Measure linear cross-sectional association between a formed signal and subsequent returns without leaking labels into formation. The useful result is not just a scalar. You should be able to trace it back to eligible observations, explain which convention produced it and recognize when the calculation should stop.
This tutorial builds Pearson cross-sectional IC with at least three pairs and no p-value. Constant inputs return an explicit undefined status rather than zero. You will calculate a small example, run matching Python and TypeScript implementations, inspect a controlled synthetic case and change one assumption in a guided lab. No historical market performance is claimed.
The chart shows the canonical fixture. Read the axis units before comparing values: a return, a score, a weight and a statistical diagnostic are different objects. Its numerical source is the same fixture used by the executable examples. Open the full-size chart when you need to inspect small labels.
Start with the question, then the mechanism
An IC uses cross-sectional deviations, so it asks whether above-average scores align with above-average future outcomes. It does not ask whether the market rose. A market-wide return shift leaves the correlation unchanged. One extreme outcome can dominate the centered products, which is why the lab lets you change outcome contamination and compare Pearson with rank behavior.
Keep formation scores fixed, join labels by stable ID, and evaluate only outcomes whose full horizon and availability precede the evaluation cutoff.
Evaluation begins after the information clock is frozen
A factor evaluation needs two clocks. The score is fixed at formation from information then available. Its forward outcome becomes observable only later. Saving a formation date next to a return is not enough: the label must start after the formation decision, cover the intended horizon and be mature by the evaluation date. This package rejects inconsistent envelope dates. An upstream join must still verify every entity and period inside that envelope.
An IC measures association, not a portfolio return. A quantile spread measures two chosen return legs, not the full implementable strategy. Turnover measures trading under a particular denominator and pretrade-weight convention, not execution cost by itself. A decay curve compares overlapping horizons whose estimates are statistically dependent. Choose the measure that answers the decision you are actually making and retain the intermediate values that establish its meaning.
Cross-sectional observations can share sector or market shocks. Repeated formation dates can share both names and forward-return periods. Consequently, a large sample of entity-date rows is not automatically a large independent sample. This package does not attach an unjustified independent-observation significance claim to the IC. For inference across dates, specify the sampling unit, overlap, clustering or resampling design and multiple-testing policy before reporting a result.
Maintain a coverage report separately from the metric. Names lost through delisting, unavailable prices or late accounting data can change the apparent result. Use a common eligible cohort when comparing horizons here; allowing the cohort to change would mix a horizon effect with a composition effect. A production strategy then needs an execution calendar, costs, capacity and out-of-sample evaluation. The synthetic fixtures prove arithmetic and contract behavior, not the existence of an investable premium.
Freeze the definition
s is a score fixed at formation; r is a fully realized forward simple return; both vectors refer to the same unique securities and horizon.
The sources establish the method's research context; the stated variant fixes the implementation choices for this package. See SciPy, pearsonr documentation, SciPy, spearmanr documentation. Where a teaching convention differs from a published portfolio or test, it is labeled explicitly rather than borrowing the published method's empirical conclusions.
Work a small example before running the code
Scores (1,2,3) and forward returns (0.01,0.03,0.02) have centered vectors (-1,0,1) and (-0.01,0.01,0). Their cross-product is 0.01; denominator is sqrt(2×0.0002)=0.02, so IC=0.5.
The machine-readable hand check is saved separately from the larger chart fixture. It asserts correlation against 0.5. Some hand checks use a different small input from the prose example to test the same invariant from another direction. For a model with several regressors, a one-row attribution example cannot estimate the loadings; the multi-period executable fixture supplies the necessary observations.
To audit the arithmetic, carry full precision through intermediate values and round only for display. Ask whether the result's unit is consistent with the formula. Then consider a limiting case: does the method return an explicit rejection or undefined result when its denominator or identifying variation disappears?
Prepare data without borrowing from the future
| Input | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ids | string[] | Unique matched entity IDs. |
| scores | number[] | Known formation scores. |
| forward_returns | number[] | Mature decimal total-return labels, same horizon. |
All calls also require formation_at, inputs_available_at and as_of as real ISO calendar dates. Inputs must be available by formation; formation cannot exceed the evaluation cutoff. Evaluation topics additionally require outcome start, end and availability dates. These envelope checks reject impossible chronology but cannot certify the provenance of individual rows. Your adapter must verify IDs, timestamps, frequency, currency, total-return adjustments, release dates and source vintages before building the arrays.
Missing, nonfinite, boolean or string-valued numbers are not silently repaired. The complete-case contract is intentional: changing eligibility changes the quantity being measured. Preserve the rejected records and the reason in a data-quality report, then choose a documented repair or a different model. Do not turn an undefined quantity into zero to make a chart look complete.
Follow the execution path
- Freeze formation information. Keep formation scores fixed, join labels by stable ID, and evaluate only outcomes whose full horizon and availability precede the evaluation cutoff.
- Join matured outcomes. Retain the inputs and the intermediate quantities; alignment is part of correctness.
- Calculate paired contributions. Calculate at full precision using the declared variant, not a convenient substitute.
- Inspect support and ambiguity. Check the method’s invariant and preserve undefined outcomes separately from numeric zero.
- Compare the alternative. A cross-sectional association on one date is neither a stable expected premium nor a net-of-cost strategy result.
Run the reference implementation
From the downloaded topic directory:
python examples/run.py
python -m unittest discover -s tests -p "test_*.py"
npx tsc -p implementations/typescript/tsconfig.json
node tests/test-typescript.mjs
The Python calculation has no third-party runtime dependency. TypeScript needs a compiler and an ES2022-capable JavaScript runtime. The public call accepts one JSON-shaped input and returns a discriminated success or error object. A minimal Python integration is:
from pathlib import Path
import importlib.util, json
root = Path.cwd() # Run from this topic directory.
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("topic", root / "implementations/python/algorithm.py")
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)
data = json.loads((root / "datasets/canonical-input.json").read_text())
result = module.compute(data)
if result["status"] != "ok":
raise ValueError(result["code"])
print(result["primary"])
After compilation, the equivalent TypeScript module can be used from JavaScript:
import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
import { compute } from './implementations/typescript/dist/algorithm.js';
const input = JSON.parse(readFileSync('./datasets/canonical-input.json', 'utf8'));
const result = compute(input);
if (result.status !== 'ok') throw new Error(result.code);
console.log(result.primary);
The canonical primary display is 0.536776269. More informative output fields include:
| Field | Canonical value / first values |
|---|---|
| ids | ["SYN-001", "SYN-002", "SYN-003", "SYN-004", "SYN-005", "SYN-006", …] |
| correlation | 0.536776269 |
| score_coordinates | [0, 0.767356091, 1.0995736, 0.825463181, 0.141625857, -0.506802495, …] |
| return_coordinates | [0.025, -0.00111081125, 0.00423708351, 0.0373784136, -0.0108578285, -0.0194904606, …] |
| n | 30 |
Inspect the complete returned object rather than reducing every use case to primary. That field is a playground convenience; the named intermediate and result fields preserve the method's meaning. Both languages use the same defaults and reason codes and do not mutate the input. Package tests compare the whole output tree, while independent mathematical checks avoid treating one implementation as the sole authority for the other.
Use the playground as an experiment
Open the topic's Playground tab or the self-contained guided lab. It starts from a meaningful canonical preview. Choose a scenario, predict the result, use Step to follow the calculation, and explain the evidence before pressing Play. Back and Reset let you revisit exactly the same state. Reduced-motion mode advances one deliberate step instead of running a timed sequence.
The main control is Added first forward return, ranging from 0 to 0.5 with default 0. The comparison scenario is Constant formation score. Pearson IC reacts to outcome distances; a constant signal makes correlation undefined. Every change recomputes the result through the validated TypeScript kernel; it does not select a prerecorded result.
The deliberate failure scenario, Outcome not yet available at evaluation, should return IMMATURE_OUTCOME. First explain which assumption failed. Then return to the canonical case and identify the information that makes the calculation possible. This rejection is part of the lesson: it prevents an invalid model from producing a plausible-looking number.
This second chart uses the comparison scenario at the default parameter. The caption and diagnostics in the lab explain what changes and what remains invariant. Identical output can be the correct outcome of an invariance experiment; do not mistake it for a broken control.
Avoid these interpretation failures
- A constant signal has no defined correlation.
- Filtering on realized return quality can introduce survivorship selection.
- Averaging ICs over overlapping labels needs dependence-aware uncertainty.
A cross-sectional association on one date is neither a stable expected premium nor a net-of-cost strategy result.
Check your understanding
Predict: Is a constant score’s IC zero?
Explain: It is undefined because its variance is zero. The API returns null, preserving the distinction from a measured zero association.
Investigate: Run the canonical case, the comparison and the deliberate rejection. Save the input, output and one sentence explaining each difference. Identify a field whose unit could be confused with another field, and describe the consequence of that confusion.
Transfer: Before substituting real data, write the upstream eligibility and alignment rules. Name the source vintage, decision time and missing-value policy. Then identify one out-of-sample or data-quality check needed for your intended use. A successful synthetic calculation is a correctness demonstration, not evidence that the market rewards the signal.
What this package does and does not establish
The implementation makes the declared formula reproducible, exposes intermediates and rejects known invalid inputs. The sources motivate the method. The synthetic fixture lets you control one mechanism at a time. A named historical case remains deferred until its source observations and decision-time provenance can be archived; no invented returns are presented as real history.
Production use needs dataset-specific validation, monitored numerical limits, error logging, independent review and an execution or inference design appropriate to the application. See the source-package data contract and reference ledger for the full boundary. Educational material is not a recommendation to buy, sell or allocate capital.
Sources and further reading
- SciPy, pearsonr documentation. Centered Pearson correlation and constant-input boundary; time-series dependence requires separate inference.
- SciPy, spearmanr documentation. Rank correlation and tie handling; no assumption that a cross-sectional p-value generalizes across dates.
Choosing the method and continuing the lesson
This lesson is for analysts and developers who can work with aligned numerical arrays, means and return units. Regression and statistical-test topics also assume familiarity with residuals and sampling uncertainty; review the linked prerequisite before interpreting an inferential result.
| Decision | Declared approach | Neighbor or alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Pearson IC versus rank IC | Sensitive to metric distances and outliers. | Measures monotonic ordering using average ranks. |
| IC versus spread return | Association is invariant to positive scale. | Portfolio P&L depends on weights, magnitude and costs. |
Use the declared approach when its input and interpretation match your research question. If you choose the alternative, freeze a new convention and rerun the examples; changing a label is not enough to change the calculation.
Related concepts
Holding-period return, Point-in-time dataset. For any use with observed market data, keep the point-in-time dataset boundary explicit.
Learning connections
- Prerequisite: Value Factor Score. Establish the inputs or mathematical distinction used here.
- Comparison: Rank Information Coefficient. Compare its question and output units before substituting it for this method.
- Continue with: Rank Information Coefficient. Carry the same formation clock and declared units into the next calculation.
Rendered from the canonical Mermaid sources linked by this article.
Calculation flow
ReferencesPrimary sources and evidence notesExpand the source trail, evidence role, and limitations behind the engineering choices.
Expand the source trail, evidence role, and limitations behind the engineering choices.
SciPy, pearsonr documentation
- Source: SciPy, pearsonr documentation
- Version / date: maintained documentation, accessed 2026-09-22
- Accessed: 2026-09-22
- Supports: Centered Pearson correlation and constant-input boundary; time-series dependence requires separate inference.
- Limitations: methodological context only; no claim that the source validates this synthetic sample or every educational convention.
- Reuse: cited, not copied. No source dataset is redistributed.
SciPy, spearmanr documentation
- Source: SciPy, spearmanr documentation
- Version / date: maintained documentation, accessed 2026-09-22
- Accessed: 2026-09-22
- Supports: Rank correlation and tie handling; no assumption that a cross-sectional p-value generalizes across dates.
- Limitations: methodological context only; no claim that the source validates this synthetic sample or every educational convention.
- Reuse: cited, not copied. No source dataset is redistributed.
Evidence boundaries
The formulas are operationalized in the canonical README with explicit package conventions. Original synthetic fixtures isolate mechanisms and are not a historical performance claim. External source access can be restricted; the MacKinlay archive is a bibliographic reference, not a claim that its full text was retrieved during this build.
Historical case decision: deferred. A named empirical case would require a separately archived point-in-time universe, source vintage and outcome design. A synthetic control is used here to demonstrate score return scatter without attributing invented observations to a market. This limits empirical coverage; it does not change the mathematical contract.
When using live data, archive the retrieval date, provider query, license, currency, frequency, adjustment basis and transformation log. Do not imply that the primary authors endorsed this educational implementation.
Full dependency-light reference implementations in both supported languages.
/** D17 reference algorithms. JSON boundary validation is deliberate and shared.
* Arrays are copied before sorting; callers' inputs are never mutated.
* QR solves least squares without forming normal equations.
*/
type Data = Record<string, any>;
type Result = Record<string, any>;
class ContractError extends Error {
}
const fail = (code: string): never => { throw new ContractError(code); };
const num = (x: unknown): number => typeof x === 'number' && Number.isFinite(x) ? x : fail('INVALID_NUMBER');
function integer(x: unknown, lo: number, hi: number): number { const v = num(x); return Number.isInteger(v) && v >= lo && v <= hi ? v : fail('INVALID_PARAMETER'); }
function vec(x: unknown, min = 1): number[] { if (!Array.isArray(x))
fail('INVALID_SHAPE'); const a = x as unknown[]; if (a.length < min)
fail('INSUFFICIENT_DATA'); return a.map(num); }
function mat(x: unknown, min = 1): number[][] { if (!Array.isArray(x) || x.length < min)
fail('INSUFFICIENT_DATA'); const a = (x as unknown[]).map(v => vec(v)); if (new Set(a.map(r => r.length)).size !== 1)
fail('LENGTH_MISMATCH'); return a; }
function same(...x: {
length: number;
}[]): void { if (new Set(x.map(a => a.length)).size !== 1)
fail('LENGTH_MISMATCH'); }
function ids(d: Data, n: number): string[] { required(d, ['ids']); if (!Array.isArray(d.ids) || d.ids.length !== n)
fail('LENGTH_MISMATCH'); if (d.ids.some((v: unknown) => typeof v !== 'string' || !/^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/.test(v)))
fail('INVALID_ID'); if (new Set(d.ids).size !== n)
fail('DUPLICATE_ID'); return [...d.ids]; }
function required(d: Data, keys: string[]): void { for (const key of keys)
if (!Object.hasOwn(d, key))
fail('MISSING_FIELD'); }
function validDate(v: unknown): boolean { if (typeof v !== 'string' || !/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(v) || v.startsWith('0000'))
return false; const date = new Date(v + 'T00:00:00Z'); return Number.isFinite(date.valueOf()) && date.toISOString().slice(0, 10) === v; }
function context(d: Data, op: string): void {
const keys = ['as_of', 'formation_at', 'inputs_available_at'];
const evaluation = ['ic', 'rank_ic', 'spread', 'decay'].includes(op);
if (evaluation)
keys.push('outcomes_start_at', 'outcomes_end_at', 'outcomes_available_at');
required(d, keys);
if (keys.some(k => !validDate(d[k])))
fail('INVALID_DATE');
if (d.formation_at > d.as_of || d.inputs_available_at > d.formation_at)
fail('FUTURE_INPUT');
if (evaluation) {
if (d.outcomes_start_at < d.formation_at || d.outcomes_end_at < d.outcomes_start_at)
fail('INVALID_OUTCOME_WINDOW');
if (d.outcomes_available_at < d.outcomes_end_at)
fail('INVALID_DATE_ORDER');
if (d.outcomes_available_at > d.as_of)
fail('IMMATURE_OUTCOME');
}
}
const sum = (a: number[]): number => a.reduce((s, v) => s + v, 0);
const mean = (a: number[]): number => sum(a) / a.length;
const dot = (a: number[], b: number[]): number => sum(a.map((v, i) => v * b[i]));
const tr = (a: number[][]): number[][] => a[0].map((_, j) => a.map(r => r[j]));
const mm = (a: number[][], b: number[][]): number[][] => { const cols = tr(b); return a.map(row => cols.map(col => dot(row, col))); };
function sd(x: number[], ddof = 0): number { const m = mean(x); return Math.sqrt(sum(x.map(v => (v - m) ** 2)) / (x.length - ddof)); }
function standard(x: number[]): number[] { const m = mean(x), s = sd(x); if (s <= 1e-14 * Math.max(1, ...x.map(Math.abs)))
fail('CONSTANT_CROSS_SECTION'); return x.map(v => (v - m) / s); }
function corr(x: number[], y: number[]): number | null { same(x, y); if (Math.max(...x) === Math.min(...x) || Math.max(...y) === Math.min(...y))
return null; const xm = mean(x), ym = mean(y), a = x.map(v => v - xm), b = y.map(v => v - ym), den = Math.sqrt(dot(a, a) * dot(b, b)); return den <= 0 ? null : Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, dot(a, b) / den)); }
function ranks(x: number[]): number[] { const order = x.map((_, i) => i).sort((a, b) => x[a] - x[b]); const out = x.map(() => 0); let start = 0; while (start < x.length) {
let end = start + 1;
while (end < x.length && x[order[end]] === x[order[start]])
end++;
for (let j = start; j < end; j++)
out[order[j]] = (start + 1 + end) / 2;
start = end;
} return out; }
function quantile(x: number[], p: number): number { const y = [...x].sort((a, b) => a - b), h = (y.length - 1) * p, j = Math.floor(h), f = h - j; return y[j] * (1 - f) + y[Math.min(j + 1, y.length - 1)] * f; }
function compound(x: number[]): number { if (x.some(v => v <= -1))
fail('INVALID_RETURN'); return Math.expm1(sum(x.map(Math.log1p))); }
/** erfc(|z|/sqrt(2)) via regularized Gamma(1/2,x); converged series/CF. */
function normalP(z: number): number {
const x = z * z / 2, a = 0.5, lg = 0.5723649429247001;
if (x === 0)
return 1;
const factor = Math.exp(-x + a * Math.log(x) - lg);
if (x < a + 1) {
let term = 1 / a, total = term, ap = a;
for (let i = 1; i < 500; i++) {
ap++;
term *= x / ap;
total += term;
if (Math.abs(term) < Math.abs(total) * 1e-15)
break;
}
return Math.max(0, 1 - total * factor);
}
let b = x + 1 - a, c = 1e300, d = 1 / b, h = d;
for (let i = 1; i < 500; i++) {
const an = -i * (i - a);
b += 2;
d = an * d + b;
if (Math.abs(d) < 1e-300)
d = 1e-300;
c = b + an / c;
if (Math.abs(c) < 1e-300)
c = 1e-300;
d = 1 / d;
const delta = d * c;
h *= delta;
if (Math.abs(delta - 1) < 1e-15)
break;
}
return Math.max(0, Math.min(1, factor * h));
}
export function ols(y: number[], x: number[][], lags = 0): Result {
const n = y.length, p = x[0].length;
same(y, x);
if (n <= p)
fail('INSUFFICIENT_DATA');
integer(lags, 0, n - 1);
const cols = tr(x), scales = cols.map(c => Math.sqrt(dot(c, c)));
if (scales.some(s => s === 0))
fail('SINGULAR_DESIGN');
const q: number[][] = [], r = Array.from({ length: p }, () => Array(p).fill(0) as number[]);
for (let j = 0; j < p; j++) {
let v = cols[j].map(z => z / scales[j]);
for (let pass = 0; pass < 2; pass++)
for (let i = 0; i < j; i++) {
const proj = dot(q[i], v);
r[i][j] += proj;
v = v.map((z, t) => z - proj * q[i][t]);
}
r[j][j] = Math.sqrt(dot(v, v));
if (r[j][j] < 1e-10)
fail('SINGULAR_DESIGN');
q.push(v.map(z => z / r[j][j]));
}
const solve = (v: number[]): number[] => { const b = Array(p).fill(0) as number[]; for (let i = p - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
let s = 0;
for (let j = i + 1; j < p; j++)
s += r[i][j] * b[j];
b[i] = (v[i] - s) / r[i][i];
} return b; };
const beta = solve(q.map(c => dot(c, y))).map((b, i) => b / scales[i]), fitted = x.map(row => dot(row, beta)), residuals = y.map((v, i) => v - fitted[i]);
const invr = tr(Array.from({ length: p }, (_, j) => solve(Array.from({ length: p }, (_, i) => Number(i === j)))));
const bread = mm(invr, tr(invr)).map((row, i) => row.map((v, j) => v / scales[i] / scales[j]));
const scores = x.map((row, t) => row.map(v => v * residuals[t])), meat = mm(tr(scores), scores);
for (let lag = 1; lag <= lags; lag++) {
const w = 1 - lag / (lags + 1);
for (let t = lag; t < n; t++)
for (let i = 0; i < p; i++)
for (let j = 0; j < p; j++)
meat[i][j] += w * (scores[t][i] * scores[t - lag][j] + scores[t - lag][i] * scores[t][j]);
}
const cov = mm(mm(bread, meat), bread), se = cov.map((row, i) => Math.sqrt(Math.max(0, row[i]))), sse = dot(residuals, residuals), ym = mean(y), sst = sum(y.map(v => (v - ym) ** 2));
return { coefficients: beta, standard_errors: se, fitted, residuals, r_squared: sst === 0 ? null : 1 - sse / sst, n, df_residual: n - p, hac_lags: lags, residual_sum_squares: sse, qr_min_diagonal: Math.min(...r.map((row, i) => row[i])) };
}
function evaluate(d: Data, op: string): Result {
if (op === 'turnover') {
required(d, ['old_weights', 'target_weights', 'holding_returns']);
const old = vec(d.old_weights, 2), target = vec(d.target_weights, 2), r = vec(d.holding_returns, 2);
same(old, target, r);
const names = ids(d, old.length);
if (Math.min(...old, ...target) < 0 || Math.abs(sum(old) - 1) > 1e-10 || Math.abs(sum(target) - 1) > 1e-10)
fail('INVALID_WEIGHTS');
if (Math.min(...r) <= -1)
fail('INVALID_RETURN');
const wealth = 1 + dot(old, r);
if (wealth <= 0)
fail('INVALID_WEALTH');
const pre = old.map((v, i) => v * (1 + r[i]) / wealth), trades = target.map((v, i) => v - pre[i]), t = sum(trades.map(Math.abs)) / 2;
return { ids: names, pretrade_weights: pre, trades, turnover: t, two_way: 2 * t, wealth, primary: t };
}
if (op === 'spread') {
required(d, ['forward_returns', 'buckets']);
const r = vec(d.forward_returns, 2), names = ids(d, r.length), buckets = vec(d.buckets, 2);
same(r, buckets);
if (buckets.some(v => !Number.isInteger(v) || v < 1))
fail('INVALID_PARAMETER');
const lo = Math.min(...buckets), hi = Math.max(...buckets);
if (lo === hi)
fail('EMPTY_LEG');
if (Math.min(...r) < -1)
fail('INVALID_RETURN');
const rh = mean(r.filter((_, i) => buckets[i] === hi)), rl = mean(r.filter((_, i) => buckets[i] === lo)), cost = num(d.cost_bps ?? 0), th = num(d.turnover_high ?? 0), tl = num(d.turnover_low ?? 0);
if (Math.min(cost, th, tl) < 0)
fail('INVALID_PARAMETER');
const drag = cost / 10000 * (th + tl);
return { ids: names, high_return: rh, low_return: rl, gross_spread: rh - rl, cost: drag, net_spread: rh - rl - drag, gross_exposure: 2, primary: rh - rl - drag };
}
required(d, ['scores']);
const s = vec(d.scores, 3), names = ids(d, s.length);
if (op === 'decay') {
required(d, ['forward_path']);
const paths = mat(d.forward_path, 3);
same(s, paths);
const h = integer(d.max_horizon ?? paths[0].length, 1, paths[0].length), labels = Array.from({ length: h }, (_, j) => paths.map(row => compound(row.slice(0, j + 1)))), curve = labels.map(row => corr(s, row));
return { ids: names, horizons: Array.from({ length: h }, (_, j) => j + 1), correlations: curve, labels_by_horizon: labels, n: s.length, primary: curve[h - 1], undefined_horizons: curve.map((v, i) => v === null ? i + 1 : 0).filter(Boolean) };
}
required(d, ['forward_returns']);
const r = vec(d.forward_returns, 3);
same(s, r);
if (Math.min(...r) < -1)
fail('INVALID_RETURN');
const a = op === 'rank_ic' ? ranks(s) : s, b = op === 'rank_ic' ? ranks(r) : r, c = corr(a, b);
return { ids: names, correlation: c, score_coordinates: a, return_coordinates: b, n: s.length, primary: c, defined: c !== null };
}
/** D17-F04-A01 public boundary. No mutation, implicit imputation or silent failure. */
export function compute(input: unknown): Result {
const op = "ic";
try {
if (!input || typeof input !== 'object' || Array.isArray(input))
fail('INVALID_SHAPE');
const d = input as Data;
if (Object.values(d).some(v => v === null))
fail('INVALID_NUMBER');
context(d, op);
const result = evaluate(d, op);
const check = (v: unknown): void => { if (typeof v === 'number' && !Number.isFinite(v))
fail('NUMERICAL_FAILURE'); if (Array.isArray(v))
v.forEach(check);
else if (v && typeof v === 'object')
Object.values(v).forEach(check); };
check(result);
return { status: 'ok', method: op, ...result };
}
catch (error) {
if (error instanceof ContractError)
return { status: 'error', method: op, code: error.message };
throw error;
}
}
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