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PHD-08 · Quant method

Decision and Authorization Latency in NASA Programs: a cliometric analysis of pr

Cliometric analysis of decision and authorization latency against program cost, schedule, and mission cadence across NASA programs, 1958 to 2026.

PASS-WITH-REVISIONLow Risk

Stage

8 / 8

Brain Minting

Evidence

75%

Readiness

Citations

95%

ARGOS readiness

Will Mint

1 brain

coll-phd_08

Gate Condition

Add survivorship/cancellation selection rival (binding); add a LATE-heterogeneity estimand paragraph; cite Dwyer 2018 (Acta); fix ref-17 Fogel label.

Next action: Apply the ratified binding revision before any execution-stage advance.

Foundational Research Chain

The provenance-tracked research products that lead up to and substantiate this dissertation. Each artifact is the output of a required pipeline stage and is linked below.

  1. Prospectus & data-provenance charterStage 0
    prospectus.md
  2. Multi-perspective interrogation (mind-map, open questions, grounded claims)Stage 0.75
    mindmap.mdopen_questions.jsonlgrounded_claims.jsonl
  3. Provenance-tagged research corpusPhase 1
    corpus.jsonl
  4. Dissertation (literature & PRISMA review, contribution, methods, results)Stages 1-6
    dissertation.mdPHD-08.docx
  5. ARGOS citation auditArchivist gate
    CITATION_AUDIT.md
  6. Conclave defense deck (source; rendered .pptx on disk)Stage 8
    deck.md
  7. SuperStack prose-integrity reportProse gate
    superstack_report.md

Interrogation panel (Hall of Shoulders)

50 open questions and 42 grounded claims drawn from 44 graded sources, raised by 8 thinker-brains:

allisoncallaway_santannaforrestermaddisonmintzbergnorthpearltaleb

Defense Readiness

Pipeline progress100%
x
Evidence readiness75%
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Citation readiness95%
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Theory anchor

Mission Program Execution Management

ARGOS Citations (0)

No tracked citations yet.