# PE-Sim Explorer v1.2.0

A fully static, zero-dependency browser application for exploratory simulation of Publication Equivalent (PE) versus conventional bibliometric measures.

## Primary workflow

The **Simulation** view is the main interface. Users can select Simple or Advanced controls, choose a researcher archetype or mixed A1–A10 population, modify career/citation/translation/innovation/publication assumptions, and run a deterministic seeded simulation locally in the browser.

The introductory explanation and frozen ICMR-PE-SIM v1.0.1 benchmark are available as compact information disclosures rather than occupying the simulation workspace. Methodological and non-simulation information is separated under **About & methods**.

## Outputs

- Compact metric-performance dashboard on a 0.00–1.00 concordance scale
- Best metric, PE concordance, h-index concordance, and PE−h difference KPIs
- Top-five metric visualization plus collapsible full metric table
- Scenario and latent S/C/P/I summaries
- Researcher-type performance summary for generated A1–A10 archetypes
- Within-type best metric, PE and h-index concordance, PE−h difference, medians, and comparable-pair counts
- Scenario-specific diagnostic interpretation
- JSON, metric-summary CSV, researcher-type CSV, and shareable parameterized URLs

## Simulation features

- Simple and Advanced interactive modes
- Deterministic seeded simulation (default seed 1729)
- Ten locked researcher archetypes (A1–A10)
- Career duration, citation ecology, translation, innovation, publication intensity and dispersion controls
- PE, PE/year, h-index, g-index, i10-index, publication count, total citations, m-quotient, MNCS-type and top-10%-cited metrics
- Pareto S/C/P/I, equal-domain and scientific-only comparison modes
- Preset stress scenarios for high-output/low-impact and low-output/high-impact profiles
- No server, database, analytics, cookies or external JavaScript libraries

## Scientific status

The frozen ICMR-PE-SIM v1.0.1 benchmark remains separate and unchanged. Its immutable reference values include:

- PE Pareto concordance: 0.957384
- h-index Pareto concordance: 0.917406
- Difference: +0.039982
- Empirical 95% interval: [+0.036527, +0.044771]
- Strict PE-h discordant pairs: 7,092,548

The browser simulator is an **exploratory sensitivity sandbox**. It uses the locked parameter backbone where practical but does not execute the full 200-population benchmark or claim confirmatory reproduction.

Researcher-type results are recalculated within each generated archetype using the same reference construct selected for the overall run. Small archetype groups may contain relatively few comparable pairs and should be interpreted accordingly.

## Cloudflare Pages deployment

This ZIP is ready for direct static deployment. See `CLOUDFLARE_DEPLOYMENT.md`.

## Versioning

Explorer version: 1.1.0  
Protocol preset: ICMR-PE-SIM-v1.0.1  
Master/default seed: 1729

## v1.2.0 interface

The default screen is intentionally task-focused: choose a scenario, adjust the controls, run, inspect metric and researcher-type results, then export. Benchmark background, interpretation scope, methods and documentation are located under **About**. Detailed generated-profile and latent-domain diagnostics are available only after a run under **Run details**.