Benefits distribution algorithm - Revision history

TiberiusB at 18:44, 25 September 2026

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 =====Incentivising early involvement=====
-''Earliness'' (Ea) is related to risk taking. This parameter encourages contributors to invest in projects in their early stages. Contributions made earlier are more risky and should be rewarded more than later ones.
+''Earliness'' (Ea) is related to risk taking. This parameter encourages contributors to engage in projects in their early stages. Contributions made earlier are more risky and should be rewarded more than later ones.
 [[File:Value Equation - earliness Ea.JPG‎|framed|center|Earliness (Ea) is a parameter in the benefit redistribution algorithm incentivising early involvement.]]
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 [NOTE: the following text is taken directly from an email exchange between Kurt, Tibi, Yasir and Bob named ''Value Equation - I entered your name on the wiki''. These are in particular extracted from Kurt's reply. Someone needs to refine this...]
-a.) The benefit redistribution algorithm is required to obtain funding (IS)
+a.) The ''benefit redistribution algorithm'' is required to obtain funding (IS)
-<kdl> the VE will need to explicitly deal with how investment in the form of dollars is treated, a discussion on this issue sooner rather than later is needed.  My personal approach, funding should be directed to individuals or assets and the individual or asset should be compensated by the value equation [benefit redistribution algorithm], fiat currency has no intrinsic value in an OVN.  Money is what money does.  Money ONLY has 'value in use'.
+<kdl> the VE will need to explicitly deal with how contributions in the form of dollars is treated, a discussion on this issue sooner rather than later is needed.  My personal approach, funding should be directed to individuals or assets and the individual or asset should be compensated by the value equation [benefit redistribution algorithm], fiat currency has no intrinsic value in an OVN.  Money is what money does.  Money ONLY has 'value in use'.
 </kdl>

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 | importance (or priority) || I(t) || Importance of [[contribution]] or its priority, peer-evaluated. Is a function of time,as some things can be more important at some times.|| sensitize active members to what’s deemed important || [[Planning]]
 |-
-| quality (or execution) || Q || quality, set by peer evaluation (see also [[Talk:The_Value_Equation|discussion page]]) || incentivize care, quality of execution || project management system, or Bayle’s reputation system
+| quality (or execution) || Q || quality, set by peer evaluation (see also [[Talk:The_Value_Equation|discussion page]]) || incentivize care, quality of execution || [[Planning]], or Bayle’s reputation system
 |-
-| accountability || Ac || respecting temporal and other type of constraints, commitments are made by members to projects/tasks listed, with deadlines, budget limitations and other type of constraints || incentivize active members to keep their promises <sup>b)</sup>, to make processes deterministic || project management system
+| accountability || Ac || respecting temporal and other type of constraints, commitments are made by members to projects/tasks listed, with deadlines, budget limitations and other type of constraints || incentivize active members to keep their promises <sup>b)</sup>, to make processes deterministic || [[Planning]]
 |-
-| risk || Ri(t) || is related to the project, its technical complexity, how difficult it is to reach maturity - produced by a peer-evaluation process, dimensions: time and... This parameter is a function of time, it changes over time as the project gets closer to maturity.|| reward risk takers more than riders, maintain usable resources instead of cashing everything in || project management system [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#heading=h.hyazgbsqb1fh See discussion]
+| risk || Ri(t) || is related to the project, its technical complexity, how difficult it is to reach maturity - produced by a peer-evaluation process, dimensions: time and... This parameter is a function of time, it changes over time as the project gets closer to maturity.|| reward risk takers more than riders, maintain usable resources instead of cashing everything in || [[Planning]],  [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#heading=h.hyazgbsqb1fh See discussion]
 |-
 | colspan="5" | '''Agent-level behavioural modulators: These modulators characterise the agent's overall pattern of participation across the venture. They are computed automatically from history (Ea) at periodic checkpoints (Fq, Pe, Re).'''

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 | role || Ro(t) || ''Type of work'' done, also related to level of complexity. The role parameter can be modified over time if the ''benefit redistribution algorithm'' is modified, that is if a skill set becomes scarce or more abundant.|| attract/keep/reward talent <sup>a)</sup> || [[Role system]]
 |-
-| importance (or priority) || I(t) || Importance of [[contribution]] or its priority, peer-evaluated. Is a function of time,as some things can be more important at some times.|| sensitize active members to what’s deemed important || [[Project management system]]
+| importance (or priority) || I(t) || Importance of [[contribution]] or its priority, peer-evaluated. Is a function of time,as some things can be more important at some times.|| sensitize active members to what’s deemed important || [[Planning]]
 |-
 | quality (or execution) || Q || quality, set by peer evaluation (see also [[Talk:The_Value_Equation|discussion page]]) || incentivize care, quality of execution || project management system, or Bayle’s reputation system

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 | colspan="5" | '''Agent-level behavioural modulators: These modulators characterise the agent's overall pattern of participation across the venture. They are computed automatically from history (Ea) at periodic checkpoints (Fq, Pe, Re).'''
 |-
-| earliness || Ea(t) || related to loyalty, total amount of time of involvement in the OVN. It is a contineous function of time, as early contributions are rewarded more than later ones.|| reward loyalty, this is not an indication of value or quality || [[contribution accounting system]] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#heading=h.hfdrcdx7kfgs See discussion]
+| earliness || Ea(t) || related to loyalty, total amount of time of involvement in the OVN. It is a contineous function of time, as early contributions are rewarded more than later ones.|| reward loyalty, this is not an indication of value or quality || [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#heading=h.hfdrcdx7kfgs See discussion]
 |-
 | frequency || Fq || a measure of frequency of contributions || incite active members to contribute more often || this page

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 | colspan="5" | '''Event-level modulators: These are attached to a specific economic event. Some are frozen at log time (role, importance, risk); others can be added or updated after delivery, once peers have reviewed the work (quality, accountability).'''
 |-
-| effort || E || dimensions of time spent on a project ([https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#bookmark=id.c0a6w4bwri6i see problem]) || time, money and material resources spent on projects || [[contribution accounting system]]
+| effort || E || dimensions of time spent on a project ([https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#bookmark=id.c0a6w4bwri6i see problem]) || time, money and material resources spent on projects || this page
 |-
 | role || Ro(t) || ''Type of work'' done, also related to level of complexity. The role parameter can be modified over time if the ''benefit redistribution algorithm'' is modified, that is if a skill set becomes scarce or more abundant.|| attract/keep/reward talent <sup>a)</sup> || [[Role system]]
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 | risk || Ri(t) || is related to the project, its technical complexity, how difficult it is to reach maturity - produced by a peer-evaluation process, dimensions: time and... This parameter is a function of time, it changes over time as the project gets closer to maturity.|| reward risk takers more than riders, maintain usable resources instead of cashing everything in || project management system [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#heading=h.hyazgbsqb1fh See discussion]
 |-
-| colspan="5" | '''Agent-level behavioural modulators: These modulators characterise the agent's overall pattern of participation across the venture. They are computed automatically from history (Ea) or assessed by peers at periodic checkpoints (Fq, Pe, Re).'''
+| colspan="5" | '''Agent-level behavioural modulators: These modulators characterise the agent's overall pattern of participation across the venture. They are computed automatically from history (Ea) at periodic checkpoints (Fq, Pe, Re).'''
 |-
 | earliness || Ea(t) || related to loyalty, total amount of time of involvement in the OVN. It is a contineous function of time, as early contributions are rewarded more than later ones.|| reward loyalty, this is not an indication of value or quality || [[contribution accounting system]] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg/edit#heading=h.hfdrcdx7kfgs See discussion]
 |-
-| frequency || Fq || a measure of frequency of contributions || incite active members to contribute more often || [[contribution accounting system]]
+| frequency || Fq || a measure of frequency of contributions || incite active members to contribute more often || this page
 |-
-| periodicity || Pe || representing predictability of [[contributions]] || reward predictable behaviour, which makes it easier to predict the evolution of projects || [[contribution accounting system]]
+| periodicity || Pe || representing predictability of [[contributions]] || reward predictable behaviour, which makes it easier to predict the evolution of projects || this page
 |-
 | reputation || Re(t) || Set by peer-evaluation and having many dimensions, qualities of active members. It is a function of time, as the reputation of a member changes over time.|| maintain ethical behavior, the respect of the internal culture || [[Reputation system]]

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 | damage || D || a form of penalty || recover losses that are deemed avoidable, due to negligence, incite to diligence || damage log
 |-
-| custodian cut || C || Custodian cut || fraction of revenue reserved for custodians (NDO / infrastructure maintainers) before distributing the remainder to contributors. || ... ||
+| custodian cut || C || Reward actions towards the sustainability of the whole network || fraction of revenue reserved for custodians (NDO / infrastructure maintainers) before distributing the remainder to contributors. || ... ||
 |-
 | "enter others" || Example || Example || Example || Example

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 * '''Quality (Q)''' characterises this execution of this task, not the agent in general. Different tasks by the same agent can have very different peer review scores.
 * '''Accountability (Ac)''' measures adherence to the constraints of this commitment — it is meaningless as a global property because constraints differ per task. Placing both at event level enables fine-grained peer review: the network can reward excellent execution of a high-priority task without altering the agent's global standing. The default value is 1.0 (neutral), meaning unreviewed events are neither penalised nor rewarded — consistent with the principle that the system should not punish absence of information.
-* '''Earliness (Ea)''' is an inherent property of the agent's relationship to the project timeline, not of a single event.
+* '''Earliness (Ea)''' is an inherent property of the agent's relationship to the project timeline, not of a single event. Computing it from the full contribution history (first event date vs. project start date) is more accurate and removes the burden of manually entering Ea on every event. It is more resistant to gaming: an agent cannot retroactively claim early-joiner status by backdating a single event.
 ==Small cluster benefit redistribution algorithm==