Deterministic calculation and uncertainty workflow

Combined calculation-uncertainty budget

Keep independent uncertainty components visible and combine them only under a declared model.

Required inputs

Named uncertainty components

Common output unit

Dependence assumptions

Coverage policy

Ordered execution

Work the protocol

  1. 1

    Convert components to one unit.

  2. 2

    Separate bounded bias from standard uncertainty.

  3. 3

    State whether components are independent.

  4. 4

    Use root-sum-square only for independent standard components.

  5. 5

    Compare the result with every relevant decision boundary.

Outputs

  • Component table
  • Combined uncertainty
  • Boundary-stability decisions

Done only when

  • Every component has provenance.
  • Combination assumptions are stated.
  • Unstable categorical outputs are withheld.

Fail closed

Refusal conditions

  • Unlike units are combined.
  • Correlated terms are treated as independent.
  • Unknown uncertainty is entered as zero.

Recomputable fixture

Calculation receipt

The output and digest are derived from the displayed inputs. The fixture demonstrates the operation, not an astrological prediction.

operation root-sum-square-uncertainty

input.components 0.02,0.03,0.01

output.combinedStandardUncertainty 0.037416574

sha256:7ccaffff4a74b08fc443b5588e37f64e84d14fcfafc1cc5832c5b82c7dcf6823

Uncertainty: The receipt demonstrates the declared combination rule; correlated, bounded, or unknown components require a different model.