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SYSE.51:3 - Forces

Additional work may change the decision or merely increase cost. Intermediate evaluators help allocate effort while being fallible and expensive themselves. Parallel branches reduce some waiting but consume aggregate capacity. Reserving means for completion reduces exploratory capacity yet preserves the possibility of delivering the result.