Selectchoose
Selectchoose is a framework used in decision making and computation that combines a screening step with a final choice. It describes processes in which a broad set of candidates is filtered before a determination is made.
Formally, given a universe of options, a selection function identifies or scores candidates, producing a reduced
Variants include deterministic select-then-choose, probabilistic versions where the final pick is drawn from a distribution over
Applications span information retrieval, recommender systems, resource allocation, experimental design, and optimization problems where a large
Example: a content platform filters items with a predicted engagement above a threshold, then chooses the top
Notes: selectchoose is not a single standardized formalism but a conceptual pattern found in discussions of