causal loop
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcausalandloop
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causal
adjective
uk/ˈkɔː.zəl/us/ˈkɑː.zəl/
a relationship, link, etc. between two things in which one causes ...
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loop
noun[C]
uk/luːp/us/luːp/
the curved shape made when something long and thin, such as a piece of string, bends until one part of it nearly touches or crosses another part ...
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(Definition ofcausalandloopfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcausal loop
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This design approach mirrors the cybernetic principle of the closedcausalloop.
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The end result would be that it is necessary that acausalloopnot happen.
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But a kind of impossiblecausalloopseems to emerge in all of this.
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However, before moving to consider the closedcausalloop, a further extension of software design approaches needs to be considered.
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This outcome occurs because of thecausalloopthat exists between campaign spending and election results.
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The human response to the alterations in the environment forces the closedcausalloopinto a further iteration.
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One of the principal concepts of cybernetics is thecausalloop.
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The only influences on a closedcausalloopare the elements it contains.
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Or in other words, in principle acausalloopcould emerge.
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But to say that (5) is contingent is equivalent to claiming that it is merely a contingent fact that acausalloopwill not occur.
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A closedcausalloopis one in which each of the elements contained in the loop act upon the others in a constant and varying fashion to maintain equilibrium.
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There is clearly acausalloophere.
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Seecausalloopdiagram and stock and flow diagram for the insight into model fundamentals.
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By capturing interactions and consequently the feedback loops (see figure below), acausalloopdiagram reveals the structure of a system.
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This is an example ofcausalloopbecause those items were created purely from the time travel.
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System dynamics is very similar to systems thinking and constructs the samecausalloopdiagrams of systems with feedback.
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To perform a more detailed quantitative analysis, acausalloopdiagram is transformed to a stock and flow diagram.
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Acausalloopdiagram is a simple map of a system with all its constituent components and their interactions.
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It models conversation strategies using causal loops, and adapts to a user's cognitive state and skills.
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