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Model Selection

Model selection is the process of choosing a model for a task using explicit requirements and evaluation evidence. It can occur at design time or as part of request routing.

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Meaning and practical implications

Define hard constraints first, then compare acceptable candidates on outcome quality, latency, and total cost. Keep a held-out evaluation set to reduce the risk of selecting for the test examples alone.

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