Glossary · Validity and evidence
Swiss cheese model
Assurance from stacking validation methods, each a slice whose holes are its limitations. It works only if the holes do not line up, which joint miss rates across channels measure.
Also called: Swiss cheese
Defined in
Handbook · Validity under pressureGoodhart pressure and self-confirming loopsReward hacking needs an exploit; self-confirmation needs only a shared blind spot. Tell them apart and measure the coupling behind both.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.
Where it comes up
- Channels, independence, and anchor burnHandbook · Lifecycle