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the corrected recommendation for `ϖ`: inside the band, weighing the incident rate

2026-09-26 · settled · DECISIONS.md line 5388

Maintainer decision, landed by the follow-up, superseding the round's "lexical minimum with a margin". The admissible band is D − w < ϖ < (D − w)/p_min, nonempty iff p_min < 1 (BRIAFollowup.weight_band); inside it ϖ trades the incident rate ∝ 1/(ϖ − D + w) and blind-spot protection ϖ(1 − p) against consultation frequency. Recommended: the upper half of the band — the per-incident loss a fixed fraction of D − w, say ϖ = 2(D − w) when p_min < 1/2 — with drills lowering the effective p_min; not the lexical minimum, which sets the per-incident loss to the margin. The incident-rate statement it weighs is the signed bound under competitiveness with an o(K) allowance (incidents_le_signed, rate_le_of_competitive); the round's positive-part bound allowed a constant rate and is corrected. Rejected alternative: ϖ = D − w + margin.

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