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selection

vr.tr.selection · ACT.PRC

Let an agent handle selection as a decision process with options, criteria, method and accountability, and make its own choices transparent.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle selection as a decision process with options, criteria, method and accountability, and make its own choices transparent.

The act or process of choosing among alternatives according to criteria, including prioritisation, triage and preference rules, in management, policy and daily decisions.

What it is for: Choosing well among options when resources are limited.

It can be define criteria; rank and prioritise options; document and justify decisions; review and appeal choices.

Distinguishing features

Choosing among alternatives

Needs explicit criteria to be fair

Preference rules can discriminate

Natural selection in biology is a different sense

What it looks like

Shortlists, rankings, scoring matrices and decisions.

How it is recognised

Criteria and scores

Ranked lists and priorities

Triage categories

Related models

is a kind of - process

decision making

uses - assessment

evaluation

is confused with - biology

natural selection

is regulated by - fairness

equality and procurement law

In practice

Families and kinds

prioritisation

triage

personnel selection

procurement selection

preference policies

Standards and regulation

Equality law on selection

Public procurement law

Clinical triage guidelines

Failure modes and hazards

Biased criteria

Opaque decisions

Unlawful preference rules

Also called

prioritizationfunctional analysismanagement priorityBusiness triagenational preferenceregional preferencehealth prioritiesrequirement prioritizationseniorityCommunity preferenceteacher selectiontargetinghypothesis eliminationAdaptive material designhabitat selectionerizeniendogenous selectionexogenous selectionselecting a turkey or goose for dinnerNgalamaropt-outnoaperture priority and shutter speed prioritynature of the yearpersonnel selectiondecision pointshort listvoting behaviorparametrizationSetupmake or buyAction selectionDesign choiceEquilibrium selectionadvertising media selectionmodel selectionsite selectionoccupational choicesex selectionhiring

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.selection

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Options What is chosen from.

Options define the choice.

Option set

Alternatives.

Options

The options.

  1. What options are available? definition
  2. Were any excluded, and why? boundary

Constraints

Limits.

Constraints

Constraints.

  1. What constraints apply? definition
  2. Who set them? provenance
Criteria How options are judged.

Criteria must be explicit.

Criteria list

What counts.

Criteria

Criteria and weights.

  1. Which criteria and weights are used? definition
  2. Are they relevant and lawful? boundary

Evidence

Scoring basis.

Evidence

Evidence for scores.

  1. What evidence supports each score? provenance
  2. Who scored? provenance
Decision The choice.

Decisions need records.

Outcome

What was chosen.

Outcome

The decision.

  1. What was selected, and why? provenance
  2. Who decided? provenance

Transparency

Explanation.

Transparency

Explanation.

  1. Can the decision be explained to those affected? boundary
  2. Is the record kept? provenance
Fairness Bias and appeal.

Selections must be fair.

Bias

Discrimination risk.

Bias

Bias checks.

  1. Could the criteria discriminate? boundary
  2. Was an impact assessment done? provenance

Appeal

Challenges.

Appeal

Appeal route.

  1. How can the decision be challenged? action
  2. Within what time? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should kinds of selection be separate entries?
  • How should agents explain their own selections?
  • How should preference policies be assessed for legality?
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