Tech — Work — Ramblings

by Mike Kalvas

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202402171439 One stock with two competing balancing loops

An example of a one stock system with two competing balancing loops is a thermostat. The competition between to 202110231515 Feedback loops that are pulling a stock towards different goals. In the case of the thermostat, the climate control is pushing the room temperature towards the desired temperature and the differential between the room temperature and the outside world is drawing it towards the outside temperature. An interesting case is when the desired temp and the outside temp are the same and they both move to the same goal.¹

Todo, not right:

graph LR
  furnace-->|heat|room
  room-->|loss|outside
  room-->|discrepancy|furnace
  room-->|differential|outside

Meadows, D. H., & Wright, D. (2011). Thinking in systems: A primer (Nachdr.) (pp. 36). Chelsea Green Pub. ↩