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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
+import pandas as pd
+from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
+
+
+# Configure logging for CI readiness
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format='[%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class AnalysisError(Exception):
+    """Custom exception for scheduling analysis errors."""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AnalysisResult:
+    """Data model for analysis results."""
+    max_outlier_effect: float
+    resonance_band_shift: float
+    metrics: Dict[str, Any]
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return asdict(self)
+
+
+
+def _validate_input_data(data: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    if not isinstance(data, list):
+        raise AnalysisError("Input 'data' must be a list of dictionaries.")
+    if not data:
+        raise AnalysisError("Input data list is empty.")
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(data)
+    required_cols = {"run_id", "metric_name", "metric_value", "mechanism"}
+
+    missing = required_cols - set(df.columns)
+    if missing:
+        raise AnalysisError(f"Missing required fields: {', '.join(missing)}")
+
+    # Validate metric_value types
+    if not pd.api.types.is_numeric_dtype(df["metric_value"]):
+        raise AnalysisError("Field 'metric_value' must be numeric.")
+
+    logger.debug("Input data validation passed with %d rows.", len(df))
+    return df
+
+
+def analyze_scheduling_effects(data: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Analysiert die Auswirkungen von Scheduling-Mechanismen auf Resonanzband und Max-Outlier."""
+
+    df = _validate_input_data(data)
+
+    # Group by mechanism and metric_name for aggregation
+    try:
+        pivot = (
+            df.pivot_table(
+                index="mechanism",
+                columns="metric_name",
+                values="metric_value",
+                aggfunc="mean",
+            )
+            .reset_index()
+            .fillna(0.0)
+        )
+    except Exception as exc:
+        raise AnalysisError(f"Failed to pivot data for analysis: {exc}") from exc
+
+    if pivot.empty:
+        raise AnalysisError("Pivot table generated no data.")
+
+    logger.debug("Pivot table created with shape: %s", pivot.shape)
+
+    # Compute max_outlier_effect — difference between max and min of max_outlier_ms
+    if "max_outlier_ms" in pivot.columns:
+        max_outlier_effect = float(pivot["max_outlier_ms"].max() - pivot["max_outlier_ms"].min())
+    else:
+        max_outlier_effect = 0.0
+    logger.debug("Calculated max_outlier_effect: %.4f", max_outlier_effect)
+
+    # Compute resonance_band_shift — difference between mean band_width_h across mechanisms
+    if "band_width_h" in pivot.columns:
+        resonance_band_shift = float(pivot["band_width_h"].max() - pivot["band_width_h"].min())
+    else:
+        resonance_band_shift = 0.0
+    logger.debug("Calculated resonance_band_shift: %.4f", resonance_band_shift)
+
+    # Collect additional metrics summary
+    metrics_summary = {}
+    for metric in pivot.columns:
+        if metric == "mechanism":
+            continue
+        metrics_summary[metric] = {
+            "mean": float(pivot[metric].mean()),
+            "std": float(pivot[metric].std(ddof=0)),
+        }
+
+    logger.debug("Metrics summary computed for %d metrics.", len(metrics_summary))
+
+    result = AnalysisResult(
+        max_outlier_effect=max_outlier_effect,
+        resonance_band_shift=resonance_band_shift,
+        metrics=metrics_summary,
+    )
+
+    # Simple CI consistency check
+    assert all(key in result.to_dict() for key in ["max_outlier_effect", "resonance_band_shift", "metrics"]), (
+        "Result missing expected keys."
+    )
+
+    return result.to_dict()