> became highly developed over two decades but is not in the public literature.

Developed by who? And for what purpose? Are we talking about overlap with stuff like missile guidance systems or targeting control systems or something, and kept confidential by the military-industrial complex? I'm having a hard time seeing many other scenarios that would explain a large body of people doing research in this area and then not publishing anything.

> I can’t identify anyone on the team that is an expert in a relevant area of computer science theory

Who is an expert on this theory then?