AI Governance Engineer
GitHub

Decision threshold

By Updated

The score above or below which an AI output triggers an action. It is where risk appetite becomes behaviour, so it is governed as a policy with an owner, version and effective date, tested in the eval gate and logged with every decision; the AI Act asks for declared accuracy metrics 1.

Developed in
ch. 11, A score is not a decision
Chapters
ch. 11, AI Defined
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Decision threshold: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter11 AI Defined: 1 mention11 AI Defined1No mentions in the other 22 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Decision threshold: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter0001020304050607081011 AI Defined: 1 mention111121314151617181920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Decision threshold per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined1Yes
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
Decision threshold: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedDecision thresholdRelated terms (4)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Eval gate · RelatedEval gatePredictive AI · RelatedPredictive AIRisk appetite · RelatedRisk appetite
Decision threshold: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedRelated terms (4)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Eval gate · RelatedEval gatePredictive AI · RelatedPredictive AIRisk appetite · RelatedRisk appetiteDecisionthreshold
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Decision threshold
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsAI Act (EU)Related
Related termsEval gateRelated
Related termsPredictive AIRelated
Related termsRisk appetiteRelated
  • Predictive AI

    AI that outputs an estimate about something that exists: a score, class or forecast.

  • Risk appetite

    How much risk, and of which kinds, an organisation is prepared to take on in pursuit of its objectives.

  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

  • Eval gate

    A pipeline stage that fails the build when an eval fails; the mechanism that turns an evaluation into an enforced control rather than a report.

Sources

  1. [1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI, in force 27 Jul 2026; definitions in Art. 3, incl. 3(1), 3(3) to 3(14), 3(14b), 3(20), 3(22), 3(23), 3(29) to 3(32), 3(49), 3(55) to 3(57), 3(60), 3(61), 3(63), 3(68); Arts. 4, 5, 6 (incl. 6(3) third subparagraph, profiling), 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 to 27 (incl. 26(11)), 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53 (incl. 53(1)(c)), 55, 57, 60, 72, 73, 86; Annexes I, III, IV). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2026-07-27. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Decision threshold. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/decision-threshold. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026decisionthreshold,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Decision threshold}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/decision-threshold}
}