{
  "handle": "Satisfice",
  "mechanism": "Threshold Acceptance: Define minimum acceptable criteria upfront. Evaluate options sequentially. Accept first option meeting all thresholds. Stop searching. Optimality is sacrificed for speed and cognitive efficiency. It implements a relaxed version of {{optimal_stop}}, terminating the search as soon as the first valid candidate is found.",
  "gloss": "Optimizing for speed via threshold acceptance",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Threshold Drift: Unconsciously lowering standards during the search to force a match."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Threshold cannot change mid-search."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "{{option}} space enumerable.",
    "Acceptance threshold defined.",
    "Evaluation function exists."
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "{{option}} meeting threshold found OR space exhausted.",
    "No backtracking occurred.",
    "{{decision}} final."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
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    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Satisfice#mh:SHA-256:29ce1b5967705cc8c613f750d35c2481d311a1c9308c1959cfd812635e2faf0e",
  "sema_ref": "Satisfice#29ce",
  "sema_stub": "29ce",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "decision": "sema:Decision#mh:SHA-256:b1407127acd4a39314fc24b418310e4b95e0347e4e22f376151ab765e2dfd2c7",
      "optimal_stop": "sema:OptimalStop#mh:SHA-256:975a03119434e7abb3e4fb2e7176865203b46f9a6f282630c454303f8507157a",
      "option": "sema:Option#mh:SHA-256:134bea703754281f36b52e9e6901090a3db9ce84f0d843a8e1d18151c0c5beb0"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "ScopeFreeze": "sema:ScopeFreeze#mh:SHA-256:548e48a88048b5383250dbf480e0b52ed61ed9cc2fd947d89fac68edc9737d21"
    }
  }
}