VK-IRA v1.0
Validity-Kernel Iterative Repair Architecture
有效核迭代修復架構 — Research Specification
Status: Strong Domain-General Architecture Candidate
Release meaning: architecture/specification stabilization
Not claimed: universality, complete correctness, certified global precision/recall
作者: Neo.K
機構: EveMissLab/一言諾科技有限公司
日期: 2026-10-07(整理日期;原稿未標註日期)
版本: v1.0
0. Core Thesis
An artifact should not be treated as a binary object that is either wholly correct or wholly invalid.
Instead:
Locate what remains valid, identify what fails, model propagation, and apply the least destructive justified intervention.
1. Universal Object
O=⟨Content,Representation,Domain,Dependencies,Provenance,Version,History⟩.
2. Validity Domain
D(O)=⟨Type,Scope,Time,Input,Scale,Assumptions,Runtime,Evidence,Authority,Representation⟩.
Domain profiles may add specialized coordinates.
3. Validity Kernel
K(O∣D)⊆O.
Candidate kernels may be non-unique:
K(O∣D)={K1,…,Km}.
Residual:
R(O∣D)=O∖K(O∣D).
4. Typed Causal Dependency Graph
GVK=(V,E,τV,τE).
Example edge types:
proves
calls
depends-on
derived-from
reported-as
transmitted-by
amends
supersedes
contaminates
amplifies
controls
retains
interpreted-as
represents
converts
5. Representation Adapters
Li⟶AiLi+1.
Each adapter carries:
Πi=⟨Semantics,Units,Dimensions,Scale,Sign,Domain,Identity,Ordering,Uncertainty,Provenance⟩.
6. First-Failure Localization
j⋆=min{j:Closure(Aj)=fail}.
Then:
Origin(R)=Aj⋆.
Downstream states caused by the same origin are:
inherited_manifestation
rather than automatically new independent residuals.
7. Blast Radius
Static:
BR(R,G).
Dynamic:
DBR(R,G,t)=⟨Cone,Gain,ThresholdTime,Recoverability,Criticality⟩.
LocalError=LocalConsequence
8. Decision Set
Decision∈{repair,restrict,redefine,reroute,replace,split,merge,reclassify,reattribute,rollback,fork,retire,defer,abstain,reopen}.
abstain means checked evidence does not justify intervention.
defer means a known/suspected residual exists but cannot yet be responsibly resolved.
9. Minimum-Disturbance Repair
P⋆=argPminDisturbance(K,P)
subject to:
Resolve(P,R⋆)=1.
Maximum Local Precision+Minimum Global Disturbance
10. Closure
Generic closure requires:
- target residual addressed or explicitly deferred;
- validity kernel rechecked;
- dependency boundary checked;
- representation boundaries checked;
- no new unsupported claim introduced;
- certificate updated.
Domain profiles add specialized closure.
11. Oracle Governance
A benchmark oracle must pass:
temporal_validity:
artifact_layer_relevance:
semantic_change:
interpretable_correction_target:
blind_phase_independence:
CommitMessage="fix"=QualifiedOracle
ChangedFile=ChangedExecutableSemantics
12. Blindness Levels
B0 fully blind
B1 structure-qualified blind
B2 target-known semi-blind
B3 mechanism-partially-known
B4 open oracle
Metrics from different blindness levels must not be silently pooled.
13. Validation Coverage
Γval=⟨Source,Data,Model,Specification,Inference,Runtime,Reporting,ExternalValidity,Representation⟩.
Each coordinate may be:
checked_pass
checked_fail
blocked
not_checked
unknown
not_applicable
NotChecked=CheckedPass
14. Provenance
VK-IRA distinguishes:
- artifact provenance;
- source provenance;
- wording lineage;
- idea lineage;
- authority/version lineage;
- incident provenance;
- root-cause provenance;
- signal provenance.
15. Core Invariants Learned by v1.0
ErrorExists=CoreDestroyed
HistoricalMention=ActiveResidual
Interpretation=OntologicalIdentity
BrokenProof=FalseTheorem
ParsedRepresentationError=SourceError
PublicDomain=AuthorityToRewriteVersionHistory
BugDetection=PatchEquivalence
UnableToReplay=FailedReplication
NoKnownCorrection=NoError
Superseded=HistoricallyFalse
DimensionallyCorrect=PhysicallyValid
LoadCompleted=DataLoadedCompletely
HighScore=Generalization
ComponentSize=Criticality
DetectedSignal=BiologicalOrigin
LexicalSimilarity=SemanticEquivalence
ResidualOrigin=ResidualManifestation
16. Benchmark Integrity
All attempted benchmark cases remain visible:
- successful detections;
- negative controls;
- abstentions;
- misses;
- blocked cases;
- partial oracles;
- invalid oracles.
17. v1.0 Pipeline
Ot→Parse→D→Adapters→K→R→Gtyped→BR/DBR→Decision→Patch/Abstain→Sandbox→Closure→OracleGovernance→Certificate→Ot+1
18. v1.0 Claim Boundary
Supported
Strong Domain-General Error-Governance Architecture Candidate
Not supported
The first campaign does not establish:
- universal applicability;
- completeness;
- optimality;
- guaranteed correctness;
- known global precision/recall;
- superiority to all domain-specific validation systems.
19. Open Requirements for v1.x / v2.0
- Clean external empirical full-replay positive oracle.
- Preregistered benchmark corpus.
- Independent third-party/model reproduction.
- Adversarial false-positive benchmark.
- Multi-residual interactions.
- Conflicting validators/oracles.
- Real-time streaming artifacts.
- Large dependency graphs.
- Automated certificate generation.
- Formal treatment of kernel non-uniqueness and repair optimality.
20. Final v1.0 Status
release: VK-IRA-v1.0
type: research_specification
domain_general_status: strong_candidate
universal_status: not_claimed
benchmark_campaign: Run01-33
negative_controls_present: true
misses_preserved: true
invalid_oracles_preserved: true
cross_representation_test: complete
external_empirical_full_replay_positive: open
independent_reproduction: open
statistical_performance_certification: open