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Conditional Execution Plan

Data artifactCognitionCognition & Memoryarc:ConditionalExecutionPlan

An execution plan containing a primary path plus explicit decision points whose observed conditions select pre-computed contingency branches.

Responsibility. Encodes primary and contingency branches with their activation conditions.

Also known as: Branching plan, Contingency plan, Contingency index

Variant of Execution Plan abstract

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is read by dependency

is produced by lifecycle

Sources

  1. Ch5.6: T. Nguyen, "A* Search and Replaning," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 5.6. ISBN: 9798244538229.