// The current ecqState represents an elimnated EC and we need to stay in this EC and we need to make sure that optimal MEC decisions are performed within this EC.
STORM_LOG_ASSERT(ecqStateToOptimalMecMap.count(ecqState)>0,"No Lra Mec associated to given eliminated EC");
STORM_LOG_ASSERT(origChoice>=groupStart&&origChoice<transitionMatrix.getRowGroupIndices()[state+1],"Invalid choice: "<<originalOptimalChoices[state]<<" at a state with "<<transitionMatrix.getRowGroupSize(state)<<" choices.");
STORM_LOG_ASSERT(originalOptimalChoices[state]>=0&&originalOptimalChoices[state]<transitionMatrix.getRowGroupSize(state),"Invalid choice: "<<originalOptimalChoices[state]<<" at a state with "<<transitionMatrix.getRowGroupSize(state)<<" choices.");