Decision Architecture Stability Review
A 30-day audit protocol for detecting mandate drift. Designed for high-stakes systems where compliance signals remain green while alignment silently erodes.
Drift Magnitude (∆D)
How far the operational decision state has diverged from the authorized mandate vector. Computed per governance interval.
Drift Velocity (VD)
How fast the divergence is changing. Triggers a Structural Stability Alert when velocity exceeds threshold for consecutive intervals.
Cumulative Exposure (ED)
How long and how heavily the system operated while misaligned. The audit-grade measure of governance liability.
Three phases · 30 days
Mandate Reconstruction. Establish the normative baseline: what the system was authorized to optimize, under which constraints, and by whom.
Operational State Inference. Reconstruct the effective decision state from production behavior. Separate environment shift from mandate drift.
Executive Stability Report. Alignment status, drift zones, exposure estimate, and recommended re-legitimation actions.
DASR is not an IT security audit, a penetration test, or a compliance checklist. It is a stability assessment of mandate–state alignment for automated decision systems. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18824037