Constitutional Execution Infrastructure CEI Volume II - Part III

Volume II — Architecture Atlas

Part III — State Machines & Decision Graphs

This part defines the principal state models and decision structures used in a Constitutional Execution Infrastructure (CEI). These models describe how requests move through governed execution and how decision paths remain traceable.

1. Execution Lifecycle State Machine

DRAFT
  ↓
SUBMITTED
  ↓
AUTHORITY VERIFIED
  ↓
POLICY EVALUATED
  ↓
EVIDENCE VALIDATED
  ↓
GO / DENY / OVERRIDE
  ↓
LEDGER RECORDED
  ↓
PROJECTED
  ↓
AUDITED

2. Decision Graph Catalog

IDGraphPurpose
DG-001Authority GraphMaps who may authorize which actions.
DG-002Policy Decision TreeShows evaluation order for governance rules.
DG-003Evidence Dependency GraphLinks required evidence to decision outcomes.
DG-004Escalation GraphDefines controlled routing for exceptional cases.
DG-005Recovery GraphDescribes governed recovery after failure.

3. Typical Decision Flow

Request
  │
Authority?
  ├─ No → DENY
  └─ Yes
        │
Policy Pass?
  ├─ No → DENY
  └─ Yes
        │
Evidence Complete?
  ├─ No → HOLD
  └─ Yes
        │
GO → Ledger → Projection → Audit

4. Modeling Guidance

5. Cross-References

Related PartRelationship
Part IArchitectural structure.
Part IIRuntime interaction sequences.
Main BookGovernance concepts and implementation guidance.

Next: Volume II — Part IV: Deployment, Security & Trust Boundaries.

Engineering Evidence

Evidence and verification layer

This document forms part of the CEI publication record. Supporting evidence is organized through the engineering-evidence archive, specifications, architecture documentation and replay verification materials.

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