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Declare the response-time support edge in the model configs (ndt_edge_shift) - #370

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Purpose. Declare, in each model's config, where the response-time support starts, for the simulators whose non-decision time varies per trial with a hard lower edge. HSSM (lnccbrown/HSSM#1292) floors a likelihood below the declared edge and, for LAN likelihoods, keeps its declaration equal to the simulator's with a guard test (lnccbrown/HSSM#1360); ssms' own KDE estimator is the other consumer (today it relies on the hand-kept KDE_NO_DISPLACE_T set, and #359 on introspecting t_dist partials).

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  • ddm_st, full_ddm (and its alias full_ddm2) and full_ddm_rv declare "ndt_edge_shift": {"param": "st", "scale": 1.0}: their non-decision time is t + U(−st, st), so RTs start at t − st. No other model declares anything (absence means RTs start at t; models with t pinned to 0 and no t parameter, or an unbounded kernel, have nothing to declare).
  • One shared validator (get_ndt_edge_shift_errors: dict with exactly param/scale, both param and t in params, finite non-negative scale) backs ModelConfigBuilder.validate_config, the import-time registry check in _validate_configs(), and from_scratch keeps the key.
  • KDE_NO_DISPLACE_T and LogKDE are untouched; the Displace RTs by the true admissibility boundary t - st, not by t #359 rework can key on the declaration instead of t_dist introspection.
  • Docs: one bullet in the config tutorial's "Core fields explained", add_models.md, and the add-ssm-model skill (field table + checklist).

Tests (tests/config/test_ndt_edge_shift.py, 47 cases, ~3 s): every declaring model is simulated on four parameter sets (mid-box, near the upper corner, the t-lower/st-upper corner, and that corner with a at its lower bound) and never emits an RT below t − scale·st; at the a-lower corner it does emit RTs below t (the declaration is not vacuous) and below t − st/2 (the scale is tight: a scale twice too large would fail); ten plain models with no key never go below t; every declaring model is in KDE_NO_DISPLACE_T; the alias, from_model, with_deadline and from_scratch carry the key; the validator rejects eleven malformed shapes and the import-time hook names a bad config.

Checks run. ruff check, ruff format --check clean; full suite 1258 passed / 134 skipped (uv sync --all-groups --extra dev); in-memory merges clean against #349, #348, #369, #359, #363.

Release note. New optional model-config key; no behaviour change for simulation or label generation. Intended for 0.15.0 so HSSM can rely on it from that floor.

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  • New Features
    • Model configurations can now declare how non-decision-time variability shifts the earliest possible response time. Invalid declarations are flagged during validation, and model-building tools preserve and check the setting.
    • Updated model guidance and tutorials explain when to use the optional setting and how it affects response-time bounds.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Configurations for models with variable non-decision time now reflect their lower response-time edge, including responses that can occur before t.

AlexanderFengler and others added 8 commits October 6, 2026 23:28
…st models

HSSM (lnccbrown/HSSM#1292, #1358) reads where a model's response-time
support starts from the per-model config, and ssms owns that fact: its own
KDE label estimator needs it, and HSSM mirrors ssms configs for LAN models.
ddm_st, full_ddm (and its alias full_ddm2) and full_ddm_rv draw the
non-decision time as t + U(-st, st), so their RTs start at t - st. Every
other model's support starts at t and declares nothing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A malformed declaration would silently mislead HSSM's likelihood floor and
the KDE estimator, so check its shape once (a dict with exactly param and
scale, both param and t in params, a finite non-negative scale) in one
helper shared by ModelConfigBuilder.validate_config and the import-time
registry check, and let from_scratch keep the key like the other optional
fields.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Check the declarations against the simulators (min(rt) >= t - scale * param
on several parameter sets, and RTs below t at the corner so the declaration
is not vacuous), that undeclared models start at t, that declaring models
stay in KDE_NO_DISPLACE_T, and that the builder and validators carry and
police the key.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add the key to the places that list the model-config fields for users: the
configs tutorial, the contributing guide's Level 1 example notes, and the
add-ssm-model skill.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
min(rt) >= t - scale * st holds for any scale that is too large, so a
declaration twice the true shift passed every test. Pin the shipped value
for each declaring model, and check at the a-lower corner that the fastest
RTs fall below t - scale * st / 2, which they only do (by about 0.1 s)
when the scale is right.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
get_invalid_ndt_edge_shift_configs was tested on its own, but the call
from _validate_configs() could be dropped without a test noticing. Swap
in a one-config registry whose only fault is the declaration and check
the import-time validator raises on it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
At the plain corner (t at its lower bound, st at its upper bound, the
rest mid-box) only a handful of the 3000 simulated RTs fall below t, and
the count depends on the RNG stream, so the assertion could flake. The
a-lower corner puts hundreds below t and is the one that matters.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The skill's field table documents the key; its checklist did not remind
an author to declare it when the non-decision time varies per trial.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds the optional ndt_edge_shift model-configuration field. Four models declare an st shift, builders preserve the field, and validation checks declarations during config validation and registry initialization.

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Non-decision-time edge shifts

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Declare and propagate edge shifts
.claude/skills/add-ssm-model/*, docs/contributing/add_models.md, docs/core_tutorials/tutorial_configs.ipynb, ssms/config/_modelconfig/ddm_random.py, ssms/config/_modelconfig/full_ddm.py, ssms/config/model_config_builder.py, tests/config/test_ndt_edge_shift.py
Four model configurations declare st at scale 1.0. Builders preserve the optional field. Documentation describes the response-time start rule, and tests cover model declarations, simulated response times, and builder propagation.
Validate edge-shift declarations
ssms/config/_modelconfig/validation.py, ssms/config/_modelconfig/__init__.py, ssms/config/model_config_builder.py, tests/config/test_ndt_edge_shift.py
Validation checks the declaration’s shape, keys, referenced parameters, and scale. Builder validation and registry initialization report malformed declarations. Tests cover invalid values and import-time validation.

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param = shift.get("param")
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errors.append(f"ndt_edge_shift param {param!r} is not in params")

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Reject a non-string ndt_edge_shift parameter.

If a custom config has params=["t", 1] and ndt_edge_shift={"param": 1, "scale": 1.0}, this membership check accepts the declaration. ModelConfigBuilder.validate_config can then report a valid config, although param is not a parameter name. Check that param is a string before accepting its membership in params. Add this case to the malformed-declaration tests.

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"Absent means RTs start at t" was wrong for kernels with no lower edge
(ddm_normal_st, now on main) and for models without a t parameter; absence
only means that no finite edge below t is declared. The docs now say so,
list the cases where the key must be left out, state the scale convention
(1.0 for a half-width), and tell a model author to add declaring and
unbounded models to KDE_NO_DISPLACE_T.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The previous commit reached only the validator docstring. This one covers
the builder docstrings, the add-ssm-model skill and its checklist, the
contributing guide, the config tutorial and the test-file docstrings:
absence means no finite edge below t is declared; leave the key out for
models without a t parameter, for kernels with no lower edge
(ddm_normal_st) and for edges not of the form t - scale * param; and add
declaring and unbounded models to KDE_NO_DISPLACE_T.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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