User talk:Deleteopedia/Threshold effect

This is really a general concept about the phenomenon where sudden change occurs in a system when crossing a critical value of some parameter. An article could be written about it. Threshold and Criticality have more related concepts.

Broad-Concept (not disambiguation)
Need better generalized definition (I'll try to begin improvements) Deleteopedia (talk) 06:39, 21 January 2021 (UTC) =====

BROAD-CONCEPT: This is easily definable as a category of effects (effects defined by a specific type of relationship between variables). This is not simply a collection of similarly named things, so Broad concept makes the most sense to me. Deleteopedia (talk) 06:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

IMPROVE GENERALIZED DEFINITION: Using the word "phenomenon" as the target of the effect may be problematic because we usually think of the effect itself as the phenomenon. A better option may be to state the definition entirely in terms of an experimental model, as the effect of one "variable" on another "variable". Another issue with the current definition is that it is not generalized enough, which is definitely problematic. Specifically the effect need not be "sudden", nor "radical", to qualify as a threshold effect. All that is required is that the effect depends on a critical value (or threshold). Deleteopedia (talk) 06:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)  Also, strike "which OFTEN occurs" from definition. It 'MUST occur' on reaching the threshold, or it's not a threshold effect. Deleteopedia (talk) 06:37, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

A HIGHLY RELATED PAGE: is [| Threshold Models]. Of course models consist of the same two building blocks discussed here, 1)variables and 2)relationships between variables (which are effects). So of course threshold models will describe threshold effects. The "threshold models" page provides a good example of what should be done here, generally defining the broad concept with examples, and then listing links to specific instances. "Models" page should be kept distinct from "effects" page to allow the specific statistical modeling techniques discussed there to remain independent from the general discussion of thi effect type, and instances therof. Deleteopedia (talk) 06:26, 21 January 2021 (UTC)