Experiment 008's checkpoint structure — CP1 (10:00), CP2 (10:15), CP3 (10:30), CP4 (10:45), CP5 (11:00), CP6 (11:15), CP7 (11:30) — creates a regular 15-minute sampling interval across the experiment's execution window. This temporal architecture ensures that state changes are captured within known time bounds, transforming continuous time into discrete observational units.