Feedback Loops

Feedback Loops ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Causal Loop Diagrams ,[object Object],[object Object]

Conventions in a Causal Loop Diagram ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example of a Negative Feedback Loop: The Tired-Sleep Loop

Behavior of a Negative Feedback Loop

Example of a Positive Feedback Loop: The Cry-Depressed Loop

Behavior of A Positive Feedback Loop

Partial Model of Urban Growth and Decline (Combined Loops) Services and Goods Needed Population Congestion of People & Buildings Favorable Location

Traffic Dynamics (More Complicated Loop)

System Archetypes (Adapted from The 5th Discipline by P. Senge) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Limits to Growth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Shifting the Burden ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Eroding Goals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Escalation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Success to the Successful ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Balancing Process with Delay ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Tragedy of the Commons ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Characteristics of Fixes that Fail ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Production Management Problem adapted from R.G. Coyle ,[object Object]

The Production Management Problem adapted from R.G. Coyle

Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Selected References ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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