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O/A/P channelsO / A / P

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Three separated measurement channels: an optimized channel (O), cheap, dense, and allowed to co-evolve; an anchor channel (A) that certifies independently and stays out of training objectives; and a production channel (P) of real outcomes and incidents.

Also called: evaluation separation of powers, optimized, anchor and production channels

Defined in

Handbook · LifecycleChannels, independence, and anchor burnSeparate the signal you optimize, the one that certifies, and the one that reports reality. Then budget every bit of anchor information you spend.
Anchor burn
Loss of a holdout's or anchor channel's independence as its information is fed back into optimization. Track it in an anchor-burn ledger and refresh exposed items.
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.
Frame review
The governance process that asks whether the construct and objective themselves remain appropriate — logically prior to verifying performance against them.

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