Optimal Epistemic Intervention (OEI): A Control-Theoretic Extension of Unified Mastery Meta-Theory

Optimal Epistemic Intervention (OEI) is a meta-theoretical, control-theoretic framework for selecting epistemic actions—such as probing, stabilization, and diagnosis—in systems governed by the Unified Mastery Meta-Theory (UMMT). OEI formalizes intervention choice under partial observability, identifiability limits, and construct-validity constraints, distinguishing between informative, stabilizing, diagnostic, and epistemically futile actions. The framework does not propose algorithms or policies; instead, it establishes normative structure and impossibility regimes that bound when intervention is meaningful versus provably ineffective. This deposit establishes authorship and temporal priority for OEI as the control-theoretic layer atop UMMT.