RFR-A635AB65 — Map boundary conditions and failure regimes: Recommendation

Research opportunity

Map boundary conditions and failure regimes for the claims or recommendations in “Recommendation.”

Background

The originating artifact is accepted by the repository publishing inventory with status “active (inferred from publishable inventory).” Its Recommendation section provides the immediate evidence boundary.

Evidence trace

• Origin document: knowledge-platform/search-architecture.md
• Section: Recommendation
• Specific assumption challenged: The source's treatment in “Recommendation” is sufficiently supported for its intended scope.
• Supporting evidence excerpt: “Use hybrid retrieval: - Metadata filters for precision - BM25 or equivalent lexical search for exact terminology - Embedding search for semantic recall - Graph traversal for concept-aware expansion and citation paths”
• Reason this opportunity exists: The conditions under which the documented recommendation weakens, reverses, or creates a competing cost.

Unknowns

• The conditions under which the documented recommendation weakens, reverses, or creates a competing cost.

Dependencies

• RFR-903C0F3D

Suggested REP and methodology

• Suggested REP: REP-RECOMMENDATION-BOUNDARY
• Methodology: Use a factorial stress test across task, user, context, device, and consequence variables; model interactions rather than relying on aggregate means.
• Expected outputs: Boundary-condition matrix, failure taxonomy, interaction model, and revised scope statement.
• Success criteria: At least one credible failure regime is tested and the valid operating envelope is quantitatively described.
• Recommended agent: experimentation-research-agent
• Estimated effort: Medium
• Expected knowledge gained: The conditions under which the documented recommendation weakens, reverses, or creates a competing cost.

Evaluation

Confidence in this opportunity: moderate. Status: Open.