catlog::stdlib::models

Function backward_link

Source
pub fn backward_link(th: Arc<UstrDiscreteTabTheory>) -> UstrDiscreteTabModel
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The “walking” backward link.

The free category with links having a link from the codomain of a morphism back to the morphism itself.

In the system dynamics jargon, a backward link defines a “reinforcing loop,” assuming the link has a positive effect on the flow. An example is an infection flow in a model of an infectious disease, where increasing the number of infectives increases the rate of infection of the remaining susceptibles (other things equal).