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0 pointsrocqua8y ago0 comments

You might want an upper limit, so either logistic growth [1] or something like 1 - exp(-(T + T_0)) feels like it makes more sense.

I especially like logistic growth for having slow growth at the start and end, only growing quickly in the middle.

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You don't need an upperbound as long as your function is sufficiently slow growing.

Example:

Log(years) doesn't have a bound, but is unlikely to cause problems over any reasonable time scale.

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0 pointsrocqua8y ago0 comments

You might want an upper limit, so either logistic growth [1] or something like 1 - exp(-(T + T_0)) feels like it makes more sense.

I especially like logistic growth for having slow growth at the start and end, only growing quickly in the middle.

You don't need an upperbound as long as your function is sufficiently slow growing.

Example:

Log(years) doesn't have a bound, but is unlikely to cause problems over any reasonable time scale.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse