select-solution-variants

Purpose

Select candidate variants under fitness, novelty, constraint, and diversity criteria without premature collapse.

Input contract

required: [variant_population, selection_criteria]
optional: [hard_constraints, diversity_target, protected_niches]
constraints: [criteria weights or vetoes must be explicit]

Procedure

1. Remove variants violating hard constraints.
2. Score fitness, novelty, and diversity for the eligible set.
3. Select a portfolio and record excluded variants and reasons.

Output contract

produces: [selected_variants, exclusion_register, selection_scores]
delta_fields: [findings, uncertainties, decisions]

Quality gates