/** * rigor/validity-parity.test.js — possibilistic validity metadata. * * Pins the Cella-FVN-inspired validity layer: * - every check result carries a validity block {label, operator, regime, * sources, conflictMass, validifiedPossibility, nonMaxitive} * - unlabeled relations default to heuristic; a labeled relation * propagates its label through identity/max fusion * - max (disjunctive) fusion preserves the weakest source label * - interior OWA/averaging is non-maxitive and always heuristic * - min (conjunctive) fusion is approximate at best, surfaces the * conflict mass (1 - possibility), and exposes the arbitrary-regime * validification min(1, K*possibility) * - product-style operators (exclusion, defeasible) are always heuristic * - reliability and validity are distinct: reliability stays the scalar * confidence; validity tracks the epistemic label */ import { describe, it } from 'node:test'; import assert from 'node:assert/strict'; import { rigor } from '@rigor/core'; import { Arbiter } from '../../src/index.js'; import { buildValidity, mergeValidity, weakestValidity, DEFAULT_VALIDITY } from '../../src/core/validity.js'; const child = (r) => ({ type: 'direct', relation: r }); function mk() { const a = new Arbiter(); a.addNode('u:0', 'user'); a.addNode('d:0', 'doc'); a.addNode('g:0', 'group'); return a; } describe('Possibilistic validity metadata (rigor)', () => { it('FIXED: labels, operators, conflict mass, validification per kind', () => { // direct unlabeled -> heuristic identity { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { type: 'direct', relation: 'r1' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r1', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.8 }); const r = a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0'); assert.equal(r.validity.label, 'heuristic'); assert.equal(r.validity.operator, 'identity'); assert.deepEqual(r.validity.sources, ['r1']); assert.equal(r.validity.conflictMass, 0); } // labeled direct propagates its label { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { type: 'direct', relation: 'r1' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r1', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.8, validity: 'finite_sample' }); assert.equal(a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0').validity.label, 'finite_sample'); } // max fusion preserves the weakest source label { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { union: [child('r1'), child('r2')] }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r1', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.8, validity: 'finite_sample' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r2', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.5, validity: 'conformal' }); const r = a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0'); assert.equal(r.validity.label, 'conformal', 'weakest label wins through max'); assert.equal(r.validity.operator, 'max'); assert.equal(r.validity.nonMaxitive, false); } // interior OWA is non-maxitive heuristic { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { union: [child('r1'), child('r2')], aggregator: 'average' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r1', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.8, validity: 'finite_sample' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r2', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.5, validity: 'finite_sample' }); const r = a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0'); assert.equal(r.validity.operator, 'owa'); assert.equal(r.validity.nonMaxitive, true); assert.equal(r.validity.label, 'heuristic', 'averaging never claims validity'); } // min fusion: approximate, conflict mass, validification { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { intersection: [child('r1'), child('r2')] }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r1', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.8, validity: 'finite_sample' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r2', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.5, validity: 'finite_sample' }); const r = a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0'); assert.equal(r.validity.operator, 'min'); assert.equal(r.validity.label, 'approximate', 'unvalidified conjunctive is approximate at best'); assert.ok(Math.abs(r.validity.conflictMass - (1 - 0.5)) < 1e-9, 'conflict mass = 1 - possibility'); assert.equal(r.validity.validifiedPossibility, 1, 'min(1, K*gamma) with K=2, gamma=0.5'); } // product operators are heuristic even with labeled sources { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { exclusion: [child('r1'), child('r2')] }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r1', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.8, validity: 'finite_sample' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r2', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.5, validity: 'finite_sample' }); assert.equal(a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0').validity.label, 'heuristic'); a.setRelationConfig('t2', { type: 'defeasible', when: child('r1'), unless: child('r2') }); assert.equal(a.check('u:0', 't2', 'd:0').validity.label, 'heuristic'); } // chain: conjunctive ranking with conflict surfacing { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { type: 'chain', steps: [{ relation: 'member_of', direction: 'out' }, { relation: 'viewer', direction: 'out' }] }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'member_of', 'g:0', { possibility: 0.9 }); a.addRelation('g:0', 'viewer', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.6 }); const r = a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0'); assert.equal(r.validity.operator, 'min'); assert.ok(Math.abs(r.validity.conflictMass - 0.4) < 1e-9, 'chain conflict mass'); } // reliability and validity stay distinct { const a = mk(); a.setRelationConfig('t', { type: 'direct', relation: 'r1' }); a.addRelation('u:0', 'r1', 'd:0', { possibility: 0.8, reliability: 0.42, validity: 'finite_sample' }); const r = a.check('u:0', 't', 'd:0'); assert.equal(r.reliability, 0.42, 'reliability unchanged'); assert.equal(r.validity.label, 'finite_sample', 'validity independent of reliability'); } }); it('PROPERTY CAMPAIGN: helper semantics (weakest, merge, default identity)', async () => { const result = await rigor.campaign( [rigor.fn('helpers', (labels) => { const weakest = weakestValidity(labels); const merged = mergeValidity(labels.map(l => ({ label: l, operator: 'max', regime: 'arbitrary', sources: ['r'], nonMaxitive: false, conflictMass: 0, validifiedPossibility: null }))); const single = mergeValidity([{ label: labels[0], operator: 'max', regime: 'arbitrary', sources: ['r'], nonMaxitive: false, conflictMass: 0, validifiedPossibility: null }]); return { weakest: weakestValidity([labels[0], weakest]), mergedWeakest: merged.label === weakest, singlePass: single === undefined ? false : single.label === labels[0], defaultIsFrozen: Object.isFrozen(DEFAULT_VALIDITY), buildPositional: buildValidity('min', ['a'], ['finite_sample'], 2, 0.5).validifiedPossibility === 1 }; }, rigor.args(rigor.gen.array(rigor.gen.oneOf(['finite_sample', 'anytime', 'conformal', 'approximate', 'heuristic', 'unknown']), 1, 4)))], rigor.crucible([ rigor.invariant('helper invariants', ({ error, errorMessage, actual }) => !error && !errorMessage && Object.values(actual).every(Boolean)) ]) ).run({ effort: 200, seed: 'validity-helpers-2026', artifacts: { dir: '', persist: 'never' } }); const inv = result.crucibleVerdict?.invariants?.find(i => i.name === 'helper invariants'); assert.ok(inv && inv.passed, `validity helpers violated in ${inv?.failureCount} cases`); }); });