| name | factorial-ideation |
| description | DOE thinking: identify factors, define levels, and explore combinations to systematically cover the design space. |
| execution | strategy |
| used-by | systematic-enumeration |
Factorial Ideation
Apply Design of Experiments (DOE) thinking to ideation: identify key factors, define their levels, and systematically explore combinations.
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 |
|---|
| gap-driven-generation | Generate ideas for uncovered factor combinations |
| evaluation-filtering | Score and filter factorial-derived ideas |
Available SOPs
| SOP | Role |
|---|
| factor-level-design | Identify factors, define levels, build experiment matrix |
| coverage-gap-detection | Find unexplored regions in factorial space |
| failure-driven-generation | Generate solutions for problematic combinations |
| enumeration-synthesis | Synthesize factorial exploration into idea report |
Execution Guidance
- Identify factors: Determine key dimensions that define the solution space
- Define levels: For each factor, enumerate possible values/states
- Design matrix: Run factor-level-design to build the experiment matrix
- Detect gaps: Run coverage-gap-detection on the factorial space
- Generate: Propose solutions for high-priority unexplored combinations
- Filter: Apply evaluation-filtering to rank generated ideas
- Synthesize: Produce structured report via enumeration-synthesis
