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Main Author: Farran, Orwa
Format: Recurso digital
Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2026
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19242389
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contents <p>This paper introduces Temporal Symmetry Analysis (TSA), a formal framework for testing whether a proposed future state is structurally reachable from the present. Unlike probabilistic forecasting methods, TSA produces categorical verdicts about the temporal consistency of trajectories. The framework operates through a round trip: projecting forward from the present to a proposed future, then reasoning backward from that future to derive the set of preconditions that must hold at each prior time point, then comparing these derived requirements against the actual present state. The paper formalizes direction-aware alignment scoring, a combined symmetry measure, four verdict categories, urgency-ranked gap analysis, corridor analysis for multiple futures, temporal signal detection, and asymmetry decomposition into five actionable categories.</p>
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spellingShingle Temporal Symmetry Analysis: A Framework for Testing Structural Reachability of Proposed Futures
Farran, Orwa
temporal symmetry
structural reachability
backward derivation
decision analysis
plan feasibility
precondition analysis
corridor analysis
<p>This paper introduces Temporal Symmetry Analysis (TSA), a formal framework for testing whether a proposed future state is structurally reachable from the present. Unlike probabilistic forecasting methods, TSA produces categorical verdicts about the temporal consistency of trajectories. The framework operates through a round trip: projecting forward from the present to a proposed future, then reasoning backward from that future to derive the set of preconditions that must hold at each prior time point, then comparing these derived requirements against the actual present state. The paper formalizes direction-aware alignment scoring, a combined symmetry measure, four verdict categories, urgency-ranked gap analysis, corridor analysis for multiple futures, temporal signal detection, and asymmetry decomposition into five actionable categories.</p>
title Temporal Symmetry Analysis: A Framework for Testing Structural Reachability of Proposed Futures
topic temporal symmetry
structural reachability
backward derivation
decision analysis
plan feasibility
precondition analysis
corridor analysis
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19242389