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Generic Structures First-Order Negative Feedback

Generic Structures: First order negative feedback loops

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26D-4475-2Section 2.3: Company Downsizing Model Documentationnumber of employees(t) = number of employees(t – dt) + (– firing rate) * dtINIT number of employees = a constantDOCUMENT: This is the number of employee who work for the company.UNIT: employeeOUTFLOWS:firing rate = distance to goal/adjustment timeDOCUMENT: This is the number of employees who are fired per week.UNIT: employee/weekadjustment time = a constantDOCUMENT: This is the time constant of the system.UNIT: weekdesired number of employees = a constantDOCUMENT: This is the goal for the negative feedback system.UNIT: employeedistance to goal = number of employees – desired number of employeesDOCUMENT: This is the adjustment gap for the negative feedback system.UNIT: employee

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