Infrastructure · Primitives
Budget
Resource allocation limit
Definition
Mechanism
A quantified allocation of resources (compute, time, energy) that bounds execution against a finite pool. Whether the bound is enforced strictly or admits overdraft is a descendant concern; what Budget fixes is that consumption is accounted for rather than merely permitted.
Preconditions
- Total budget defined
Postconditions
- Budget decremented by cost
Invariants
- Conservation of account: every change to Remaining corresponds to a recorded consumption or refund.
Risks
Failure modes
None stated.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Physics
An invariant quantity preserved under a closed system's transformations — a substrate law
Used by
References
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Finite allocatable entity
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Temporal bounding of exploration
The application of effort to reduce entropy
Reference
Data schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"total",
"remaining",
"unit"
],
"properties": {
"total": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The initial allocated amount"
},
"remaining": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The current available amount"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"Tokens",
"USD",
"Ms"
],
"description": "The unit of measurement"
}
}
}