Decision Legitimacy System Graph

This graph is the canonical transformation path for the Decision Legitimacy system.

Problem Space
    │  bounded ambiguity and candidate variables
    ▼
Framework
    │  decision rules and legitimacy tests
    ▼
Judgment Authority
    │  authority, delegation, and responsibility conditions
    ▼
Applications
    │  instantiated logic under real-world constraints
    ▼
Reports
    │  empirical validation, contradictions, and findings
    ▼
Services
    │  live interventions and operational evidence
    ▼
Cognitive Assets
    │  recoverable reasoning memory
    ▼
Feedback Loop ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
    │                                                              │
    ├── refines Framework                                          │
    ├── improves Judgment Authority                                │
    └── expands Problem Space discovery ───────────────────────────┘

The Growth Layer surrounds the transition from Cognitive Assets to the Feedback Loop:

                  META SYSTEM
     lifecycle · rules · optimization · feedback
                         │
                  GROWTH LAYER
       capability improvement across repeated cycles
                         │
                 COGNITIVE ASSETS
             intermediate system memory

Closed-Loop Principle

Problem Space → Framework → Judgment Authority → Applications → Reports → Services → Cognitive Assets → Feedback Loop → Problem Space

No layer is terminal. Every node depends on prior system state, produces a transformation, improves a future capability, and can modify upstream reasoning through feedback.

Applied Framework Relationship

Decision Legitimacy
    │  applied in
    ▼
Shop Risk Check
    ├── applies: judgment authority
    ├── applies: responsibility allocation
    ├── applies: irreversible commitment analysis
    ├── applies: structured judgment
    └── domain:
        small business leases
        store acquisition
        franchise decisions
        renewal decisions
        business exit judgment