Yes, Phil, we were aware of the MPA, but there is no open documentation as there is for Athletica WR. We had to read between the lines to understand if we were building a replica of it, or a completely new feature. It wouldn’t be the first (or the last) time scientists can converge to the same idea from different pathways. However, after reading the reference my guts is telling me that the approaches are somewhat different. As you might tell, the exponential behaviour is familiar, but you can equally find it in Wbal models. The fact that in MAP explanation they write about energy and TTE (steady state to failure) makes me thinking the approach is different. Again, not 100% positive, but… also very interesting the mention to the remaining duration to failure, something that can also be extracted by Athletica WR, if we think is relevant.
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