Design Space Exploration

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name: design-space-exploration
description: Parametric variation + constraint satisfaction combinatorial search
execution: strategy
used-by: combinatorial-creativity
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# Design Space Exploration

Parametric variation + constraint satisfaction combinatorial search. Systematically explore the combinatorial design space by varying parameters under constraints to find novel viable configurations.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |

## HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| combination-mapping | Enumerate parameter dimensions and generate viable combinations |
| emergence-detection | Detect emergent properties in novel configurations |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| input-space-construction | Build parameter spaces for design dimensions |
| generic-space-extraction | Extract shared constraints across configurations |
| emergent-property-identification | Identify non-additive properties in novel configurations |
| combinatorial-synthesis | Synthesize design space exploration outputs |

## Execution Guidance

1. **Define Parameters**: Identify independent design dimensions
2. **Set Constraints**: Define hard constraints (must satisfy) and soft constraints (prefer)
3. **Enumerate**: Use combination-mapping to systematically generate configurations
4. **Filter**: Apply constraint satisfaction to eliminate infeasible combinations
5. **Explore White Space**: Focus on unexplored regions of the feasible space
6. **Evaluate Emergence**: Check novel configurations for emergent properties
7. **Synthesize**: Compile viable novel configurations into structured proposals