buffer · region
a parameter whose window is between the performance wall and the existence wall; the range within which drift can occur without causing the thing to end
Examples
- The International Space Station maintains attitude control within 15 degrees of nominal, avoiding tumbling that would cut power and end operations. [engineering] engineering
- The Aral Sea shrank by 90% between 1960 and 2010, crossing a hydrological threshold beyond which its ecosystem could not persist. [environment] environment
- The Federal Reserve held interest rates near zero from 2008 to 2015, delaying recovery or collapse in the U.S. housing market. [economics] economics
Emergence
through: the components establish a span within which a condition may vary aimlessly while the thing continues to exist
- buffered variation
- tolerated drift
- performance-bound existence
Chain to foundations
as tree
- bufferL13
- parameterL4
- windowL7
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- wallL10
- driftL11
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- goL3
- makeL4
- nothingL10
- noneL9
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- amountL8
- offL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- noneL9
- wayL9
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- linksL8
- partL1 (shown above)
- connectsL7
- flowL3
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- structureL2 (shown above)
- broughtL6
- happenL2
- changeL1 (shown above)
- existenceL8
- windowL7 (shown above)
- causeL3
- changeL1 (shown above)
- interactionL2 (shown above)
- happenL2 (shown above)
- occursL2
- performanceL12
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| enables | drift.aimless | drift within the buffer does not threaten persistence |