Terms and contracts¶
Use the linked guide for the definition's implementation context and limits.
| Term | Meaning here | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| TCPCI | Test case prioritization in continuous integration | Concepts |
| Prioritization | Ordering candidate tests | Policies |
| Selection | Choosing scheduled work under a constraint | Experiments, finite coverage |
| MAB | Multi-armed bandit; a family of adaptive decision methods | Research |
| Context | Features available before the decision | Point-in-time observations |
| Reward | A transformed learning signal | Policies and rewards |
| NAPFD / APFDc | Prioritization-quality metrics exposed as native fitness / cost |
Evaluation |
| HCS | Highly configurable system | Configurable systems |
| WTS / VTS | Whole test set / variant test set strategies | WTS and VTS |
| RunSpec | Typed, resolved configuration for a native experiment | Spec API |
| Run ID | Compatibility-aware hash prefix of canonical configuration | Run identity |
| Provenance | Retained source, producer, configuration and environment identities | Architecture, versioned results |
| Native projection | Explicit interpretation of analytical observations for replay | Input format |
| Checkpoint | Persisted state for continuing an experiment | First run |
| Completion receipt | Contract-specific marker binding a fully published set of verified artifacts | Source materialization |
| Outcome availability | When an outcome is available under the declared source meaning | Observations |
| Receipt time | When the application first received an observation | Observations |
| Repository family | Reviewed grouping for potentially shared source evidence | Repeated observations |
| Protected comparison | Evaluation with frozen candidates, access rules and declared assumptions | Protected evaluation |
| Insufficient evidence | An explicit result when the protocol cannot justify a decision | Evaluation guide |
| Shadow evaluation | Recording recommendations while required CI continues | Shadow workflow |
| MCP | Optional transport for bounded application tools | Application API |