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  2. Predictability - Wikipedia

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    In stochastic analysis a random process is a predictable process if it is possible to know the next state from the present time. The branch of mathematics known as Chaos Theory focuses on the behavior of systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. It suggests that a small change in an initial condition can completely alter the ...

  3. Indeterminism - Wikipedia

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    Instead of dealing with only one possible reality of how the process might evolve over time (as is the case, for example, for solutions of an ordinary differential equation), in a stochastic or random process there is some indeterminacy in its future evolution described by probability distributions. This means that even if the initial condition ...

  4. Predictable process - Wikipedia

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    In stochastic analysis, a part of the mathematical theory of probability, a predictable process is a stochastic process whose value is knowable at a prior time. The predictable processes form the smallest class that is closed under taking limits of sequences and contains all adapted left-continuous processes. [clarification needed]

  5. Allostasis - Wikipedia

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    The concept of allostasis, maintaining stability through change, is a fundamental process through which organisms actively adjust to both predictable and unpredictable events... Allostatic load refers to the cumulative cost to the body of allostasis, with allostatic overload... being a state in which serious pathophysiology can occur...

  6. Determinism - Wikipedia

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    Structural determinism is the philosophical view that actions, events, and processes are predicated on and determined by structural factors. [35] Given any particular structure or set of estimable components, it is a concept that emphasizes rational and predictable outcomes.

  7. Hindsight bias - Wikipedia

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    Hindsight bias is more likely to occur when the outcome of an event is negative rather than positive. [14] This is a phenomenon consistent with the general tendency for people to pay more attention to negative outcomes of events than positive outcomes.

  8. Negentropy - Wikipedia

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    It corresponds exactly to the definition of negentropy adopted in statistics and information theory. A similar physical quantity was introduced in 1869 by Massieu for the isothermal process [10] [11] [12] (both quantities differs just with a figure sign) and by then Planck for the isothermal-isobaric process. [13]

  9. Chaos theory - Wikipedia

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    Chaotic systems are predictable for a while and then 'appear' to become random. The amount of time for which the behavior of a chaotic system can be effectively predicted depends on three things: how much uncertainty can be tolerated in the forecast, how accurately its current state can be measured, and a time scale depending on the dynamics of ...