Latent Environmental Residual Inference in the Volumetric Time Model

This record is the preprint of “Latent Environmental Residual Inference in the Volumetric Time Model (LERI): Operational Accessibility from Photon-Mediated Records.” The accompanying E-LERI SUITE.zip provides the Tier-1 numerical experiment artifacts referenced in the paper (configuration, CSV outputs, and figure PNGs). The package includes config.json, summary.json, CSV outputs, and figure PNGs for three experiments: E-LERI-1 (Analytic vs Numeric Horizon): Confirms the closed-form access-horizon expression matches the numeric mutual-information crossing in a toy Gaussian channel. E-LERI-2 (Record Chain Detectability + Horizon): Demonstrates decay of estimated coupling with delay and detects an operational horizon using a conservative null-quantile floor and persistence gating. E-LERI-3 (Shielding Sweep): Models shielding as record-gain attenuation and shows calibrated detectability collapsing toward null as gain decreases. Key outputs (representative run): Toy analytic horizon: tau_h_plus ~= 282.544 Record-chain operational horizon: tau_h = 304 Conservative null maxima (tau >= 1): shuffle and shift controls on the order of ~1e-3 bits Files: config.json, summary.json, e_leri_*.csv, E_LERI_*.png, README.txt, LICENSE.txt. How to cite:Clayton, Ralph (2026). Latent Environmental Residual Inference in the Volumetric Time Model. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18889547 Supplementary materials:E-LERI SUITE.zip contains the Tier-1 experiment artifacts supporting the preprint. Related publication:Clayton, Ralph (2026). The Volumetric Time Model: Constraint-Conditioned Histories and the Operational Origins of Perceived Agency. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18634215 Keywords: LERI, operational accessibility, mutual information, detectability horizon, null calibration, record chain, photon-mediated records, information theory, Volumetric Time Model, shielding sweep, VTM