# Population Segmentation
**Domain:** Governance / Classification
**Doc Type:** Concept
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[Classification and Demultiplexing]], [[Educational Tracking]], [[Risk Scoring]], [[Algorithmic Governance]], [[Schedule and Loop]]
## Definition
**Population segmentation** divides a population into operational categories used for communication, allocation, prediction or intervention.
## Schedule–Loop Context
Segmentation increases administrative variety by letting a regulator act differently toward different groups. Its risks arise when provisional models harden into routes, entitlements or restrictions without appeal.
## Backlinks
- [[Schedule and Loop]]
- [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]