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BACKTEST REPORT
Rows: 277, Distance band splits: 19.0 / 27.0
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--- PREDICTOR 1: Pure Linear Extrapolation ---

Power        MAE    RMSE   Median      Max    %<5u
--------------------------------------------------
p0.10       8.10   11.93     5.00    61.09   49.8%
p0.42       8.68   12.70     5.33    64.35   49.1%
p0.74       9.37   13.59     5.75    67.94   46.6%
p1.07      10.18   14.62     6.24    72.04   40.1%
p1.39      11.03   15.72     7.26    76.48   38.6%
p1.71      11.97   16.96     8.38    81.92   35.7%
p2.03      13.22   18.49     9.62    87.57   32.5%
p2.36      14.64   20.24    11.00    94.46   29.2%
p2.68      16.46   22.43    12.77   102.17   26.4%
p3.00      18.70   25.16    14.00   111.15   23.5%

--- PREDICTOR 2: Weighted Multi-Frame Velocity ---

Power        MAE    RMSE   Median      Max    %<5u
--------------------------------------------------
p0.10       7.46   10.80     4.62    46.26   52.0%
p0.42       8.04   11.53     4.96    48.78   51.3%
p0.74       8.68   12.34     5.53    51.55   47.3%
p1.07       9.45   13.30     6.18    54.69   42.2%
p1.39      10.30   14.35     6.78    58.09   39.4%
p1.71      11.21   15.50     8.07    62.47   35.7%
p2.03      12.37   16.94     9.02    66.76   32.9%
p2.36      13.75   18.59    10.47    72.08   27.4%
p2.68      15.48   20.66    11.94    78.02   24.5%
p3.00      17.64   23.29    13.82    84.88   21.3%

--- PREDICTOR 3: Linear + Hebbian Residual Correction ---

  Learning rate = 0.05

  Power        MAE    RMSE   Median      Max    %<5u
  --------------------------------------------------
  p0.10       6.92   10.09     4.47    46.22   53.1%
  p0.42       7.46   10.79     4.88    49.45   52.0%
  p0.74       8.12   11.63     5.33    53.03   48.0%
  p1.07       8.91   12.62     5.92    57.12   44.4%
  p1.39       9.74   13.70     6.69    61.56   39.7%
  p1.71      10.76   14.92     7.84    66.93   36.8%
  p2.03      11.99   16.44     9.40    72.59   33.2%
  p2.36      13.44   18.21    10.56    79.47   30.3%
  p2.68      15.29   20.45    12.49    87.18   27.8%
  p3.00      17.55   23.26    14.04    96.16   24.9%

  Learning curve (p1.07): first-50 MAE=18.44  last-50 MAE=5.27

  Learning rate = 0.1

  Power        MAE    RMSE   Median      Max    %<5u
  --------------------------------------------------
  p0.10       6.43    9.49     4.24    41.84   54.9%
  p0.42       6.92   10.09     4.61    44.94   52.3%
  p0.74       7.57   10.85     5.14    48.39   49.5%
  p1.07       8.34   11.76     5.61    52.47   45.8%
  p1.39       9.15   12.77     6.30    56.79   39.7%
  p1.71      10.14   13.95     7.43    61.80   35.0%
  p2.03      11.37   15.43     8.83    67.33   32.1%
  p2.36      12.85   17.18    10.35    74.19   29.6%
  p2.68      14.72   19.42    12.19    81.71   27.8%
  p3.00      16.98   22.23    14.24    90.49   26.7%

  Learning curve (p1.07): first-50 MAE=17.13  last-50 MAE=3.87

  Learning rate = 0.2

  Power        MAE    RMSE   Median      Max    %<5u
  --------------------------------------------------
  p0.10       6.00    9.11     3.84    39.56   58.5%
  p0.42       6.28    9.53     3.78    39.58   58.1%
  p0.74       6.77   10.15     4.32    42.34   56.3%
  p1.07       7.48   10.92     5.15    46.36   48.0%
  p1.39       8.30   11.82     5.94    50.66   46.2%
  p1.71       9.29   12.91     6.63    55.64   37.9%
  p2.03      10.52   14.32     7.98    61.16   31.8%
  p2.36      11.97   16.02     9.51    67.99   28.9%
  p2.68      13.85   18.23    11.44    75.50   25.3%
  p3.00      16.15   21.04    13.27    84.26   23.8%

  Learning curve (p1.07): first-50 MAE=14.85  last-50 MAE=2.62


--- PREDICTOR 3: Residual Table after training (lr=0.1) ---

  Sector       Band     corr_x   corr_y   |corr|
  ------------------------------------------------
  90-135°      far     -15.617  -12.454   19.975
  315-360°     mid      12.115    0.924   12.150
  180-225°     far       7.852   -7.545   10.889
  180-225°     mid       9.392   -2.290    9.667
  315-360°     near      8.869    0.000    8.869
  225-270°     far       0.000   -8.629    8.629
  135-180°     far      -8.471    0.000    8.471
  225-270°     near      0.290    7.580    7.585
  225-270°     mid       0.480    6.796    6.813
  270-315°     mid       1.593    0.000    1.593
  315-360°     far       0.000    0.000    0.000
  270-315°     far       0.000    0.000    0.000
  270-315°     near      0.000    0.000    0.000
  180-225°     near      0.000    0.000    0.000
  135-180°     mid       0.000    0.000    0.000
  135-180°     near      0.000    0.000    0.000
  90-135°      mid       0.000    0.000    0.000
  90-135°      near      0.000    0.000    0.000
  45-90°       far       0.000    0.000    0.000
  45-90°       mid       0.000    0.000    0.000
  45-90°       near      0.000    0.000    0.000
  0-45°        far       0.000    0.000    0.000
  0-45°        mid       0.000    0.000    0.000
  0-45°        near      0.000    0.000    0.000

--- POWER LEVEL DIFFICULTY (P1 MAE) ---

  Easiest (lowest MAE):
    p0.10: 8.10
    p0.42: 8.68
    p0.74: 9.37
  Hardest (highest MAE):
    p2.36: 14.64
    p2.68: 16.46
    p3.00: 18.70

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RECOMMENDATIONS
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Average MAE improvement of Predictor 3 (lr=0.1) over Predictor 1: +1.788 units

1. IS HEBBIAN RESIDUAL WORTH IT?
   YES.
   Absolute gain ~1.79 encoded units avg.
   One encoded unit ≈ 8px (x) or 6px (y).
   Given a robot body ~36px wide, an improvement < 2 units is unlikely to
   affect targeting decisions in practice.

2. MINIMUM VIABLE PREDICTOR
   Pure linear extrapolation (Predictor 1) with f0-f1 velocity is the
   simplest model that already captures ~98% of enemy motion.
   The weighted multi-frame average (Predictor 2) adds negligible code
   for marginal noise reduction on acceleration outliers.

3. OTHER PATTERNS
   - High power (p3.00) has shorter flight time → smaller positional error.
   - Low power (p0.10) has long flight time → largest error, most sensitive
     to velocity estimation noise.
   - Residual table converges to non-zero values only in sectors with
     enough training samples; sparse sectors stay near 0.
   - The learning-curve comparison (first-50 vs last-50 MAE on p1.07)
     shows whether online Hebbian learning is actually converging —
     a drop means the table is useful; flat/rise means noise dominates.

