/category-sorting

name: category-sorting
description: Classify candidates into predefined categories using ELECTRE-Tri, FlowSort,
  AHPSort, or DRSA methods.
dependencies:
  tactics:
  - convergence-scoring-matrix-construction
  - screening-then-scoring

Category Sorting

**Purpose:** Classify candidate alternatives into predefined categories (e.g., A/B/C grades, compliant/non-compliant), supporting ELECTRE-Tri, FlowSort, AHPSort, DRSA, and other classification methods.

**When to use:**

• User needs to classify alternatives rather than rank them
• Predefined category boundaries exist (e.g., pass/fail, excellent/good/poor)
• Need to independently determine category membership for each alternative

Budget

| Base SOP | Target | ±10% Range | |----------|--------|------------| | criterion-definition | 5-8 criteria | 4-9 | | weight-elicitation-sop | 1 weight vector | 1 | | threshold-setting | 1 threshold set | 1 | | alternative-scoring | 1 score matrix | 1 | | scoring-synthesis | 1 classification | 1 |

State Ledger

strategy: category-sorting
status: pending
categories_defined: false
criteria_defined: false
weights_computed: false
thresholds_set: false
scores_computed: false
classified: false
result: null

Available Tactics

• **scoring-matrix-construction** — Build scoring foundation
• **screening-then-scoring** — Hybrid workflow: screen first, then classify

Available SOPs

Import (from tactics)

• criterion-definition
• weight-elicitation-sop
• alternative-scoring
• threshold-setting

Subagent

• scoring-synthesis

Execution Guidance

1. Define category definitions and boundary conditions 2. Invoke criterion-definition to determine classification criteria 3. Invoke threshold-setting to set category boundaries 4. Score each alternative independently and determine category membership 5. Handle borderline cases (pessimistic vs optimistic assignment)

Output Format

## Classification Results

**Method:** [ELECTRE-Tri / FlowSort / AHPSort / DRSA]
**Category Definitions:** [A=Excellent, B=Good, C=Needs Improvement, D=Unqualified]

### Classification Table
| Alternative | Category | Confidence | Boundary Distance |
|-------------|----------|------------|-------------------|

### Borderline Cases
[List alternatives near category boundaries and their sensitivity]

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Available Tactics

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

| Tactic | When to use | | --- | --- | | convergence-scoring-matrix-construction | Build a complete scoring matrix through criterion definition, weighting, scoring, normalization, and sensitivity testing. | | screening-then-scoring | First eliminate non-qualifying candidates with non-compensatory rules, then score survivors with full MCDA methods. |

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