general-morphological-analysis

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name: general-morphological-analysis
description: "Ritchey GMA: complete iterative morphological process"
execution: strategy
used-by: morphological-exploration
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# General Morphological Analysis

Ritchey's complete iterative GMA process: problem structuring → morphological field → CCA → solution space exploration → synthesis.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 8 | 0 | 0% |

## HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| combination-mapping | Enumerate parameter combinations |
| consistency-checking | CCA filtering |
| white-space-identification | Find unexplored regions |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| value-enumeration | Enumerate parameter values |
| matrix-construction | Build morphological field |
| consistency-pair-evaluation | Pairwise consistency evaluation |
| solution-space-reduction | CCA space reduction |
| path-generation | Generate solution paths |
| white-space-detection | Detect unexplored regions |
| combination-evaluation | Evaluate novel combinations |
| morphological-synthesis | Final synthesis |

## Execution Guidance

1. **Problem structuring**: Define problem boundaries and identify parameters
2. **Morphological field**: Build complete matrix via value-enumeration + matrix-construction
3. **Cross-consistency analysis**: Run consistency-checking tactic (pair-evaluation → reduction)
4. **Solution exploration**: Generate paths through consistent space, identify white spaces
5. **Iteration**: Refine parameters/values based on findings, repeat CCA
6. **Synthesis**: Produce comprehensive GMA report via morphological-synthesis