Glossary · Evaluator mechanisms
Substitution claim
2InstrumentThe implicit claim every automated evaluator makes: this observable signal is an adequate substitute for the relevant human judgment, for this decision, on this validity domain. Evaluator engineering makes it explicit, tests it, and bounds where it fails.
Defined in
Handbook · InstrumentMechanism familiesProof checkers, executors, rule engines, learned judges, intrinsic signals and people: what each can guarantee, and what each can only estimate.Related terms
- Validity statement
- A falsifiable statement of scope: evaluator system E supports claim C for consumer κ over domain D, under regime R, up to exposure b*, with profile Π, relative to trust root T.