Research

Papers and software

The front page tells the corridor story; this page is the record behind it. The program studies delay-tolerant networks — links that exist on a schedule, traffic that waits out the gaps — with an emphasis on results that can be re-derived from what ships.

Papers

The citable record

White paper · June 2026

Replay-Based Delivery Assurance for Delay-Tolerant Networks: Invariance You Can Check

A conformance test for delay-tolerant network simulation: replay a frozen contact plan and check that delivered outcomes stay within preregistered statistical bounds. Results are reported as certificates with explicit radii, not point estimates.

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20653331

Working paper · v7.5

A Classification Framework for Temporal Contact Graphs: Morphology, Confinement, and the Routing Efficiency Frontier

Sorts temporal contact graphs by morphology and confinement, and maps the routing-efficiency frontier across the resulting families. Versioned working paper; v7.5 is current.

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18851385

Essay · PDF

You Cannot Ship Propellant to Jupiter

The math of scheduled networks and covered wagons: why adding a route can make a rail system worse, and why space route topology has to be right the first time. Companion essay to the policy brief below.

Read the essay (PDF)

Policy brief · PDF

Why You Can’t Ship Propellant to Jupiter

Cryogenic supply-chain feasibility for outer solar system operations. Shorter, decision-oriented companion to the essay above.

Read the brief (PDF)

Software

Code that backs the claims

Software · GitHub · MIT

TIN — Tolerant Interplanetary Network

Foundation code for contact-plan routing: scenario configuration, routing over scheduled links, and a verifier that re-derives the published claims from shipped artifacts. Tests run in CI on every push.

github.com/toxic2040/TIN