{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "priority-input-unknown-range",
  "title": "Keep unknown priority inputs as ranges",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: A has six confirmed local preference points. B’s incomplete evidence supports only a proposed range of four to nine points. Other eligibility and effort conditions are equal in the toy comparison.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Option",
      "Available point evidence",
      "Relative to six"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "A",
        "6 supplied points",
        "Reference"
      ],
      [
        "B lower scenario",
        "4 proposed points",
        "Below A"
      ],
      [
        "B upper scenario",
        "9 proposed points",
        "Above A"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Four is less than six and nine is greater than six. Because B’s proposed range crosses A’s value, no fixed winner follows from these inputs alone.",
  "result": "The available inputs do not establish a single ranking: B can be below or above A within the supplied range. Keep the unknown evidence visible instead of entering zero.",
  "boundary": "The artifact checks whether missing scoring evidence can change the ranking, rather than inventing a default.",
  "limitations": "Scenario bounds can themselves be unsupported. Preserve their source and avoid a probability or real-value claim.",
  "sources": [
    "original"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Record the missing evidence",
      "Evaluation owner",
      "B’s point estimate is unresolved, with the proposed bounds and their basis labelled."
    ],
    [
      "Inspect the possible ordering",
      "Planner",
      "Both below-A and above-A scenarios remain possible under the supplied range."
    ],
    [
      "Choose an evidence or policy decision",
      "Decision owner",
      "Gather the missing input or explicitly adopt a conservative policy; do not imply the uncertainty vanished."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Why not set B’s unknown input to zero?",
      "Zero would assert a value that the supplied evidence does not establish."
    ],
    [
      "Is the four-to-nine range a confidence interval?",
      "No. It is a proposed scenario range without a calibrated probability model."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "original",
      "title": "Original worked-case definitions",
      "scope": "Definitions, policy choices, records and calculations are authored for this worksheet. No external standard, statistical validation or live product measurement is claimed."
    }
  ]
}