knowledge-structuring-combination-mapping

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Strategy for enumerating meaningful combinations across dimensions and marking existing work.

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Combination Mapping

Enumerate combinations across identified dimensions. Mark which cells are occupied (existing work), which are empty (opportunities), and which are impossible (constraints).

Guiding Focus

The matrix is the map. Populate it systematically — for each combination, determine if existing work covers it, if it's feasible but unexplored, or if it's impossible due to constraints.

Available Tactics

matrix-generation — generate and populate the combination matrix
axis-extraction — refine axes based on what combinations reveal

Budget Slice

Metric	S	M	L
Combinations explored	8	25	50
Existing work mapped	5	15	30
Empty cells identified	3	10	20

State Ledger Template

| Metric              | Target | Current | Status |
|---------------------|--------|---------|--------|
| Combinations explored| X     | 0       | ⬜     |
| Existing work mapped| X      | 0       | ⬜     |
| Empty cells found   | X      | 0       | ⬜     |

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
axis-extraction	Tactic for systematically extracting axes of variation from literature — identify how practitioners compare approaches.
matrix-generation	Tactic for generating and populating combination matrices — cross dimensions to enumerate the design space.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
combination-enumeration	SOP for systematically enumerating combinations across dimensions.