fragile · conditional
a parameter whose window is narrower than most such windows
Examples
- The International Space Station de-orbits if its altitude isn't raised every few weeks by reboosts. engineering
- The 2008 financial crisis intensified when credit default swaps exceeded stress thresholds insurers hadn't prepared for. economics
- Africanized honeybees abandon hives if temperatures stay above 42°C for more than six hours. biology
Emergence
Chain to foundations
as tree
- fragileL11
- windowL7
- parameterL4
- rangeL3
- boundaryL2 (shown above)
- persistL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- outsideL6
- partL1 (shown above)
- parameterL4 (shown above)
- narrowL5
- windowL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.