Glossary · Optimization and failure dynamics
Common-mode assurance
4ValidationSupposedly independent evaluators share a model family, data, prompts, or evidence and therefore fail together. Measure channel coupling and diversify mechanisms across development and certification.
Defined in
Handbook · PracticeAnti-patterns and failure vocabularySeventeen named ways evaluator systems fail, each with its tell, its layer and its fix.Related terms
- Channel coupling
- Dependence among supposedly independent assurance channels, measured by joint miss rates: does one channel miss what the other misses? High coupling means the Swiss-cheese holes line up.