free `p_0` is not that map. Stationary first-occasion variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that map when `p_0` is free. Lagged covariance decays the state and is not that map. Later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that map. Equation 5 of that predetermined first-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not that first-occasion observed variance. The predetermined first-occasion latent variance is not that observed variance. Stationary first-occasion observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free. Predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that first-occasion observed variance. Later-start lagged covariance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T10:27Z). First-occasion lagged omits `e^{a s} Q_u`. Later-occasion variance does not lag. Stationary lagged uses `−q / (2 a)`. Decaying the later total is not that map. Equation 5 of that later-start lagged covariance is `λ²` of it plus `ψ`. Independent `ε_t` does not enter. First-occasion lagged observed omits `e^{a s} Q_u`. Predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_u` and `θ` and is not that later-start lagged observed covariance. Later-start later-occasion variance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + Q_s + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 3–4 Chapman–Kolmogorov `Q_{u+s} = e^{2 a s} Q_u + Q_s`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T11:05Z). Later-occasion variance at `u` omits `Q_s`. Later-start lagged covariance omits `Q_s`. Stationary later uses `−q / (2 a)`. Evolving the later total as if it were all state is not that map. Ignoring `startoffset` omits `e^{2 a s} Q_u`. Equation 5 of that later-start later-occasion variance is `λ²` of it plus `θ + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not that observed variance. Page 16 `discreteDRIFTstd` is `e^{a Δt}` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; footnote 4; §7.1; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T11:40Z). Unstandardised `e^{a Δt}` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`. The §7.1 trait-plus-state autocorrelation `(trait + e^{a Δt} p + added) / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `discreteDIFFUSIONstd` is `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 4; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:06Z). Unstandardised `Q_Δt` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`. The continuous standardisation `−2 a` is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`. `Q_Δt / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `DIFFUSIONstd` is `q / (−q / (2 a)) = −2 a` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 4; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:20Z). Unstandardised `q` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`. The discrete standardisation `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` depends on `Δt` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`. `q / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `DRIFTstd` is the continuous auto-effect after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 1; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:28Z). Unstandardised `a` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DRIFTstd`. The discrete standardisation `e^{a Δt}` depends on the event interval and is not `DRIFTstd`. `a p / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DRIFTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` is `(-B / a) · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T14:25Z). Unstandardised `-B / a` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`. The finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`. `(-B / a) · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T16:21Z). Unstandardised `B` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. The asymptotic standardisation `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. The finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `B · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 / Table 3 `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_b · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` `p_0` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T17:20Z). The affected variance is free first-occasion `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `t0_b` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TIPREDEFFECTstd` `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` is the continuous coefficient and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `t0_b · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `t0_b² v` after a first-occasion time-independent predictor (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; §7.2; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T18:20Z). Form `t0_b` first, then square, then multiply by `v`. A zero coefficient or zero predictor variance is exactly zero. Free `T0TIPREDEFFECT` does not require `a < 0`. `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and is not this first-occasion map. `t0_b · √v / √p_0` is `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` and is not this variance. Free `T0VAR` is not this extra TI variance. `TRAITVAR` is not this extra TI variance. Equation 5 of 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `λ² t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 3, p. 13; Table 2, p. 12; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T19:10Z). Form `t0_b² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`. A zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero. `t0_b² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra. `λ² p_0 + θ` is first-occasion observed variance, not this extra. `λ² (B / a)² v` is Eq. 5 of `addedTIPREDVAR`, not this first-occasion observed extra. `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra. Equation 5 of §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `λ² (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 2, p. 12; §7.2, pp. 20–21; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T19:23Z). Form `(B / a)² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`. A zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero. Lasting asymptotic extra requires `a < 0`. `(B / a)² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra. `λ² t0_b² v` is first-occasion extra observed TI variance, not this extra. `λ² p + θ` is stationary observed variance, not this extra. `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra. Page 16 `TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `m · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` and strictly positive time-dependent predictor variance. Unstandardised `M` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `M = B`. intercept-style `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] M · √v / √p` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `m · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`. Table 3 / p. 16 `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_m · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` and strictly positive TD predictor variance. Unstandardised `t0_m` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `TDPREDEFFECTstd` uses `asymDIFFUSION` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `t0_m = t0_b`. `t0_m · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`. Free `T0VAR` does not require `a < 0`. Page 16 `T0VARstd` is `p_0 / p_0 = 1` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(T0VAR))) %&% T0VAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; the default ridge is 0). Unstandardised `T0VAR` is not `T0VARstd`. `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0VARstd`. `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `T0VARstd`. Page 16 `TRAITVARstd` is `trait / trait = 1` after strictly positive `TRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TRAITVAR))) %&% TRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; no ridge addend). Unstandardised `TRAITVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`. `T0VARstd` is not `TRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1. `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`. Page 16 `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is `ψ / ψ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTTRAITVAR))) %&% MANIFESTTRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0). Unstandardised `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`. `TRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1. `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`. Page 16 `MANIFESTVARstd` is `θ / θ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTVAR))) %&% MANIFESTVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; 2017-era `dimnames` assignment to `latentNames` is a source bug). Unstandardised `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`. `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTVARstd` even when both equal 1. Equation 5 `Var(y)` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`. Page 16 `TIPREDVARstd` is `v / v = 1` after strictly positive `TIPREDVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TIPREDVAR))) %&% TIPREDVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `TIpredNames`). Unstandardised `TIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`. `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `TIPREDVARstd` even when both equal 1. Section 7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`. Page 16 `asymDIFFUSIONstd` is `p / p = 1` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` (`solve(sqrt(diag(asymDIFFUSION))) %&% asymDIFFUSION`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `latentNames`). Unstandardised `asymDIFFUSION` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`. `TIPREDVARstd` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd` even when both equal 1. `DIFFUSIONstd` `−2 a` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`. Page 16 `discreteCINTstd` is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `discreteCINT` is not `discreteCINTstd`. `κ / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`. `(-κ / a) / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`. `asymCINTstd` is `(-κ / a) / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `asymCINT` is not `asymCINTstd`. `κ / √p` is not `asymCINTstd`. `discreteCINTstd` is not `asymCINTstd`. `T0MEANSstd` is `μ_0 / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR`. Unstandardised `T0MEANS` is not `T0MEANSstd`. `T0VARstd` is not `T0MEANSstd`. `μ_0 / √asymDIFFUSION` is not `T0MEANSstd`. Page 16 `MANIFESTMEANSstd` is `τ / √θ` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR`. Unstandardised `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`. `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`. `τ / √(λ² Var(η) + θ)` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`. Page 16 `CINTstd` is `κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `CINT` is not `CINTstd`. `asymCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`. `discreteCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`. `κ / √(trait + p + added)` is not `CINTstd`. Evolving from that stationary start with `CINT` and `TIPREDEFFECT` stays at the stationary mean. Equation 1 is the latent SDE, not the measurement model. Form `(λ p) λ` then add `θ`, then add `ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is `Θ`, not `Var(y)`. `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is `Ψ_τ`, not `Θ`. `TRAITVAR` is latent and scaled by `λ²`. `Var(η)` is not `Var(y)`.
+- Do not use the difference quotient as a continuous-time rate. The scalar map is `a = ln(φ) / Δt` on event time. Discrete lags from unequal event intervals are not one coefficient; remap them through that log-rate. Binary64 `exp(a Δt) = 0` is not a discrete lag. A constant predictor's discrete effect is Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 12), evaluated as `a_yx (expm1(z) / a_xx)` with `z = a_xx Δt` so a finite result is not lost when `z` overflows to `-∞` or when `a_yx Δt` overflows. When `expm1(z)` overflows at a finite `z`, rewrite in log space; a zero continuous effect is exactly zero; an overflowing `a_yx/a_xx` rewrite term fails closed. The first-order product is the underflow limit of that equation, not the general constant-predictor discrete effect. A time-varying predictor whose sampling interval equals its constancy interval uses Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14): `b* = a_yx Δt`. Unmatched intervals fail closed (Oud & Jansen, 2000, unread). Discrete process noise is Driver et al. (2017, Eq. 3): `Q_Δt = 0.5 q (expm1(z) / a)` with `z = 2 (a Δt)` and `q = G G⊤ ≥ 0`; do not form `2 a` first; `a = 0` and `z → 0` recover `q Δt`; a zero diffusion is exactly zero; an overflowing rewrite scale `0.5 q / a` fails closed; this is not a Kalman filter. `Q_Δt` is `cov(η_t | η_{t-1})`, not `Var(η_t)`. The lagged covariance is `exp(a Δt) p` and the unconditional variance is `exp(2 a Δt) p + Q_Δt` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4, pp. 4–5; JSS has no numbered §2.2). A zero diffusion whose `2 (a Δt)` overflows to `+∞` is not a finite `Var(η_t)`. The stationary within-subject variance is the `Δt → ∞` limit of Eq. 4: `-q / (2 a)` for stable `a < 0` (JSS p. 16 `asymDIFFUSION`; §4.3). When `2 a` is finite, form `q / -(2 a)` so `q / a` overflow does not lose a finite result (`q = MAX`, `a = -0.75` → `MAX / 1.5`). When `2 a` overflows, form `(q / a) * -0.5`. Do not form `0.5 q` first (`q = from_bits(1)` underflows). `a ≥ 0` has no finite stationary variance. Finite-interval `Q_Δt` is not that limit. Trait-plus-state variance is `trait + state` and lagged covariance is `trait + exp(a Δt) p` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3, p. 9). Trait variance is not process noise and not `asymDIFFUSION`. Evolving the summed variance as if it were all state is not that map. This is not RI-CLPM. Observed-indicator variance is `λ² Var(η) + θ` when `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is zero and `λ² Var(η) + θ + ψ` otherwise (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 2, p. 12). Lagged observed covariance is `λ² cov(η_t, η_{t-1}) + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` does not enter. Observed-indicator mean is `τ + λ μ` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5; Table 2, p. 12). `MANIFESTMEANS` is `τ`, not `E(y)`. `E(η)` is not `E(y)`. `CINT` is not `MANIFESTMEANS`. `T0MEANS` is not `E(y)`. The discrete latent mean is `μ_t = exp(a Δt) μ_0 + (exp(a Δt) − 1)/a κ` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3, p. 4; Table 2, p. 12). `T0MEANS` is not `μ_t`. `CINT` is not that discrete increment. A zero drift is `κ Δt`. Underflow of `exp(a Δt)` to `+0` drops the carried `T0MEANS` and keeps `−κ / a`. The evolved observed mean is `τ + λ μ_t` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of that Eq. 3 map). The first-occasion map `τ + λ μ_0` is not `E(y_t)`. `μ_t` is not `E(y_t)`. The contemporaneous time-dependent predictor impulse is `m x` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3 fourth summand; Table 2 `TDPREDEFFECT` is `M`). Form `μ_t` first, then add `m x`. `TDPREDEFFECT` is not `CINT`. `M x` is not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z` and is not Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14). The §7.2 level-change form is not that impulse. The observed mean of that contemporaneous impulse is `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Eq. 3 fourth-summand composition). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`. The evolved-plus-impulse latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The time-independent predictor increment is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3 second summand; Table 2 `TIPREDEFFECT` is `B`). Form `B z` first, then the discrete intercept map. A zero drift is `B z Δt`. `TIPREDEFFECT` is `B`, not that discrete increment. `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z` is not `CINT`, not `M x`, and not Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14). The observed mean of that increment is `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Eq. 3 printed addend after the `T0MEANS` carry and the `CINT` increment). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`. The evolved-plus-increment latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The within-interval time-dependent impulse carry is `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 1–2 Green-function integral of Eq. 2; §7.2 dissipation). Form `m x` first, then `e^{a(t−u)} m x`. A zero drift is `m x` with no dissipation. Underflow of `e^{a(t−u)}` to `+0` is vanishing dissipation and is kept. `e^{A(t−u)} M x` is not the contemporaneous Dirac, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle et al. (2012, Eq. 14). An impulse at `u = t` is the contemporaneous map. An impulse at `u ≤ t0` is already in `η(t0)`. The observed mean of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Eq. 1–2 carried latent mean). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`. `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_t)`. The carried latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The first-occasion time-independent predictor shift is `t0_b z` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3 `T0TIPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 3 first summand). Form `t0_b z` first, then `e^{a Δt} t0_b z`. Form `μ_t` first, then add that carry. A zero drift is `t0_b z`. Underflow of `e^{a Δt}` to `+0` is a vanishing carry of the first-occasion shift and is kept. `t0_b z` is not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`. `e^{A Δt} t0_b z` is not `t0_b z`. `T0TIPREDEFFECT` is the coefficient, not the shift. The observed mean of that first-occasion carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Table 3 / Eq. 3 first-summand composition). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The process-increment map `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The impulse-carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`. The evolved-plus-carry latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The first-occasion time-dependent predictor shift is `t0_m x0` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3 `T0TDPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 3 first summand; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:10Z). Form `t0_m x0` first, then `e^{a Δt} t0_m x0`. Form `μ_t` first, then add that carry. A zero drift is `t0_m x0`. Underflow of `e^{a Δt}` to `+0` is a vanishing carry of the first-occasion shift and is kept. `t0_m x0` is not `M x`, not `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`, not `t0_b z`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, and not `CINT`. `e^{A Δt} t0_m x0` is not `t0_m x0`. `T0TDPREDEFFECT` is the coefficient, not the shift. An impulse at `u ≤ t0` that used `M` is already in `η(t0)` as `TDPREDEFFECT`, not as `T0TDPREDEFFECT`. The observed mean of that first-occasion TD carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_m x0)` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of the Table 3 / Eq. 3 first-summand TD composition; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:07Z). The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The process-increment map `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The impulse-carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`. The first-occasion TI map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a Δt} t0_b z)` is not that observed mean. The evolved-plus-carry latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. The lasting level-change `CINT` is `κ = −a m x` (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 20–21; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:45Z). Form `m x` first, then multiply by `−a`. Stable `a < 0` is required so `−κ / a = m x` is an equilibrium offset. `a ≥ 0` cannot hold a new process mean. `−a m x` is not the dissipating Dirac `m x`, not a free `CINT`, and not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`. The extra near-zero-drift latent process also named in §7.2 is a different specification and is not this `CINT` setting. Equation 3 maps that intercept as `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T19:50Z). Form the level-change `CINT` first, then the discrete intercept map. Underflow of `e^{a Δt}` to `+0` keeps `m x`. `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x` is not `m x`, not `κ`, and not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`. The printed §7.2 lasting level change is an extra near-zero-drift latent process (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 22–23; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-20T23:10Z). `T0MEANS`, `CINT`, `T0VAR`, `DIFFUSION`, and `TRAITVAR` of that process are fixed to 0; `TDPREDEFFECT` on it is fixed to 1; its `DRIFT` diagonal is very close to 0 (printed example `−0.000001`; precisely 0 causes computational problems); the original process is driven by the `DRIFT` coupling `a_{ηξ}`. After a unit identification impulse the scalar contribution is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)` (`ε = a` is `a_{ηξ} x Δt e^{a Δt}`). Form `a_{ηξ} x` first. A zero coupling or zero predictor is exactly zero. `ε ≥ 0` fails closed. That contribution is not `κ = −a m x`, not `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, and not the dissipating Dirac `m x`. The observed mean of that extra-process contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a))` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of that §7.2 contribution; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-21T06:12Z). The extra process has `LAMBDA` 0 and is not an observed indicator. Original indicators load on the original process after the `DRIFT` coupling. The evolved map `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean. The contemporaneous map `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean. The contribution is not `E(y_t)`. The evolved-plus-contribution latent mean is not `E(y_t)`. `T0TDPREDEFFECT` on the extra process begins at `t = 0` and uses `Δt = t − t0` for both the original-process evolution and the extra drive. `TDPREDEFFECT` after `t0` uses `t − u` with `t0 < u < t` for the extra drive while `μ_t` still uses `Δt`. The observed mean of that after-t0 extra-process contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε(t−u)} − e^{a(t−u)}) / (ε − a))` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5 of that §7.2 after-t0 contribution; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-21T06:32Z). The first-occasion extra-process observed mean is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t0`. The impulse-carry map `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is a Dirac on the original process and is not that `DRIFT` drive. An impulse at `u = t0` or `u = t` is not interior. The asymptotic time-independent predictor effect is `-B z / a` (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 20–21; JSS PDF opened 2026-08-21T13:08Z). Form `B z` first, then divide by `-a`. Stable `a < 0` is required. `a ≥ 0` cannot hold a finite process-mean change. `-B z / a` is not the coefficient `B`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`. The asymptotic time-independent predictor variance is `(B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §7.2, pp. 20–21 `addedTIPREDVAR`). Form the unit asymptotic effect first, then square, then multiply by `v`. `(B / a)² v` is not `TRAITVAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`, and not `-B z / a`. The 2017-era commented `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR` is `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v` (cran/ctsem 2.5.0 `summary.ctsemFit.R`; Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 1 / Eq. 4 / §4.3 / §7.2; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-31T04:40Z). Form the two-term total first, then include `addedTIPREDVAR`, then add. The two-term `p + trait / a²` omits the later addend. Stationary `T0VAR` `trait + p + (B / a)² v` keeps `TRAITVAR` in process units and is not this map. The asymptotic continuous intercept is `-κ / a` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 2, p. 12 `asymCINT`; Eq. 3 as `Δt → ∞`; JSS PDF opened 2026-08-21T16:13Z). Form `κ` first, then divide by `-a`. Stable `a < 0` is required. `-κ / a` is not `κ`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`, not `T0MEANS`, and not `-B z / a`. The p. 16 stationary `T0MEANS` constraint is `-κ / a + −B z / a`. Form the intercept contribution first, then include the TI extra effect, then add. That constrained first-occasion mean is not free `T0MEANS`, not `asymCINT` alone, not `asymTIPREDEFFECT` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent mean. Equation 5 of that constrained mean is `τ + λ(−κ / a + −B z / a)` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3, pp. 9–10; Eq. 5, p. 5; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-21T20:07Z). Form the stationary latent mean first, then `τ + λ` of that mean. `τ + λ μ_0` for free `T0MEANS` is not that composition. `τ + λ(−κ / a)` is not that composition when `B z ≠ 0`. `τ + λ μ_t` is not that composition. `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_0)`. The constrained latent mean is not `E(y_0)`. The p. 16 constrained first-occasion variance `trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v` is not free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION` alone, not `TRAITVAR` alone, not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent variance. Eq. 5 of that constrained variance is `λ²(trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T03:20Z; form the stationary latent variance first, then `λ² p + θ + ψ`; `λ² p_0` is not that observed variance; `λ²(−q / (2 a)) + θ` is not that observed variance when `TRAITVAR` or `addedTIPREDVAR` is nonzero; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_0)`; the constrained latent variance is not `Var(y_0)`). The lagged covariance of that constrained process is `trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 / p. 16 `T0VAR`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T19:13Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay with `e^{a Δt}`. Contemporaneous `T0VAR` is not that lagged map. Decaying the constrained total as if it were all state is not that lagged map. Equation 5 of that lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v) + ψ`. `Θ` does not enter. Contemporaneous `Var(y_0)` is not that lagged observed covariance. The lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance. The later-occasion variance of that constrained process is `trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 / p. 16 `T0VAR`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T23:12Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`. Under stationarity that composition equals contemporaneous `T0VAR`. Evolving the constrained total as if it were all state is not that later map. The lagged covariance omits `Q_Δt` and is not that later map. `Q_Δt` is not that later map. Equation 5 of that later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`. The lagged observed covariance omits `Q_Δt` and `θ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`. The later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`. The later-occasion variance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 predetermined first occasion; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T05:12Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`. Free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that later map. Setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary later-occasion map. Stationary later variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that later map when `p_0` is free. Evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that later map. As `Δt → ∞` with stable `a < 0` the composition approaches contemporaneous stationary `T0VAR`. As `Δt → 0+` the composition approaches `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`. Nonzero diffusion with `a ≥ 0` is a growing process and is kept. Equation 5 of that predetermined later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`. The predetermined later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`. Stationary later observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free. The lagged covariance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4 of §4.3 predetermined first occasion; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T09:04Z). Trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay with `e^{a Δt}`. Free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that lagged map. Setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary lagged map. Stationary lagged covariance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that lagged map when `p_0` is free. Evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that lagged map. Later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that lagged map. As `Δt → ∞` with stable `a < 0` the state term vanishes. As `Δt → 0+` the composition approaches `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`. Equation 5 of that predetermined lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v) + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` does not enter. The predetermined lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance. Predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and `θ` and is not that lagged observed covariance. Stationary lagged observed covariance is not that observed covariance when `p_0` is free. The predetermined first-occasion variance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`. Free `p_0` is not that map. Stationary first-occasion variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that map when `p_0` is free. Lagged covariance decays the state and is not that map. Later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that map. Equation 5 of that predetermined first-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not that first-occasion observed variance. The predetermined first-occasion latent variance is not that observed variance. Stationary first-occasion observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free. Predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that first-occasion observed variance. Later-start lagged covariance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T10:27Z). First-occasion lagged omits `e^{a s} Q_u`. Later-occasion variance does not lag. Stationary lagged uses `−q / (2 a)`. Decaying the later total is not that map. Equation 5 of that later-start lagged covariance is `λ²` of it plus `ψ`. Independent `ε_t` does not enter. First-occasion lagged observed omits `e^{a s} Q_u`. Predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_u` and `θ` and is not that later-start lagged observed covariance. Later-start later-occasion variance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + Q_s + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 3–4 Chapman–Kolmogorov `Q_{u+s} = e^{2 a s} Q_u + Q_s`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T11:05Z). Later-occasion variance at `u` omits `Q_s`. Later-start lagged covariance omits `Q_s`. Stationary later uses `−q / (2 a)`. Evolving the later total as if it were all state is not that map. Ignoring `startoffset` omits `e^{2 a s} Q_u`. Equation 5 of that later-start later-occasion variance is `λ²` of it plus `θ + ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is not that observed variance. Page 16 `discreteDRIFTstd` is `e^{a Δt}` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; footnote 4; §7.1; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T11:40Z). Unstandardised `e^{a Δt}` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`. The §7.1 trait-plus-state autocorrelation `(trait + e^{a Δt} p + added) / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `discreteDIFFUSIONstd` is `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 4; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:06Z). Unstandardised `Q_Δt` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`. The continuous standardisation `−2 a` is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`. `Q_Δt / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `DIFFUSIONstd` is `q / (−q / (2 a)) = −2 a` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 4; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:20Z). Unstandardised `q` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`. The discrete standardisation `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` depends on `Δt` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`. `q / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `DRIFTstd` is the continuous auto-effect after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 1; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:28Z). Unstandardised `a` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DRIFTstd`. The discrete standardisation `e^{a Δt}` depends on the event interval and is not `DRIFTstd`. `a p / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DRIFTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` is `(-B / a) · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T14:25Z). Unstandardised `-B / a` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`. The finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`. `(-B / a) · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T16:21Z). Unstandardised `B` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. The asymptotic standardisation `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. The finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `B · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. Page 16 / Table 3 `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_b · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` `p_0` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T17:20Z). The affected variance is free first-occasion `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `t0_b` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TIPREDEFFECTstd` `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` is the continuous coefficient and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `t0_b · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`. `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance. 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `t0_b² v` after a first-occasion time-independent predictor (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; §7.2; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T18:20Z). Form `t0_b` first, then square, then multiply by `v`. A zero coefficient or zero predictor variance is exactly zero. Free `T0TIPREDEFFECT` does not require `a < 0`. `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and is not this first-occasion map. `t0_b · √v / √p_0` is `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` and is not this variance. Free `T0VAR` is not this extra TI variance. `TRAITVAR` is not this extra TI variance. Equation 5 of 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `λ² t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 3, p. 13; Table 2, p. 12; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T19:10Z). Form `t0_b² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`. A zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero. `t0_b² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra. `λ² p_0 + θ` is first-occasion observed variance, not this extra. `λ² (B / a)² v` is Eq. 5 of `addedTIPREDVAR`, not this first-occasion observed extra. `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra. Equation 5 of §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `λ² (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 2, p. 12; §7.2, pp. 20–21; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T19:23Z). Form `(B / a)² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`. A zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero. Lasting asymptotic extra requires `a < 0`. `(B / a)² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra. `λ² t0_b² v` is first-occasion extra observed TI variance, not this extra. `λ² p + θ` is stationary observed variance, not this extra. `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra. Page 16 `TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `m · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` and strictly positive time-dependent predictor variance. Unstandardised `M` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `M = B`. intercept-style `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] M · √v / √p` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `m · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`. Table 3 / p. 16 `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_m · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` and strictly positive TD predictor variance. Unstandardised `t0_m` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `TDPREDEFFECTstd` uses `asymDIFFUSION` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`. `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `t0_m = t0_b`. `t0_m · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`. Free `T0VAR` does not require `a < 0`. Page 16 `T0VARstd` is `p_0 / p_0 = 1` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(T0VAR))) %&% T0VAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; the default ridge is 0). Unstandardised `T0VAR` is not `T0VARstd`. `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0VARstd`. `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `T0VARstd`. Page 16 `TRAITVARstd` is `trait / trait = 1` after strictly positive `TRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TRAITVAR))) %&% TRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; no ridge addend). Unstandardised `TRAITVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`. `T0VARstd` is not `TRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1. `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`. Page 16 `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is `ψ / ψ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTTRAITVAR))) %&% MANIFESTTRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0). Unstandardised `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`. `TRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1. `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`. Page 16 `MANIFESTVARstd` is `θ / θ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTVAR))) %&% MANIFESTVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; 2017-era `dimnames` assignment to `latentNames` is a source bug). Unstandardised `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`. `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTVARstd` even when both equal 1. Equation 5 `Var(y)` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`. Page 16 `TIPREDVARstd` is `v / v = 1` after strictly positive `TIPREDVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TIPREDVAR))) %&% TIPREDVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `TIpredNames`). Unstandardised `TIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`. `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `TIPREDVARstd` even when both equal 1. Section 7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`. Page 16 `asymDIFFUSIONstd` is `p / p = 1` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` (`solve(sqrt(diag(asymDIFFUSION))) %&% asymDIFFUSION`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `latentNames`). Unstandardised `asymDIFFUSION` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`. `TIPREDVARstd` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd` even when both equal 1. `DIFFUSIONstd` `−2 a` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`. Page 16 `discreteCINTstd` is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `discreteCINT` is not `discreteCINTstd`. `κ / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`. `(-κ / a) / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`. `asymCINTstd` is `(-κ / a) / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `asymCINT` is not `asymCINTstd`. `κ / √p` is not `asymCINTstd`. `discreteCINTstd` is not `asymCINTstd`. `T0MEANSstd` is `μ_0 / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR`. Unstandardised `T0MEANS` is not `T0MEANSstd`. `T0VARstd` is not `T0MEANSstd`. `μ_0 / √asymDIFFUSION` is not `T0MEANSstd`. Page 16 `MANIFESTMEANSstd` is `τ / √θ` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR`. Unstandardised `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`. `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`. `τ / √(λ² Var(η) + θ)` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`. Page 16 `CINTstd` is `κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`. Unstandardised `CINT` is not `CINTstd`. `asymCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`. `discreteCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`. `κ / √(trait + p + added)` is not `CINTstd`. Evolving from that stationary start with `CINT` and `TIPREDEFFECT` stays at the stationary mean. Equation 1 is the latent SDE, not the measurement model. Form `(λ p) λ` then add `θ`, then add `ψ`. `MANIFESTVAR` is `Θ`, not `Var(y)`. `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is `Ψ_τ`, not `Θ`. `TRAITVAR` is latent and scaled by `λ²`. `Var(η)` is not `Var(y)`.
 - Separate cluster means before within-unit lag. CWC plus an event-time lag is not DSEM. Subtracting the person-specific mean from a raw autoregressive series does not isolate the lagged within-person effect (Curran & Bauer, 2011, pp. 607–608); already-centered residuals with irregular event intervals use the exact scalar map.
 - Do not treat the CWC cluster-mean coefficient as the between-cluster effect. It is the contextual effect `between − within` (Enders & Tofighi, 2007, Table 2, pp. 124–127).
 - Never use future-available evidence in historical model fits.
diff --git a/crates/psychometric_core/src/error.rs b/crates/psychometric_core/src/error.rs
index 4ab2695e0..59e0d7d8b 100644
--- a/crates/psychometric_core/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/psychometric_core/src/error.rs
@@ -710,6 +710,26 @@ pub enum PsychometricError {
     /// `MANIFESTVARstd`. `λ² Var(η) + θ` is `Var(y)`, not the
     /// correlation form of `Θ`.
     ObservedVarianceIsNotStandardisedManifestVariance,
+    /// 2017-era commented-out `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`
+    /// was requested for a non-stable drift. The three-term map
+    /// `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v` requires `a < 0`
+    /// whenever a contribution is nonzero.
+    AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift,
+    /// 2017-era two-term `asymTOTALVAR` was treated as the later
+    /// commented three-term total. `p + trait / a²` omits
+    /// `addedTIPREDVAR`. Equal numbers when `B = 0` or `v = 0`
+    /// remain distinct named quantities.
+    TwoTermAsymptoticTotalVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor,
+    /// Driver §4.3 / p. 16 stationary `T0VAR` was treated as 2017-era
+    /// `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`. `trait + p + (B / a)² v`
+    /// keeps `TRAITVAR` in process units; the commented total uses
+    /// `solve(DRIFT)` and is `p + trait / a² + (B / a)² v`.
+    StationaryInitialLatentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor,
+    /// Driver §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` was treated as 2017-era
+    /// `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`. `(B / a)² v` is the
+    /// later addend, not the three-term total that also includes
+    /// `asymDIFFUSION` and `asymTRAITVAR`.
+    AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for PsychometricError {
@@ -1235,6 +1255,18 @@ impl fmt::Display for PsychometricError {
             Self::ObservedVarianceIsNotStandardisedManifestVariance => {
                 "observed-indicator variance is not standardised measurement-error variance"
             }
+            Self::AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift => {
+                "asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor requires a stable negative drift"
+            }
+            Self::TwoTermAsymptoticTotalVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor => {
+                "two-term asymptotic total variance is not asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor"
+            }
+            Self::StationaryInitialLatentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor => {
+                "stationary initial latent variance is not asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor"
+            }
+            Self::AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor => {
+                "asymptotic time-independent predictor variance is not asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor"
+            }
         };
         formatter.write_str(message)
     }
@@ -2073,4 +2105,28 @@ mod tests {
             "measurement error is not standardised manifest-trait variance"
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor_boundary_messages_are_stable() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            PsychometricError::AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift
+                .to_string(),
+            "asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor requires a stable negative drift"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            PsychometricError::TwoTermAsymptoticTotalVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+                .to_string(),
+            "two-term asymptotic total variance is not asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            PsychometricError::StationaryInitialLatentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+                .to_string(),
+            "stationary initial latent variance is not asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            PsychometricError::AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+                .to_string(),
+            "asymptotic time-independent predictor variance is not asymptotic total variance after added time-independent predictor"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/psychometric_core/src/event_time.rs b/crates/psychometric_core/src/event_time.rs
index a29bc5c18..71f0a0ad7 100644
--- a/crates/psychometric_core/src/event_time.rs
+++ b/crates/psychometric_core/src/event_time.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@
 //! mean when `u ≠ t0`; `e^{a(t−u)} m x` is a Dirac on the original
 //! process, not this `DRIFT` drive). The JSS article
 //! has no numbered §2.2 (2.1 is Continuous time and SEM; §3 follows).
-//! The difference quotient `(x(t+Δt) − x(t)) / Δt` (their
+//! The 2017-era commented `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR` is
+//! `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v` (cran/ctsem 2.5.0
+//! `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-31T04:40Z). The
+//! two-term total omits the later addend. Stationary `T0VAR` keeps
+//! `TRAITVAR` in process units. The difference quotient `(x(t+Δt) − x(t)) / Δt` (their
 //! Eqs. 3–4) is refused. This is not DSEM and not a matrix `expm`.
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
@@ -4160,6 +4164,186 @@ pub fn refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_effect(
     Err(PsychometricError::AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticEffect)
 }
 
+/// Exact scalar 2017-era commented-out `asymTOTALVAR` after
+/// `addedTIPREDVAR`.
+///
+/// 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R` (cran/ctsem 2.5.0; JSS PDF
+/// re-opened 2026-08-31T04:40Z from
+/// <https://www.jstatsoft.org/index.php/jss/article/download/v077i05/1104>)
+/// comments `asymTOTALVAR <- asymDIFFUSION + asymTRAITVAR` with
+/// `asymTRAITVAR <- solve(DRIFT) %*% TRAITVAR %*% t(solve(DRIFT))`,
+/// then later comments
+/// `asymTOTALVAR <- asymTOTALVAR + addedTIPREDVAR` immediately
+/// after forming `addedTIPREDVAR <- asymTIPREDEFFECT %*% TIPREDVAR
+/// %*% t(asymTIPREDEFFECT)`. Driver, Oud, and Voelkle (2017, Eq. 1,
+/// p. 4; Eq. 4, p. 5; Table 2, p. 12; §4.3, p. 9; §7.2, pp. 20–21)
+/// write `dη = (Aη + ξ + Bz + Mx) dt + G dW`. The Lyapunov
+/// within-subject variance is `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)`. At a
+/// stable equilibrium a random intercept in `CINT` units has
+/// process-mean variance `trait / a²`. Section 7.2 names
+/// `addedTIPREDVAR` the stable between-subject variance accounted
+/// for by a time-independent predictor, `(B / a)² v`. The scalar
+/// three-term map is `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v`. Form
+/// the two-term total first (`1 / a`, then square, then multiply
+/// by `trait`, then add `asymDIFFUSION`). Then include
+/// `addedTIPREDVAR` (unit asymptotic effect, then square, then
+/// multiply by `v`). Then add. This crate does not currently
+/// export `recover_asymptotic_total_variance` or
+/// `recover_asymptotic_trait_variance`; form those terms inline.
+/// Table 2/3 do not name `asymTOTALVAR`. A zero trait, a zero
+/// diffusion, and a zero TI extra is exactly zero even if
+/// `a ≥ 0`. `a ≥ 0` with a nonzero contribution fails closed. A
+/// zero trait and a zero diffusion keep `addedTIPREDVAR`. A zero
+/// TI extra keeps the two-term total. `p + trait / a²` is the
+/// two-term commented total and is not this map when
+/// `addedTIPREDVAR ≠ 0`. Stationary `T0VAR`
+/// `trait + p + (B / a)² v` keeps `TRAITVAR` in process units and
+/// is not this map. `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and equals
+/// this total when `q = 0` and `trait = 0` and remains a distinct
+/// named quantity. This is not a Kalman filter, not a matrix
+/// `expm`, and not ctsem estimation.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Returns [`PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired`] for a non-event
+/// clock,
+/// [`PsychometricError::AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift`]
+/// when the drift is not strictly negative and a contribution is
+/// nonzero, and [`PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput`] when an
+/// input is non-finite, a variance is negative, or a product or
+/// sum overflows.
+pub fn recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+    trait_variance: f64,
+    continuous_diffusion: f64,
+    time_independent_effect: f64,
+    predictor_variance: f64,
+    log_rate: f64,
+    clock: LagClock,
+) -> Result<f64, PsychometricError> {
+    if !clock.admits_structural_lag() {
+        return Err(PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired);
+    }
+    if !trait_variance.is_finite() || trait_variance < 0.0 {
+        return Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput);
+    }
+    if !continuous_diffusion.is_finite() || continuous_diffusion < 0.0 {
+        return Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput);
+    }
+    if !time_independent_effect.is_finite() {
+        return Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput);
+    }
+    if !predictor_variance.is_finite() || predictor_variance < 0.0 {
+        return Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput);
+    }
+    if !log_rate.is_finite() {
+        return Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput);
+    }
+    let ti_extra_is_zero = time_independent_effect == 0.0 || predictor_variance == 0.0;
+    if trait_variance == 0.0 && continuous_diffusion == 0.0 && ti_extra_is_zero {
+        return Ok(0.0);
+    }
+    if log_rate >= 0.0 {
+        return Err(
+            PsychometricError::AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift,
+        );
+    }
+    let stationary = if continuous_diffusion == 0.0 {
+        0.0
+    } else {
+        recover_stationary_latent_variance(continuous_diffusion, log_rate, clock)?
+    };
+    let asymptotic_trait = if trait_variance == 0.0 {
+        0.0
+    } else {
+        let inverse_rate = require_finite(1.0 / log_rate)?;
+        let inverse_rate_squared = require_finite(inverse_rate * inverse_rate)?;
+        require_finite(inverse_rate_squared * trait_variance)?
+    };
+    let two_term = if stationary == 0.0 {
+        asymptotic_trait
+    } else if asymptotic_trait == 0.0 {
+        stationary
+    } else {
+        require_finite(stationary + asymptotic_trait)?
+    };
+    let added = recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_variance(
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        clock,
+    )?;
+    if added == 0.0 {
+        return Ok(two_term);
+    }
+    if two_term == 0.0 {
+        return Ok(added);
+    }
+    require_finite(two_term + added)
+}
+
+/// Refuse treating the two-term commented `asymTOTALVAR` as the
+/// later three-term total.
+///
+/// `p + trait / a²` omits `addedTIPREDVAR`. Equal numbers when the
+/// TI extra is zero remain distinct named quantities.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Always returns
+/// [`PsychometricError::TwoTermAsymptoticTotalVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor`].
+pub fn refuse_two_term_asymptotic_total_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+    two_term_total: f64,
+    three_term_total: f64,
+) -> Result<f64, PsychometricError> {
+    let _ = (two_term_total, three_term_total);
+    Err(
+        PsychometricError::TwoTermAsymptoticTotalVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor,
+    )
+}
+
+/// Refuse treating §4.3 stationary `T0VAR` as 2017-era
+/// `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`.
+///
+/// `trait + p + (B / a)² v` keeps `TRAITVAR` in process units. The
+/// commented three-term total uses `solve(DRIFT)` and is
+/// `p + trait / a² + (B / a)² v`.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Always returns
+/// [`PsychometricError::StationaryInitialLatentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor`].
+pub fn refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+    stationary_initial: f64,
+    three_term_total: f64,
+) -> Result<f64, PsychometricError> {
+    let _ = (stationary_initial, three_term_total);
+    Err(
+        PsychometricError::StationaryInitialLatentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor,
+    )
+}
+
+/// Refuse treating §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` as 2017-era
+/// `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`.
+///
+/// `(B / a)² v` is the later addend. The commented three-term
+/// total also includes `asymDIFFUSION` and `asymTRAITVAR`. Equal
+/// numbers when `q = 0` and `trait = 0` remain distinct named
+/// quantities.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Always returns
+/// [`PsychometricError::AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor`].
+pub fn refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+    added_predictor_variance: f64,
+    three_term_total: f64,
+) -> Result<f64, PsychometricError> {
+    let _ = (added_predictor_variance, three_term_total);
+    Err(
+        PsychometricError::AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor,
+    )
+}
+
 /// Exact scalar Table 2 `asymCINT`.
 ///
 /// Driver, Oud, and Voelkle (2017, Table 2, p. 12; Eq. 3, p. 5;
diff --git a/crates/psychometric_core/src/lib.rs b/crates/psychometric_core/src/lib.rs
index c081a63f6..0bd75322c 100644
--- a/crates/psychometric_core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/psychometric_core/src/lib.rs
@@ -261,6 +261,20 @@
 //! correlation; zero `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` fails closed; a non-event
 //! clock fails closed; `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` does not require `a < 0`;
 //! JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-27T14:20Z),
+//! recovers the 2017-era commented-out `asymTOTALVAR` after
+//! `addedTIPREDVAR` as `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v`
+//! (2017-era `summary.ctsemFit.R` comments
+//! `asymTOTALVAR <- asymDIFFUSION + asymTRAITVAR` then later
+//! `asymTOTALVAR <- asymTOTALVAR + addedTIPREDVAR`; form the
+//! two-term total first, then include `addedTIPREDVAR`, then add;
+//! a zero trait, a zero diffusion, and a zero TI extra is exactly
+//! zero even if `a ≥ 0`; `a ≥ 0` with a nonzero contribution
+//! fails closed; `p + trait / a²` is the two-term commented total
+//! and is not this map when `addedTIPREDVAR ≠ 0`; stationary
+//! `T0VAR` `trait + p + (B / a)² v` keeps `TRAITVAR` in process
+//! units and is not this map; `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and
+//! is not this total when `q ≠ 0` or `trait ≠ 0`; JSS PDF
+//! re-opened 2026-08-31T04:40Z),
 //! and refuses
 //! latent-mean comparison below strong invariance.
 
@@ -317,6 +331,8 @@ pub use event_time::recover_asymptotic_continuous_intercept;
 pub use event_time::recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_effect;
 /// Exact scalar §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` `(B / a)² v`.
 pub use event_time::recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_variance;
+/// Exact scalar 2017-era commented-out `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR` `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v`.
+pub use event_time::recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor;
 /// Exact scalar discrete effect of a constant event-time predictor.
 pub use event_time::recover_discrete_constant_predictor_effect;
 /// Exact scalar discrete intercept increment `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`.
@@ -476,6 +492,8 @@ pub use event_time::refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_effect_as_discrete_effect
 pub use event_time::refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_effect_as_time_dependent_impulse;
 /// Refuse treating §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` as `asymTIPREDEFFECT`.
 pub use event_time::refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_effect;
+/// Refuse treating §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` as 2017-era `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`.
+pub use event_time::refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor;
 /// Refuse treating §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` as `asymDIFFUSION`.
 pub use event_time::refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_stationary_within_subject;
 /// Refuse treating §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` as `TRAITVAR`.
@@ -655,6 +673,8 @@ pub use event_time::refuse_stationary_initial_latent_mean_as_initial_latent_mean
 pub use event_time::refuse_stationary_initial_latent_mean_as_observed_mean;
 /// Refuse treating §4.3 / p. 16 stationary `T0VAR` as `addedTIPREDVAR`.
 pub use event_time::refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_time_independent_variance;
+/// Refuse treating §4.3 / p. 16 stationary `T0VAR` as 2017-era `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`.
+pub use event_time::refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor;
 /// Refuse treating §4.3 / p. 16 stationary `T0VAR` as a finite-interval discrete variance.
 pub use event_time::refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_discrete_variance;
 /// Refuse treating §4.3 / p. 16 stationary `T0VAR` as free `T0VAR`.
@@ -723,6 +743,8 @@ pub use event_time::refuse_trait_scaled_continuous_intercept_as_standardised_con
 pub use event_time::refuse_trait_variance_as_process_noise;
 /// Refuse treating Driver §4.3 trait variance as `asymDIFFUSION`.
 pub use event_time::refuse_trait_variance_as_stationary_within_subject;
+/// Refuse treating the two-term commented `asymTOTALVAR` as the later three-term total.
+pub use event_time::refuse_two_term_asymptotic_total_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor;
 /// Refuse a time-varying predictor whose sampling and constancy intervals differ.
 pub use event_time::refuse_unmatched_time_varying_predictor_interval;
 /// Refuse treating unstandardised `asymCINT` as `asymCINTstd`.
diff --git a/crates/psychometric_core/tests/multilevel_event_time_recovery_contract.rs b/crates/psychometric_core/tests/multilevel_event_time_recovery_contract.rs
index 1c0027f44..297d8b95e 100644
--- a/crates/psychometric_core/tests/multilevel_event_time_recovery_contract.rs
+++ b/crates/psychometric_core/tests/multilevel_event_time_recovery_contract.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     ordinary_least_squares_slope, recover_asymptotic_continuous_intercept,
     recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_effect,
     recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_variance,
+    recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor,
     recover_cluster_mean_within_between_slopes, recover_discrete_constant_predictor_effect,
     recover_discrete_continuous_intercept_effect, recover_discrete_lag_from_log_rate,
     recover_discrete_lagged_latent_covariance, recover_discrete_latent_mean,
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_effect_as_discrete_effect,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_effect_as_time_dependent_impulse,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_effect,
+    refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_stationary_within_subject,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_trait_variance,
     refuse_continuous_intercept_as_discrete_mean_increment,
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_mean_as_initial_latent_mean,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_mean_as_observed_mean,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_time_independent_variance,
+    refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_discrete_variance,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_initial_latent_variance,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_observed_variance,
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     refuse_time_independent_observed_mean_as_initial_time_independent_observed_mean,
     refuse_trait_plus_state_lagged_covariance_as_stationary_lagged_latent_covariance,
     refuse_trait_variance_as_process_noise, refuse_trait_variance_as_stationary_within_subject,
+    refuse_two_term_asymptotic_total_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor,
     refuse_unmatched_time_varying_predictor_interval,
     refuse_unstandardised_manifest_trait_variance_as_standardised_manifest_trait_variance,
     refuse_unstandardised_manifest_variance_as_standardised_manifest_variance,
@@ -6540,3 +6544,309 @@ fn manifest_variance_std_clock_path_is_runtime_opaque() {
         Err(PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired)
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
+fn asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor_recovers_three_term_commented_map() {
+    let trait_variance = 1.0_f64;
+    let diffusion = 0.4_f64;
+    let time_independent_effect = 0.5_f64;
+    let predictor_variance = 1.0_f64;
+    let log_rate = -0.5_f64;
+    let recovered = recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+        trait_variance,
+        diffusion,
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("asymTOTALVAR + addedTIPREDVAR");
+    let expected = 5.4_f64;
+    let recovered_error = rmse(&[expected], &[recovered]);
+    assert!(
+        recovered_error < 1e-15,
+        "2017-era summary.ctsemFit.R: three-term RMSE {recovered_error}: got {recovered}"
+    );
+    let stationary = recover_stationary_latent_variance(diffusion, log_rate, LagClock::EventTime)
+        .expect("asymDIFFUSION");
+    let inverse_rate = 1.0 / log_rate;
+    let two_term = stationary + inverse_rate * inverse_rate * trait_variance;
+    let added = recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_variance(
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("addedTIPREDVAR");
+    let stationary_t0 = recover_stationary_initial_latent_variance(
+        trait_variance,
+        diffusion,
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("stationary T0VAR");
+    assert!(
+        rmse(&[recovered], &[two_term]) > recovered_error,
+        "2017-era summary.ctsemFit.R: two-term RMSE must exceed three-term RMSE"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        rmse(&[recovered], &[stationary_t0]) > recovered_error,
+        "Driver et al. (2017, §4.3): stationary T0VAR RMSE must exceed three-term RMSE"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        rmse(&[recovered], &[added]) > recovered_error,
+        "Driver et al. (2017, §7.2): addedTIPREDVAR RMSE must exceed three-term RMSE"
+    );
+    let no_added = recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+        trait_variance,
+        diffusion,
+        0.0,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("zero TI extra");
+    assert!(
+        (no_added - two_term).abs() < 1e-15,
+        "a zero TI extra keeps the two-term total"
+    );
+    let added_only = recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+        0.0,
+        0.0,
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("added-only");
+    assert!(
+        (added_only - added).abs() < 1e-15,
+        "a zero trait and a zero diffusion keep addedTIPREDVAR"
+    );
+    let trait_and_added = recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+        trait_variance,
+        0.0,
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("trait+added");
+    let expected_trait_and_added = inverse_rate * inverse_rate * trait_variance + added;
+    assert!(
+        (trait_and_added - expected_trait_and_added).abs() < 1e-15,
+        "a zero diffusion keeps trait/a² + addedTIPREDVAR"
+    );
+    let diffusion_and_added =
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            0.0,
+            diffusion,
+            time_independent_effect,
+            predictor_variance,
+            log_rate,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        )
+        .expect("p+added");
+    assert!(
+        (diffusion_and_added - (stationary + added)).abs() < 1e-15,
+        "a zero trait keeps asymDIFFUSION + addedTIPREDVAR"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            0.0,
+            0.0,
+            0.0,
+            1.0,
+            0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        )
+        .expect("zero total")
+        .to_bits(),
+        0.0_f64.to_bits()
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        refuse_two_term_asymptotic_total_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+            two_term, recovered
+        ),
+        Err(
+            PsychometricError::TwoTermAsymptoticTotalVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+        )
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+            stationary_t0,
+            recovered
+        ),
+        Err(
+            PsychometricError::StationaryInitialLatentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+        )
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+            added, recovered
+        ),
+        Err(
+            PsychometricError::AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+        )
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
+fn asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor_refuses_unstable_drift_and_non_event_clocks() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::SystemTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::DocumentTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::AssertionTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::AvailabilityTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::KnowledgeCutoff,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            0.0,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            -1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            -0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            -1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            f64::NAN,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            f64::INFINITY,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            f64::NAN,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput)
+    );
+    let overflowing = recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+        f64::MAX,
+        0.4,
+        0.5,
+        1.0,
+        -1e-200,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(overflowing, Err(PsychometricError::InvalidNumericInput));
+}
diff --git a/crates/psychometric_core/tests/scientific_claim_boundary_contract.rs b/crates/psychometric_core/tests/scientific_claim_boundary_contract.rs
index 6ccf7f38b..c316d9ccc 100644
--- a/crates/psychometric_core/tests/scientific_claim_boundary_contract.rs
+++ b/crates/psychometric_core/tests/scientific_claim_boundary_contract.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     ordinary_least_squares_slope, posterior_draw_point_estimate_mean,
     recover_asymptotic_continuous_intercept, recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_effect,
     recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_variance,
+    recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor,
     recover_cluster_mean_within_between_slopes, recover_discrete_constant_predictor_effect,
     recover_discrete_continuous_intercept_effect, recover_discrete_lagged_latent_covariance,
     recover_discrete_latent_mean, recover_discrete_latent_mean_with_extra_process,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_effect_as_discrete_effect,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_effect_as_time_dependent_impulse,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_effect,
+    refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_stationary_within_subject,
     refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_trait_variance,
     refuse_continuous_intercept_as_discrete_mean_increment,
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_mean_as_initial_latent_mean,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_mean_as_observed_mean,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_time_independent_variance,
+    refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_discrete_variance,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_initial_latent_variance,
     refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_observed_variance,
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@ use psychometric_core::{
     refuse_trait_plus_state_lagged_covariance_as_stationary_lagged_latent_covariance,
     refuse_trait_scaled_continuous_intercept_as_standardised_continuous_intercept,
     refuse_trait_variance_as_process_noise, refuse_trait_variance_as_stationary_within_subject,
+    refuse_two_term_asymptotic_total_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor,
     refuse_unstandardised_asymptotic_continuous_intercept_as_standardised_asymptotic_continuous_intercept,
     refuse_unstandardised_asymptotic_diffusion_as_standardised_asymptotic_diffusion,
     refuse_unstandardised_continuous_intercept_as_standardised_continuous_intercept,
@@ -3782,3 +3786,106 @@ fn standardised_manifest_variance_is_not_unstandardised_traitstd_or_observed_var
         )
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]
+fn asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor_is_not_two_term_stationary_or_added() {
+    let trait_variance = 1.0_f64;
+    let diffusion = 0.4_f64;
+    let time_independent_effect = 0.5_f64;
+    let predictor_variance = 1.0_f64;
+    let log_rate = -0.5_f64;
+    let recovered = recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+        trait_variance,
+        diffusion,
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("asymTOTALVAR + addedTIPREDVAR");
+    assert!(
+        (recovered - 5.4).abs() < 1e-15,
+        "2017-era summary.ctsemFit.R: three-term total is -q/(2a) + trait/a² + (B/a)² v"
+    );
+    let stationary = recover_stationary_latent_variance(diffusion, log_rate, LagClock::EventTime)
+        .expect("asymDIFFUSION");
+    let two_term = stationary + (1.0 / log_rate) * (1.0 / log_rate) * trait_variance;
+    let added = recover_asymptotic_time_independent_predictor_variance(
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("addedTIPREDVAR");
+    let stationary_t0 = recover_stationary_initial_latent_variance(
+        trait_variance,
+        diffusion,
+        time_independent_effect,
+        predictor_variance,
+        log_rate,
+        LagClock::EventTime,
+    )
+    .expect("stationary T0VAR");
+    assert!(
+        (two_term - recovered).abs() > 1e-3,
+        "2017-era summary.ctsemFit.R: two-term total is not the later three-term total"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (stationary_t0 - recovered).abs() > 1e-3,
+        "Driver et al. (2017, §4.3): trait+p+added is not p + trait/a² + added"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (added - recovered).abs() > 1e-3,
+        "Driver et al. (2017, §7.2): addedTIPREDVAR is not the three-term total"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            -0.5,
+            LagClock::DocumentTime,
+        ),
+        Err(psychometric_core::PsychometricError::EventTimeRequired)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        recover_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_time_independent_predictor(
+            1.0,
+            0.4,
+            0.5,
+            1.0,
+            0.5,
+            LagClock::EventTime,
+        ),
+        Err(
+            psychometric_core::PsychometricError::AsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictorRequiresStableDrift
+        )
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        refuse_two_term_asymptotic_total_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+            two_term, recovered
+        ),
+        Err(
+            psychometric_core::PsychometricError::TwoTermAsymptoticTotalVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+        )
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        refuse_stationary_initial_latent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+            stationary_t0,
+            recovered
+        ),
+        Err(
+            psychometric_core::PsychometricError::StationaryInitialLatentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+        )
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        refuse_asymptotic_time_independent_variance_as_asymptotic_total_variance_after_added_predictor(
+            added, recovered
+        ),
+        Err(
+            psychometric_core::PsychometricError::AsymptoticTimeIndependentVarianceIsNotAsymptoticTotalVarianceAfterAddedPredictor
+        )
+    );
+}
diff --git a/docs/TRACEABILITY.md b/docs/TRACEABILITY.md
index 2b783c2ab..107bc5833 100644
--- a/docs/TRACEABILITY.md
+++ b/docs/TRACEABILITY.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The full APA 7th standards/literature register remains `docs/research/standards-
 | report template/section/copied/style/modality method effects | ADR 0004/0012; PRD/TRD | simulation truth factors implemented; `prompt_source` prompt-versus-unique-content identity on the active PR; estimator-side method model remains future | partial |
 | candidate K statistical/Pareto gates | ADR 0012; research | `model_selection` fits each candidate `K` with the CPU `f64` reference and scores the actual mixture likelihood plus Schwarz's (1978) `ℓ − (p ln N)/2` penalty before the Pareto gate; candidate blinding, blinded LLM review, GPU, and backend comparison remain accepted-target | active-PR |
 | compositional topic correlation / stable clustering | ADR 0005/0012; research | future `network_analysis` | accepted-target |
-| posterior ESEM / longitudinal invariance / DSEM | ADR 0005 | `psychometric_core` construct/input gates, true-loading OLS recovery, posterior-draw point-estimate averaging, Rubin `T` on draw-level OLS loadings, CWC within/between OLS plus the contextual effect, event-time log-rate, constant- and time-varying-predictor discrete effects (Voelkle Eqs. 12 and 14), exact scalar discrete process noise (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3), lagged latent covariance and unconditional latent variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4), stationary within-subject variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 4 as `Δt → ∞`; `asymDIFFUSION`), trait-plus-state variance (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `TRAITVAR`; not process noise), observed-indicator variance and lagged observed covariance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5; Table 2 `MANIFESTVAR` is `Θ`, not `Var(y)`; `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTVAR`; `Θ` does not enter lagged observed covariance; observed-indicator mean is `τ + λ μ`; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y)`; `CINT` is not `MANIFESTMEANS`; discrete latent mean is `exp(a Δt) μ_0 + (exp(a Δt) − 1)/a κ`; `T0MEANS` is not `μ_t`; evolved observed mean is `τ + λ μ_t`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not `E(y_t)`; contemporaneous `TDPREDEFFECT` impulse is `m x`, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that contemporaneous impulse is `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; time-independent `TIPREDEFFECT` increment is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, not `M x`, not Voelkle Eq. 14, and not the coefficient `B`; Eq. 5 of that increment is `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`; within-interval `TDPREDEFFECT` carry is `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`, not the contemporaneous Dirac, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that carried observed mean when `u ≠ t`; §7.2 level-change `CINT` is `κ = −a m x` (`a < 0`; not the dissipating Dirac, not a free `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 3 of that setting is `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`); §7.2 extra-process contribution is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)` (not `κ = −a m x`, not `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, not the dissipating Dirac; `ε ≥ 0` fails closed; Eq. 5 of that contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)`; extra `LAMBDA` is 0; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; after-t0 extra-process `TDPREDEFFECT` uses `t − u` with `t0 < u < t` while `μ_t` uses `Δt`; that after-t0 observed mean is not the first-occasion extra-process observed mean; §7.2 `asymTIPREDEFFECT` is `-B z / a` for `a < 0` and is not `B`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `(B / a)² v` and is not `TRAITVAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`, and not `-B z / a`; Table 2 `asymCINT` is `-κ / a` for `a < 0` and is not `κ`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`, not `T0MEANS`, and not `-B z / a`; p. 16 stationary `T0MEANS` is `-κ / a + −B z / a` and is not free `T0MEANS`, not `asymCINT` alone, not `asymTIPREDEFFECT` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent mean; Eq. 5 of that constrained mean is `τ + λ(−κ / a + −B z / a)`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not that observed mean; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_0)`; the constrained latent mean is not `E(y_0)`; stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v` (not free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION` alone, not `TRAITVAR` alone, not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent variance. Eq. 5 of that constrained variance is `λ²(trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T03:20Z; form the stationary latent variance first, then `λ² p + θ + ψ`; `λ² p_0` is not that observed variance; `λ²(−q / (2 a)) + θ` is not that observed variance when `TRAITVAR` or `addedTIPREDVAR` is nonzero; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_0)`; the constrained latent variance is not `Var(y_0)`)); lagged stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay; contemporaneous `T0VAR` is not that lagged map; decaying the constrained total as if it were all state is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; contemporaneous `Var(y_0)` is not that lagged observed covariance; the lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance); later-occasion stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`; under stationarity that composition equals contemporaneous `T0VAR`; evolving the constrained total as if it were all state is not that later map; the lagged covariance omits `Q_Δt`; `Q_Δt` is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; lagged observed covariance omits `Q_Δt` and `θ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`); predetermined later-occasion `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that later map; setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary later-occasion map; stationary later variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that later map when `p_0` is free; evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the predetermined later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`; stationary later observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free); predetermined lagged `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v` (free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that lagged map; setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary lagged map; stationary lagged covariance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that lagged map when `p_0` is free; evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that lagged map; later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` does not enter; the predetermined lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance; predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and `θ` and is not that lagged observed covariance; stationary lagged observed covariance is not that observed covariance when `p_0` is free; the predetermined first-occasion variance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`; free `p_0` is not that map; stationary first-occasion variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that map when `p_0` is free; lagged covariance decays the state and is not that map; later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined first-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not that first-occasion observed variance; the predetermined first-occasion latent variance is not that observed variance; stationary first-occasion observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free; predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that first-occasion observed variance; later-start lagged covariance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T10:27Z; first-occasion lagged omits `e^{a s} Q_u`; later-occasion variance does not lag; stationary lagged uses `−q / (2 a)`; decaying the later total is not that map; Eq. 5 of that later-start lagged covariance is `λ²` of it plus `ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; first-occasion lagged observed omits `e^{a s} Q_u`; later observed variance includes `Q_u` and `θ`; later-start later-occasion variance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + Q_s + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 3–4 Chapman–Kolmogorov `Q_{u+s} = e^{2 a s} Q_u + Q_s`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T11:05Z; later-occasion variance at `u` omits `Q_s`; later-start lagged covariance omits `Q_s`; stationary later uses `−q / (2 a)`; evolving the later total as if it were all state is not that map; ignoring `startoffset` omits `e^{2 a s} Q_u`; Eq. 5 of that later-start later-occasion variance is `λ²` of it plus `θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not that observed variance; p. 16 `discreteDRIFTstd` is `e^{a Δt}` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (footnote 4; unstandardised `e^{a Δt}` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`; the §7.1 trait-plus-state autocorrelation uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`; p. 16 `discreteDIFFUSIONstd` is `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (footnote 4; unstandardised `Q_Δt` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; the continuous standardisation `−2 a` is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; `Q_Δt / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance; p. 16 `DIFFUSIONstd` is `q / (−q / (2 a)) = −2 a` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 4; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:20Z; unstandardised `q` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; the discrete standardisation `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` depends on `Δt` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; `q / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance; p. 16 `DRIFTstd` is the continuous auto-effect after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 1; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:28Z); unstandardised `a` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DRIFTstd`; the discrete standardisation `e^{a Δt}` depends on the event interval and is not `DRIFTstd`; `a p / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DRIFTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); p. 16 `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` is `(-B / a) · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T14:25Z; unstandardised `-B / a` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; the finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; `(-B / a) · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); p. 16 `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T16:21Z; unstandardised `B` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; the asymptotic standardisation `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; the finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `B · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); Table 3 `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_b · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` `p_0` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T17:20Z; the affected variance is free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `t0_b` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TIPREDEFFECTstd` `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` is the continuous coefficient and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `t0_b · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; §7.2; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T18:20Z; `T0TIPREDEFFECT %*% TIPREDVAR %*% t(T0TIPREDEFFECT)` immediately after `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; form `t0_b` first, then square, then multiply by `v`; a zero coefficient or zero predictor variance is exactly zero; free `T0TIPREDEFFECT` does not require `a < 0`; `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and is not this first-occasion map; `t0_b · √v / √p_0` is `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` and is not this variance; free `T0VAR` is not this extra TI variance; `TRAITVAR` is not this extra TI variance; Equation 5 of 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `λ² t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 3, p. 13; Table 2, p. 12; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T19:10Z; form `t0_b² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`; a zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero; `t0_b² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra; `λ² p_0 + θ` is first-occasion observed variance, not this extra; `λ² (B / a)² v` is Eq. 5 of `addedTIPREDVAR`, not this first-occasion observed extra; `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra; Equation 5 of §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `λ² (B / a)² v`; form `(B / a)² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`; a zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero; lasting asymptotic extra requires `a < 0`; `(B / a)² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra; `λ² t0_b² v` is first-occasion extra observed TI variance, not this extra; `λ² p + θ` is stationary observed variance, not this extra; `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra; p. 16 `TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `m · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` and strictly positive time-dependent predictor variance; unstandardised `M` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `M = B`; intercept-style `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] M · √v / √p` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `m · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; Table 3 / p. 16 `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_m · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` and strictly positive TD predictor variance; unstandardised `t0_m` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `TDPREDEFFECTstd` uses `asymDIFFUSION` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `t0_m = t0_b`; `t0_m · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; free `T0VAR` does not require `a < 0`; p. 16 `T0VARstd` is `p_0 / p_0 = 1` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(T0VAR))) %&% T0VAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; default ridge is 0); unstandardised `T0VAR` is not `T0VARstd`; `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0VARstd`; `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `T0VARstd`; p. 16 `TRAITVARstd` is `trait / trait = 1` after strictly positive `TRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TRAITVAR))) %&% TRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; no ridge addend); unstandardised `TRAITVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`; `T0VARstd` is not `TRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1; `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`; p. 16 `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is `ψ / ψ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTTRAITVAR))) %&% MANIFESTTRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0); unstandardised `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`; `TRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`; p. 16 `MANIFESTVARstd` is `θ / θ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTVAR))) %&% MANIFESTVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; 2017-era `dimnames` assignment to `latentNames` is a source bug); unstandardised `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`; `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTVARstd` even when both equal 1; Equation 5 `Var(y)` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`; p. 16 `TIPREDVARstd` is `v / v = 1` after strictly positive `TIPREDVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TIPREDVAR))) %&% TIPREDVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `TIpredNames`); unstandardised `TIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`; `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `TIPREDVARstd` even when both equal 1; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`; p. 16 `asymDIFFUSIONstd` is `p / p = 1` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` (`solve(sqrt(diag(asymDIFFUSION))) %&% asymDIFFUSION`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `latentNames`); unstandardised `asymDIFFUSION` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`; `TIPREDVARstd` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd` even when both equal 1; `DIFFUSIONstd` `−2 a` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`; p. 16 `discreteCINTstd` is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `discreteCINT` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `κ / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `(-κ / a) / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `asymCINTstd` is `(-κ / a) / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `asymCINT` is not `asymCINTstd`; `κ / √p` is not `asymCINTstd`; `discreteCINTstd` is not `asymCINTstd`; `T0MEANSstd` is `μ_0 / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR`; unstandardised `T0MEANS` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `T0VARstd` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `μ_0 / √asymDIFFUSION` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `MANIFESTMEANSstd` is `τ / √θ` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR`; unstandardised `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; `τ / √(λ² Var(η) + θ)` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; p. 16 `CINTstd` is `κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `CINT` is not `CINTstd`; `asymCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`; `discreteCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`; `κ / √(trait + p + added)` is not `CINTstd`;))))), irregular already-centered residual lag, and strong/strict-gated latent means on the stacked psychometric PR (two-observation residual variance is identically `0` and caps at strong/scalar; Putnick & Bornstein, 2016, PMC5145197 opened 2026-08-19T22:15Z); full ESEM/DSEM remaining | partial |
+| posterior ESEM / longitudinal invariance / DSEM | ADR 0005 | `psychometric_core` construct/input gates, true-loading OLS recovery, posterior-draw point-estimate averaging, Rubin `T` on draw-level OLS loadings, CWC within/between OLS plus the contextual effect, event-time log-rate, constant- and time-varying-predictor discrete effects (Voelkle Eqs. 12 and 14), exact scalar discrete process noise (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3), lagged latent covariance and unconditional latent variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 3–4), stationary within-subject variance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 4 as `Δt → ∞`; `asymDIFFUSION`), trait-plus-state variance (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `TRAITVAR`; not process noise), observed-indicator variance and lagged observed covariance (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5; Table 2 `MANIFESTVAR` is `Θ`, not `Var(y)`; `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTVAR`; `Θ` does not enter lagged observed covariance; observed-indicator mean is `τ + λ μ`; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y)`; `CINT` is not `MANIFESTMEANS`; discrete latent mean is `exp(a Δt) μ_0 + (exp(a Δt) − 1)/a κ`; `T0MEANS` is not `μ_t`; evolved observed mean is `τ + λ μ_t`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not `E(y_t)`; contemporaneous `TDPREDEFFECT` impulse is `m x`, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that contemporaneous impulse is `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; time-independent `TIPREDEFFECT` increment is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, not `M x`, not Voelkle Eq. 14, and not the coefficient `B`; Eq. 5 of that increment is `τ + λ(μ_t + A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)` is not that observed mean when `u ≠ t`; within-interval `TDPREDEFFECT` carry is `e^{A(t−u)} M x` for `t0 < u < t`, not the contemporaneous Dirac, not `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`, and not Voelkle Eq. 14; Eq. 5 of that carry is `τ + λ(μ_t + e^{a(t−u)} m x)`, and `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; `τ + λ(μ_t + m x)` is not that carried observed mean when `u ≠ t`; §7.2 level-change `CINT` is `κ = −a m x` (`a < 0`; not the dissipating Dirac, not a free `CINT`, not `TIPREDEFFECT`; Eq. 3 of that setting is `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`); §7.2 extra-process contribution is `a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)` (not `κ = −a m x`, not `(1 − e^{a Δt}) m x`, not the dissipating Dirac; `ε ≥ 0` fails closed; Eq. 5 of that contribution is `τ + λ(μ_t + a_{ηξ} x (e^{ε Δt} − e^{a Δt}) / (ε − a)`; extra `LAMBDA` is 0; `τ + λ μ_t` is not that observed mean; after-t0 extra-process `TDPREDEFFECT` uses `t − u` with `t0 < u < t` while `μ_t` uses `Δt`; that after-t0 observed mean is not the first-occasion extra-process observed mean; §7.2 `asymTIPREDEFFECT` is `-B z / a` for `a < 0` and is not `B`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B z`, not `CINT`, and not `M x`; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `(B / a)² v` and is not `TRAITVAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`, and not `-B z / a`; Table 2 `asymCINT` is `-κ / a` for `a < 0` and is not `κ`, not `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ`, not `T0MEANS`, and not `-B z / a`; p. 16 stationary `T0MEANS` is `-κ / a + −B z / a` and is not free `T0MEANS`, not `asymCINT` alone, not `asymTIPREDEFFECT` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent mean; Eq. 5 of that constrained mean is `τ + λ(−κ / a + −B z / a)`; `τ + λ μ_0` is not that observed mean; `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `E(y_0)`; the constrained latent mean is not `E(y_0)`; stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v` (not free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION` alone, not `TRAITVAR` alone, not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone, and not the finite-interval discrete latent variance. Eq. 5 of that constrained variance is `λ²(trait + −q / (2 a) + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ` (JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-22T03:20Z; form the stationary latent variance first, then `λ² p + θ + ψ`; `λ² p_0` is not that observed variance; `λ²(−q / (2 a)) + θ` is not that observed variance when `TRAITVAR` or `addedTIPREDVAR` is nonzero; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_0)`; the constrained latent variance is not `Var(y_0)`)); lagged stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not decay; contemporaneous `T0VAR` is not that lagged map; decaying the constrained total as if it were all state is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; contemporaneous `Var(y_0)` is not that lagged observed covariance; the lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance); later-occasion stationary `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (trait and `addedTIPREDVAR` do not enter `Q_Δt`; under stationarity that composition equals contemporaneous `T0VAR`; evolving the constrained total as if it were all state is not that later map; the lagged covariance omits `Q_Δt`; `Q_Δt` is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt}(−q / (2 a)) + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; lagged observed covariance omits `Q_Δt` and `θ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`); predetermined later-occasion `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v` (free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that later map; setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary later-occasion map; stationary later variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that later map when `p_0` is free; evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that later map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined later-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + e^{2 a Δt} p_0 + Q_Δt + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `Var(y_t)`; the predetermined later-occasion latent variance is not `Var(y_t)`; stationary later observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free); predetermined lagged `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v` (free `T0VAR` `p_0` is not that lagged map; setting `p_0 = −q / (2 a)` recovers the stationary lagged map; stationary lagged covariance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that lagged map when `p_0` is free; evolving `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v` as if it were all state is not that lagged map; later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that lagged map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined lagged covariance is `λ²(trait + e^{a Δt} p_0 + (B / a)² v) + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` does not enter; the predetermined lagged latent covariance is not that observed covariance; predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and `θ` and is not that lagged observed covariance; stationary lagged observed covariance is not that observed covariance when `p_0` is free; the predetermined first-occasion variance of §4.3 predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v`; free `p_0` is not that map; stationary first-occasion variance uses `−q / (2 a)` in place of `p_0` and is not that map when `p_0` is free; lagged covariance decays the state and is not that map; later-occasion variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that map; Eq. 5 of that predetermined first-occasion variance is `λ²(trait + p_0 + (B / a)² v) + θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not that first-occasion observed variance; the predetermined first-occasion latent variance is not that observed variance; stationary first-occasion observed variance is not that observed variance when `p_0` is free; predetermined later observed variance includes `Q_Δt` and is not that first-occasion observed variance; later-start lagged covariance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T10:27Z; first-occasion lagged omits `e^{a s} Q_u`; later-occasion variance does not lag; stationary lagged uses `−q / (2 a)`; decaying the later total is not that map; Eq. 5 of that later-start lagged covariance is `λ²` of it plus `ψ`; `Θ` does not enter; first-occasion lagged observed omits `e^{a s} Q_u`; later observed variance includes `Q_u` and `θ`; later-start later-occasion variance of predetermined `T0VAR` is `trait + e^{2 a s}(e^{2 a u} p_0 + Q_u) + Q_s + (B / a)² v` (Driver et al., 2017, §4.3 `startoffset`; Eq. 3–4 Chapman–Kolmogorov `Q_{u+s} = e^{2 a s} Q_u + Q_s`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T11:05Z; later-occasion variance at `u` omits `Q_s`; later-start lagged covariance omits `Q_s`; stationary later uses `−q / (2 a)`; evolving the later total as if it were all state is not that map; ignoring `startoffset` omits `e^{2 a s} Q_u`; Eq. 5 of that later-start later-occasion variance is `λ²` of it plus `θ + ψ`; `MANIFESTVAR` is not that observed variance; p. 16 `discreteDRIFTstd` is `e^{a Δt}` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (footnote 4; unstandardised `e^{a Δt}` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`; the §7.1 trait-plus-state autocorrelation uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDRIFTstd`; p. 16 `discreteDIFFUSIONstd` is `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (footnote 4; unstandardised `Q_Δt` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; the continuous standardisation `−2 a` is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; `Q_Δt / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `discreteDIFFUSIONstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance; p. 16 `DIFFUSIONstd` is `q / (−q / (2 a)) = −2 a` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 4; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:20Z; unstandardised `q` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; the discrete standardisation `Q_Δt / (−q / (2 a))` depends on `Δt` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; `q / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DIFFUSIONstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance; p. 16 `DRIFTstd` is the continuous auto-effect after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; Eq. 1; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T13:28Z); unstandardised `a` is defined for growing `a ≥ 0` and for zero diffusion and is not `DRIFTstd`; the discrete standardisation `e^{a Δt}` depends on the event interval and is not `DRIFTstd`; `a p / (trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `DRIFTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); p. 16 `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` is `(-B / a) · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T14:25Z; unstandardised `-B / a` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; the finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; `(-B / a) · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); p. 16 `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `-q / (2 a)` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, p. 16; §7.2; footnote 4; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T16:21Z; unstandardised `B` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; the asymptotic standardisation `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; the finite-interval standardisation `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] B · √v / √p` depends on the event interval and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `B · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); Table 3 `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_b · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` `p_0` and strictly positive predictor variance `v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; footnote 4; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T17:20Z; the affected variance is free `T0VAR`, not `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `t0_b` is defined for a zero coefficient and for zero predictor variance and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TIPREDEFFECTstd` `B · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` is the continuous coefficient and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `asymTIPREDEFFECTstd` `(-B / a) · √v / √p` is the total change and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `t0_b · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; `TRAITVAR` is not the standardisation variance); 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Table 3, p. 13; p. 16; §7.2; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T18:20Z; `T0TIPREDEFFECT %*% TIPREDVAR %*% t(T0TIPREDEFFECT)` immediately after `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd`; form `t0_b` first, then square, then multiply by `v`; a zero coefficient or zero predictor variance is exactly zero; free `T0TIPREDEFFECT` does not require `a < 0`; `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and is not this first-occasion map; `t0_b · √v / √p_0` is `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` and is not this variance; free `T0VAR` is not this extra TI variance; `TRAITVAR` is not this extra TI variance; Equation 5 of 2017-era `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is `λ² t0_b² v` (Driver et al., 2017, Eq. 5, p. 5; Table 3, p. 13; Table 2, p. 12; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-23T19:10Z; form `t0_b² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`; a zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero; `t0_b² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra; `λ² p_0 + θ` is first-occasion observed variance, not this extra; `λ² (B / a)² v` is Eq. 5 of `addedTIPREDVAR`, not this first-occasion observed extra; `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra; Equation 5 of §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is `λ² (B / a)² v`; form `(B / a)² v` first, then `(λ extra) λ` with `θ = 0`; a zero loading or zero extra is exactly zero; lasting asymptotic extra requires `a < 0`; `(B / a)² v` is the latent extra, not the observed extra; `λ² t0_b² v` is first-occasion extra observed TI variance, not this extra; `λ² p + θ` is stationary observed variance, not this extra; `MANIFESTVAR` `θ` is not this extra; p. 16 `TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `m · √v / √(-q / (2 a))` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` and strictly positive time-dependent predictor variance; unstandardised `M` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `M = B`; intercept-style `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] M · √v / √p` is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `m · √v / √(trait + p + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `TDPREDEFFECTstd`; Table 3 / p. 16 `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is `t0_m · √v / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` and strictly positive TD predictor variance; unstandardised `t0_m` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `TDPREDEFFECTstd` uses `asymDIFFUSION` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; `T0TIPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` even when `t0_m = t0_b`; `t0_m · √v / √(trait + p_0 + added)` uses `TRAITVAR` and is not `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd`; free `T0VAR` does not require `a < 0`; p. 16 `T0VARstd` is `p_0 / p_0 = 1` after strictly positive free `T0VAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(T0VAR))) %&% T0VAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; default ridge is 0); unstandardised `T0VAR` is not `T0VARstd`; `T0TDPREDEFFECTstd` is not `T0VARstd`; `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `T0VARstd`; p. 16 `TRAITVARstd` is `trait / trait = 1` after strictly positive `TRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TRAITVAR))) %&% TRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; no ridge addend); unstandardised `TRAITVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`; `T0VARstd` is not `TRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1; `addedT0TIPREDVAR` is not `TRAITVARstd`; p. 16 `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is `ψ / ψ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTTRAITVAR))) %&% MANIFESTTRAITVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0); unstandardised `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`; `TRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1; `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`; p. 16 `MANIFESTVARstd` is `θ / θ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTVAR))) %&% MANIFESTVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; 2017-era `dimnames` assignment to `latentNames` is a source bug); unstandardised `MANIFESTVAR` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`; `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` is not `MANIFESTVARstd` even when both equal 1; Equation 5 `Var(y)` is not `MANIFESTVARstd`; p. 16 `TIPREDVARstd` is `v / v = 1` after strictly positive `TIPREDVAR` (`solve(sqrt(diag(TIPREDVAR))) %&% TIPREDVAR`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `TIpredNames`); unstandardised `TIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`; `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `TIPREDVARstd` even when both equal 1; §7.2 `addedTIPREDVAR` is not `TIPREDVARstd`; p. 16 `asymDIFFUSIONstd` is `p / p = 1` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` (`solve(sqrt(diag(asymDIFFUSION))) %&% asymDIFFUSION`; OpenMx `%&%` is `t(A) %*% B %*% A`; 2017-era source adds ridging; default ridge is 0; `dimnames` are `latentNames`); unstandardised `asymDIFFUSION` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`; `TIPREDVARstd` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd` even when both equal 1; `DIFFUSIONstd` `−2 a` is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd`; p. 16 `discreteCINTstd` is `A^{-1}[e^{A Δt} − I] κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `discreteCINT` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `κ / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `(-κ / a) / √p` is not `discreteCINTstd`; `asymCINTstd` is `(-κ / a) / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `asymCINT` is not `asymCINTstd`; `κ / √p` is not `asymCINTstd`; `discreteCINTstd` is not `asymCINTstd`; `T0MEANSstd` is `μ_0 / √p_0` after strictly positive free `T0VAR`; unstandardised `T0MEANS` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `T0VARstd` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `μ_0 / √asymDIFFUSION` is not `T0MEANSstd`; `MANIFESTMEANSstd` is `τ / √θ` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR`; unstandardised `MANIFESTMEANS` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; `MANIFESTVARstd` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; `τ / √(λ² Var(η) + θ)` is not `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; p. 16 `CINTstd` is `κ / √p` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION`; unstandardised `CINT` is not `CINTstd`; `asymCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`; `discreteCINTstd` is not `CINTstd`; `κ / √(trait + p + added)` is not `CINTstd`; 2017-era commented `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR` is `p + trait/a² + (B/a)² v` (not the two-term `p + trait/a²`, not stationary `T0VAR` `trait + p + (B/a)² v`, and not `addedTIPREDVAR` alone);))))), irregular already-centered residual lag, and strong/strict-gated latent means on the stacked psychometric PR (two-observation residual variance is identically `0` and caps at strong/scalar; Putnick & Bornstein, 2016, PMC5145197 opened 2026-08-19T22:15Z); full ESEM/DSEM remaining | partial |
 | CPU bounded multithreading + GPU/VRAM streaming/parity | ADR 0001/0006 | future `compute_backend` | accepted-target |
 | CPU bounded multithreading + GPU/VRAM streaming/parity | ADR 0001/0006 | future `compute_backend` | accepted-target |
 | TDT detection/tracking vs CHRONOS schema/prediction/temporal consistency | ADR 0016; PRD/research | `event_core` bounded reasoner plus canonical digest-bound JSON and provenance-bearing GraphML successor artifact; ADR 0013 `model_artifact` persists the immutable object reference/type/digest; JSON-LD remains accepted-target | active-PR |
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 The executable standardised-asymptotic-diffusion slice recovers Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `asymDIFFUSIONstd`) as `p / p = 1` after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` `p = −q / (2 a)` (footnote 4; 2017-era `summary.ctsemFit.R` `solve(sqrt(diag(asymDIFFUSION))) %&% asymDIFFUSION`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-26T17:20Z). Unstandardised `p` is defined for a zero process and is not that map. `p_0 / p_0 = 1` is the named `T0VARstd` first-occasion correlation and is not `asymDIFFUSIONstd` even when both equal 1. `q / p = −2 a` is the named `DIFFUSIONstd` continuous-diffusion ratio and is not this correlation. `v / v = 1` is the named `TIPREDVARstd` predictor correlation and is not this map even when both equal 1. Zero `q` and `a ≥ 0` fail closed. This is not ctsem estimation.
 The executable standardised-manifest-trait-variance slice recovers Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd`) as `ψ / ψ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` (Table 2 `Ψ_τ`; §7.1, p. 19; footnote 4; 2017-era `summary.ctsemFit.R` `solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTTRAITVAR) + ridging)) %&% MANIFESTTRAITVAR`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-27T14:20Z). Unstandardised `ψ` is defined for a zero manifest trait and is not that map. `trait / trait = 1` is the named `TRAITVARstd` process-level correlation and is not `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1. `θ` is `MANIFESTVAR` and is not that correlation. `MANIFESTTRAITVAR` does not require `a < 0`. This is not ctsem estimation.
 The executable standardised-manifest-variance slice recovers Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `MANIFESTVARstd`) as `θ / θ = 1` after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR` (Table 2 measurement-error Cholesky; Eq. 5 `ε ~ N(0, Θ)`; footnote 4; 2017-era `summary.ctsemFit.R` `solve(sqrt(diag(MANIFESTVAR) + ridging)) %&% MANIFESTVAR`; default ridge 0; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-27T14:25Z). Unstandardised `θ` is defined for a zero residual and is not that map. `ψ / ψ = 1` is `MANIFESTTRAITVARstd` and is not `MANIFESTVARstd` even when both equal 1. `MANIFESTVAR` does not require `a < 0`.
+The executable 2017-era commented `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR` slice recovers `-q / (2 a) + trait / a² + (B / a)² v` (cran/ctsem 2.5.0 `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-31T04:40Z). Form the two-term total first, then include `addedTIPREDVAR`, then add. The two-term `p + trait / a²` omits the later addend. Stationary `T0VAR` `trait + p + (B / a)² v` keeps `TRAITVAR` in process units and is not this map. `(B / a)² v` is `addedTIPREDVAR` and is not this total when `q ≠ 0` or `trait ≠ 0`. This is not ctsem estimation.
 
 The executable standardised-trait-variance slice recovers Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `TRAITVARstd`) as `trait / trait = 1` after strictly positive `TRAITVAR` (Table 2 `φ_ξ`; §7.1; footnote 4; 2017-era `summary.ctsemFit.R` `solve(sqrt(diag(TRAITVAR))) %&% TRAITVAR`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-26T17:45Z). Unlike `T0VARstd` there is no ridge addend. Unstandardised `TRAITVAR` is defined for a zero trait and is not that map. `p_0 / p_0 = 1` is the named `T0VARstd` first-occasion correlation and is not `TRAITVARstd` even when both equal 1. `t0_b² v` is `addedT0TIPREDVAR` and is not this correlation. Zero `TRAITVAR` and a non-event clock fail closed. `TRAITVAR` does not require `a < 0`. This is not ctsem estimation.
 
diff --git a/docs/research/multilevel-event-time-recovery.md b/docs/research/multilevel-event-time-recovery.md
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@@ -263,3 +263,4 @@ The Voelkle et al. (2012) ZORA accepted manuscript was re-opened 2026-08-18T21:0
 - Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `asymCINTstd`; footnote 4; Eq. 3; Table 2; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-26T00:20Z) recovers the scalar standardised asymptotic intercept \((-\kappa/a)/\sqrt{p}\) at machine-scale RMSE after strictly positive `asymDIFFUSION` \(-q/(2a)\), and that RMSE is smaller than treating unstandardised `asymCINT`, \(\kappa/\sqrt{p}\), or `discreteCINTstd` as `asymCINTstd`; a later event interval changes `discreteCINTstd` and not this map; a zero intercept is exactly zero; `q = 0` fails closed; a non-event clock fails closed; \(a\ge 0\) fails closed.
 - Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `T0MEANSstd`; footnote 4; Table 2; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-24T22:30Z) recovers the scalar standardised initial latent mean \(\mu_0/\sqrt{p_0}\) at machine-scale RMSE after strictly positive free `T0VAR` \(p_0\), and that RMSE is smaller than treating unstandardised `T0MEANS` or \(\mu_0/\sqrt{\mathrm{asymDIFFUSION}}\) as `T0MEANSstd`; a larger positive \(p_0\) yields a smaller \(|\mathrm{std}|\); a zero mean is exactly zero; equal 1 with `T0VARstd` when \(\mu_0=\sqrt{p_0}\) remains a distinct named quantity; \(p_0=0\) fails closed; a non-event clock fails closed; free `T0MEANS` does not require \(a<0\).
 - Driver et al. (2017, p. 16 `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; footnote 4; Table 2; Eq. 5; 2017-era ctsem `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-25T11:32Z) recovers the scalar standardised manifest mean \(\tau/\sqrt{\theta}\) at machine-scale RMSE after strictly positive `MANIFESTVAR` \(\theta\), and that RMSE is smaller than treating unstandardised `MANIFESTMEANS` or \(\tau/\sqrt{\lambda^{2}\mathrm{Var}(\eta)+\theta}\) as `MANIFESTMEANSstd`; a larger positive \(\theta\) yields a smaller \(|\mathrm{std}|\); a zero mean is exactly zero; equal 1 with `MANIFESTVARstd` when \(\tau=\sqrt{\theta}\) remains a distinct named quantity; equal numbers with `T0MEANSstd` when \(\tau=\mu_0\) and \(\theta=p_0\) remain distinct named quantities; \(\theta=0\) fails closed; a non-event clock fails closed; `MANIFESTMEANS` does not require \(a<0\).
+- Driver et al. (2017, Eq. 1 / Eq. 4 / Table 2 / §4.3 / §7.2; 2017-era commented-out `asymTOTALVAR` after `addedTIPREDVAR`; cran/ctsem 2.5.0 `summary.ctsemFit.R`; JSS PDF re-opened 2026-08-31T04:40Z) recovers the scalar three-term total \(-q/(2a)+\mathrm{trait}/a^{2}+(B/a)^{2}v\) at machine-scale RMSE, and that RMSE is smaller than treating the two-term commented total \(p+\mathrm{trait}/a^{2}\), stationary `T0VAR` \(\mathrm{trait}+p+(B/a)^{2}v\), or `addedTIPREDVAR` \((B/a)^{2}v\) as that later total; a zero TI extra keeps the two-term total; a zero trait and a zero diffusion keep `addedTIPREDVAR`; a zero trait, a zero diffusion, and a zero TI extra is exactly zero even if \(a\ge 0\); \(a\ge 0\) with a nonzero contribution fails closed; a non-event clock and an overflowing inverse, square, product, or sum fail closed.