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generalization_efficiency

Function generalization_efficiency 

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pub fn generalization_efficiency(dev_delta: f64, validation_delta: f64) -> f64
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Generalization efficiency (GE): how much of the development improvement between two runs transferred to validation.

GE = validation_delta / development_delta over the overall recall means. A positive GE means validation moved the same direction as development (semantic waves generalize); negative GE means validation regressed while development improved (overfit). When development did not move (dev_delta == 0) the ratio is degenerate: a validation-only improvement counts as pure generalization (1.0), anything else as 0.0 — never NaN/inf.