final Thread[] readerThreads = new Thread[readerThreadCount];
        final java.util.List<Boolean>[] observations = new java.util.List[readerThreadCount];
        final CountDownLatch startLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);

        // Initialize observation lists
        for (int i = 0; i < readerThreadCount; i++) {
            observations[i] = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
        }