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PathwayMemory
Learned routing memory: problem_class → route → outcome_quality
Definition
Mechanism
A Cache of routing outcomes, recording (problem_class, route_chosen, outcome_quality) tuples. Enables a dispatching Solver to learn which routes produce better results for which problem types. The RootSolver's PathwayMemory is the architecture's most consequential site of compounding — it sees how every problem enters the system, and its accumulated routing decisions determine which reasoning highways densify over time. Every dispatching node has its own PathwayMemory; they are not shared, but can be aggregated for cross-node learning.
Invariants
- Append-only within a session: historical records are not edited, only new entries added.
- Scoped: each PathwayMemory belongs to exactly one dispatching node.
Risks
Failure modes
Poisoned entries (false outcome_quality from compromised writers) silently bias all downstream routing without triggering any failure mode.
Stale entries reflecting outdated problem distributions mislead current routing; no automatic aging.
Cross-node aggregation without provenance contaminates local routing with off-domain signal.
Caution
Silent contamination vector — poisoned entries bias all downstream routing decisions without triggering failure modes. Integrity of writers must be enforced.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Keyed storage for reusing previously obtained values
Used by
References
Keep evaluated structures in three layers: an inclusive archive, a selective serving layer and an experimental frontier
Deepen only while expected improvement plus an exploration credit, divided by incremental cost, exceeds a domain threshold
Solvers that operate on the solver tree itself — monitoring topology, detecting redundancy and drift, arbitrating across decomposition paths
Infrastructure
Typed artifact emitted by a Solver's Feedback surface — downstream evaluation that feeds Pathway Memory
Society
Verification gate for signed, clause-specific rejection records
Composes with
Society
High-velocity solver requiring parallel runtime
Solver implementing the five-surface contract (polymorphic across substrates)
Apex triage node of a SolverTree, with Pathway Memory as its compounding learning site
Reference
Data schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"entries"
],
"properties": {
"entries": {
"type": "array",
"description": "List of routing records",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"problem_class",
"route_chosen",
"outcome_quality"
],
"properties": {
"problem_class": {
"type": "string"
},
"route_chosen": {
"type": "string"
},
"outcome_quality": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
}
}
}