HCD.4:4.4 - Make a Bounded Choice Under C.11
When a bounded choice is requested, obtain the inputs and conditions required by C.11:
C.11 input or condition | HCD.4 use |
|---|---|
DecisionSubject and DecisionSubjectGranularity | The actual chooser and chooser-bearing level. Do not default to generic Agent; route unresolved agency to A.13. |
OptionSet | Concrete options already on the table. HCD.4 does not generate a missing programme alternative. |
PreferenceOrder or EvaluativeMeasure | The explicit comparison basis, including protected claims and unacceptable critical errors. |
BeliefState | Current uncertainty, evidence limits, and live rivals shared across the options. |
OutcomeModel | How the options and uncertainty map to the consequences that matter for this choice. |
| dependence layer | Evidential by default; causal, counterfactual, subjunctive, or other heavier dependence requires its own current support. |
ChoiceRule | The condition under which choose now, reject current set, probe again, or reroute is lawful. |
| probe-worthiness | When inquiry is live under C.11—through a current proposal, consequential uncertainty or an applicable requirement that could change the choice or warranted use—obtain the relevant ProbeActionSet, ProbeBudget, CostToProbe, and value of information or computation. Otherwise these fields do not apply to finishing the supported choice. |
| governance | Holder participation and the chooser’s applicable authority; authorization, commitment, and later execution remain separate. |
If a required input, condition, or necessary current/target evidence is absent, keep the profile comparison and recommendation if they are supported, then return profile-decision-blocked with the missing value, blocked choice, safe boundary, and retry condition.
With the required inputs and conditions established, the chooser applies the explicit ChoiceRule to the current comparison basis, dependence layer and any applicable inquiry values. Emit a ChoiceResult with the lawful disposition, its reason and the next question specified by C.11. The decision record documents this application, the inputs used and the emitted result.
Finish an already supported choice without creating a study, empty probe fields or a separate justification for omitting inquiry. Keep the profile, actual choice grounds and any short reason or limitation needed by this decision or a later recipient in that same result. A live feasible probe can still be selected when its attainable contribution justifies its whole burden. An evidence limit remains a limit when acquisition is not selected.