Expense per Inference
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Expense per inference is a possible operating ratio that assigns a defined set of direct and shared expenses across a stated measure of inference activity.
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Why it matters
The problem this identity helps frame
The ratio can expose cost-to-serve trends only when allocation scope, shared-cost policy, workload mix, failed work, and the inference denominator remain explicit.
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What the record supports
LJP descriptive identity for AI cost analysis. It is not a prescribed accounting measure or an allocation basis for every setting.
What this is not
The domain does not calculate expense, choose allocation policy, or establish financial-reporting treatment.
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