The origins of behavior patterns

Can a simple positive feedback loop generate a goal-seeking behavior? The answer is yes. Can the behavior generated from a loop with a constant gain shift from a goalseeking one to an exponential growth one? The answer is also yes. From the above answers, one can conclude that link gains alone cannot explain the origin of behavior patterns. In this paper, we propose the “curvature-contribution” of a link as a more valid representation of the link’s role in generating behavior patterns. The “curvaturecontribution” of link is the product of the link’s gain and the rate of change in the input (influencing) state. If a link has a very high gain but there is no change in the input state, then this link does not contribute at all to the behavior pattern of the output (influenced) state. Likewise, if the input state is changing rapidly but the link has zero gain, then this link does not contribute at all to the behavior pattern of the output state.