causal loop , also: causality loop
predestination paradox

The situation is described by the causal loop diagram in Figure 5.

I have been using causal loop diagrams with some success.

The problem with causal loops is that our notion of time doesn't accept them.

If an experiment doesn't produce a causal loop, it's allowed.

The causal loop diagram in Figure 1 shows the pattern dynamics of the system.

This is a common causal loop diagramming convention in system dynamics.

Causal loop modelling is a special class of signed digraph theory.

A causal loop may involve an event, a person or object, or information.

Time loop is sometimes used to refer to a causal loop.

We got along because we were crazy about systems thinking and causal loop diagrams.

You are treading close to a causal loop, Admiral.

The trouble with the whole tachyon theory was that the causal loop idea didn't fit our own perception of time as moving forward.

A causal loop diagram is a simple map of a system with all its constituent components and their interactions.

The causal loop diagram of the new product introduction may look as follows:

In this scenario, causal loops : are never violated.

Technically, this would be considered a self-consistent causal loop," Inyx said. "

It is a pathological causal loop," Nebogipfel said. "

This breakout group developed two causal loop diagrams, one for the food system, and the other for water.

Sisko attempted to make that causal loop make sense.

This may have been the first formal use of Causal Loop Diagrams.

System dynamics is very similar to systems thinking and constructs the same causal loop diagrams of systems with feedback.

The story concludes with a plot twist involving a causal loop, a popular concept in time-travel fiction.

In this dynamic causal loop diagram :