Cognitive Skills Benchmarking Framework

Overview

A rigorous framework for A/B/C testing reasoning patterns to empirically determine which cognitive methodologies perform best across problem categories. This framework enables data-driven pattern selection rather than heuristic-based choices.

Why Benchmark?

Different reasoning patterns (ToT, BoT, SRC, HE, AR, DR, AT, RTR, NDF) claim different strengths, but without empirical measurement:

• We cannot validate these claims
• We cannot quantify trade-offs (quality vs. cost vs. time)
• We cannot track improvement over time
• Pattern selection remains subjective

This framework provides scientific rigor to cognitive skill evaluation.

Benchmark Structure