Integrative Cognitive Selection System (ICSS): Deep Valuation, Gate Authorization, and Residue Retention

This paper formalizes the Integrative Cognitive Selection System (ICSS), a multi-layer architecture for decision-making under internal conflict. ICSS specifies how cognition becomes behavior and how behavior becomes durable future influence through three threshold functions: Deep Valuation, Gate Authorization, and Residue Retention. The architecture integrates the Cognitive Discretion Layered System (CDLS) and the Discretion Life Cycles (DLC), providing a unified mechanism for appraisal, authorization, expression, review, and retention. The framework explains decision inconsistency, mislearning, false repair, organizational drift, and lifecycle coherence across human, institutional, and AI-assisted systems.