Deep Dive

Reconciliation Logic

The Linkage Strategy (Pillar V): Balancing computational efficiency with semantic accuracy.

The Linkage Strategy (Pillar V) utilizes a two-step process to balance computational efficiency with semantic accuracy: separating initial candidate retrieval from final relevance adjudication.

3.1 Deep Dive: Retrieval vs. Adjudication

Requirement:

"Vendor must demonstrate experience with Oracle-to-Postgres database refactoring."

Phase A: Vector Triangulation

  • Mechanism: Cosine Similarity Search
  • Input: "Oracle", "Postgres", "Database", "Refactoring"
  • Result: Retrieves ~20 candidates based on keyword similarity

Phase B: The Critic Agent

  • Mechanism: LLM Reasoning
  • Input: Candidates + Verbatim Requirement
  • Logic: Filter candidates that do not explicitly mention migration from Oracle to Postgres

Adjudication Logic Table

Candidate Snippet Vector Match? Critic Reasoning Final Verdict
"Managed Oracle DBs for Army..." YES (90%) "Mentions Oracle, but no migration to Postgres." DISCARD
"Migrated SQL Server to Postgres..." YES (85%) "Wrong source DB (SQL Server, not Oracle)." DISCARD
"Refactored legacy Oracle 11g to Amazon RDS (Postgres)..." YES (92%) "Explicit match: Source=Oracle, Dest=Postgres." KEEP

The result of this two-pass process is a filtered set of evidence that meets the specific semantic logic of the requirement, rather than just matching keywords.