# Baseline Quality Assessment Components

**Purpose**: V_meta(s₀) calculation components for strong iteration 0
**Target**: V_meta(s₀) ≥ 0.40 for rapid convergence

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## Formula

```
V_meta(s₀) = 0.4 × completeness +
             0.3 × transferability +
             0.3 × automation_effectiveness
```

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## Component 1: Completeness (40%)

**Definition**: Initial pattern/taxonomy coverage

**Calculation**:
```
completeness = initial_items / estimated_final_items
```

**Achieve ≥0.50**:
- Analyze ALL available data (3-5 hours)
- Create 10-15 initial categories/patterns
- Classify ≥70% of observed cases

**Example (Error Recovery)**:
```
Initial: 10 categories (1,056/1,336 = 79.1% coverage)
Estimated final: 12-13 categories
Completeness: 10/12.5 = 0.80
Contribution: 0.4 × 0.80 = 0.32
```

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## Component 2: Transferability (30%)

**Definition**: Reusable patterns from prior art

**Calculation**:
```
transferability = borrowed_patterns / total_patterns_needed
```

**Achieve ≥0.30**:
- Research similar methodologies (1-2 hours)
- Identify industry standards
- Document borrowable patterns (≥30%)

**Example (Error Recovery)**:
```
Borrowed: 5 industry error patterns
Total needed: ~10
Transferability: 5/10 = 0.50
Contribution: 0.3 × 0.50 = 0.15
```

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## Component 3: Automation (30%)

**Definition**: Early identification of high-ROI automation

**Calculation**:
```
automation_effectiveness = identified_tools / expected_tools
```

**Achieve ≥0.30**:
- Frequency analysis (1 hour)
- Identify top 3-5 automation candidates
- Estimate ROI (≥5x)

**Example (Error Recovery)**:
```
Identified: 3 tools (all with >20x ROI)
Expected final: 3 tools
Automation: 3/3 = 1.0
Contribution: 0.3 × 1.0 = 0.30
```

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## Quality Levels

### Excellent (V_meta ≥ 0.60)

**Achieves**:
- Completeness: ≥0.70
- Transferability: ≥0.60
- Automation: ≥0.70

**Effort**: 6-10 hours
**Outcome**: 3-4 iterations

### Good (V_meta = 0.40-0.59)

**Achieves**:
- Completeness: ≥0.50
- Transferability: ≥0.30
- Automation: ≥0.30

**Effort**: 4-6 hours
**Outcome**: 4-5 iterations

### Fair (V_meta = 0.20-0.39)

**Achieves**:
- Completeness: 0.30-0.50
- Transferability: 0.20-0.30
- Automation: 0.20-0.30

**Effort**: 2-4 hours
**Outcome**: 5-7 iterations

### Poor (V_meta < 0.20)

**Indicates**:
- Minimal baseline work
- Exploratory phase needed

**Effort**: <2 hours
**Outcome**: 7-10 iterations

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**Source**: BAIME Baseline Quality Assessment