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ablation-design

The ablation-design skill provides a structured methodology for isolating individual component contributions in machine learning systems through systematic removal, replacement, or conditional testing. Use it when you need to understand which system parts drive performance, detect interactions between components, or verify that architectural decisions produce measurable improvements beyond their individual effects.

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# Strategy: Ablation Design

**Question**: What does each component contribute?

## Methodology

- **Systematic Ablation** (Newell 1974): Remove one component at a time, measure degradation.
- **Replacement Ablation**: Replace component with simpler alternative to isolate contribution.
- **Combinatorial Ablation** (ABLATOR): Test component subsets to detect interaction effects.
- **Conditional Ablation**: Ablate components under specific data conditions to find context-dependent contributions.

## Execution Flow

1. **ablation-component-mapping** → Map system architecture to ablatable units
2. **baseline-selection** → Select full-system and minimal-system anchors
3. **metric-specification** → Define metrics that capture component contribution
4. **sample-size-estimation** → Determine runs needed for reliable delta estimation
5. **statistical-method-selection** (tactic) → Choose appropriate significance tests for deltas

## Budget Gate

| Ablation Type | Components (N) | Min Runs | When to Use |
|---------------|---------------|----------|-------------|
| Systematic (leave-one-out) | 3-8 | N + 2 | Standard component analysis |
| Replacement | 3-8 | 2N + 2 | Need to distinguish "removal" vs "simplification" |
| Combinatorial (selected) | 4-6 | ~2N | Suspected interactions between components |
| Combinatorial (full) | 3-4 | 2^N | Small systems, need complete picture |
| Conditional | 3-6 | N * conditions | Context-dependent contributions |