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C.29.1:8 - Common Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

Anti-patternHow it changes the answerRepair
“The numbers match in both formulas.”Matching sampled values can conceal different domains or operations.Derive the comparison for the claimed domain, or limit the conclusion to the cases established.
Naming an on-hand total “available”The name conceals reserved stock; the same display permits and forbids a reservation.Construct n − r and compare the update and its condition.
Choosing a convenient representativeThe chosen route’s cost is assigned to a summary that also represents other costs.Establish independence or define the intended class operation, such as minimum over compatible routes.
Transferring arithmetic while dropping availabilityThe cost 1 + 2 is correct for a route composition that is unavailable.Restore the permission or history needed for composition; otherwise use the relaxed minimum only as a bound.
Reversing a many-to-one map without justificationEqual receiving values are treated as identical source states or as a unique source action.Retain a distinguishing quantity or construct an allowed source witness for the specific result.
Treating one preserved quantity as a complete stateCorrect mean evolution is used to infer an unresolved maximum.Express the query in retained variables and bound or restore the missing contrast.
Rejecting every inexact transferA sufficient threshold bound is discarded because it is not a reconstructed value.Compare the justified bound with the actual decision.
Treating physical interpretation as another algebraic equalityA correct thermal derivation is taken to validate its exchange law for actual bodies.State the model’s physical premises and establish their application through physical and measurement work.