Examples tagged with reinforcing-loop

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Beginner - Introductory Models

Fishery Simulation

A fishery simulation of stocks, flows, and feedback loops managing fish populations.

Level: Beginner

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  • Stocks: population
  • Flows: births, quota
  • Feedback Loops: reproduction (reinforcing), quota (balancing)
  • Probes: population, quota, gap_to_capacity, extracted_total
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Antifragile System

A simple antifragile system simulation where each failure reduces the probability of future failures.

Level: Beginner

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  • Flows: failure
  • Feedback Loops: learning from failure
  • Probes: failure, failure_rate, total_failures
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Logistic Growth

A logistic growth simulation of population increase with saturation.

Level: Beginner

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  • Stocks: population
  • Flows: growth
  • Feedback Loops: reinforcing adoption, saturation constraint
  • Probes: population, growth
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Savings vs Credit-Card Debt

A savings vs debt simulation comparing compounding interest effects.

Level: Beginner

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  • Stocks: savings_balance, debt_balance
  • Feedback Loops: compound interest on savings (reinforcing), compound interest on debt (reinforcing)
  • Probes: savings_balance, debt_balance
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Intermediate - Classic Dynamics

Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment

Adaptive encounters that track win rate to keep players challenged.

Level: Intermediate

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  • Stocks: skill, difficulty, retention
  • Flows: practice gains, difficulty adaptation
  • Feedback Loops: skill improvement (reinforcing), challenge tuning (balancing)
  • Probes: skill, difficulty, win_rate, frustration, retention
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SIR Model with Vaccination

An SIR vaccination simulation modeling epidemics with optional vaccination.

Level: Intermediate

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  • Stocks: susceptible, infected, recovered
  • Flows: infections, recoveries, vaccinations
  • Feedback Loops: disease spread (reinforcing), herd immunity (balancing)
  • Probes: susceptible, infected, recovered
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Sleep Debt Simulation

A sleep debt simulation tracking caffeine, sleep patterns, and debt buildup.

Level: Intermediate

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  • Stocks: sleep_debt_hours
  • Feedback Loops: coffee reduces sleep (reinforcing), circadian pressure triggers sleep (balancing)
  • Probes: sleep_debt, subjective_energy
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Advanced - Complex Simulations