Agentic AI
Agentic AI uses models with goals, memory, tools, feedback, and control logic to perform multi-step actions in an environment.
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Glossary
Clear definitions for the concepts used across systems thinking.
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Causal Loop Diagram
A causal loop diagram maps hypothesized causal relationships and feedback loops that may generate system behavior.
Complex Adaptive System
A complex adaptive system contains interacting agents whose adaptation produces changing, emergent collective behavior.
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Feedback Loop
A feedback loop is a closed chain of causal influence in which a change eventually affects its own future state.
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Leverage Point
A leverage point is a place in a system where an intervention can meaningfully change patterns of behavior.
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Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis traces a failure toward contributory causes and corrective actions intended to reduce recurrence.
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Stock and Flow
A stock is an accumulation at a point in time; flows are rates that increase or decrease that accumulation.
System Boundary
A system boundary is an explicit analytical choice about what is included, excluded, or treated as external.
System Delay
A system delay separates a causal change from information, action, or visible outcome and can produce overshoot or oscillation.
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Wicked Problem
A wicked problem has contested definitions, interacting causes, conflicting values, and no final test of a complete solution.