What is Behavior: Definition and 337 Discussions

Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English; see spelling differences) is the actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment, which includes the other systems or organisms around as well as the (inanimate) physical environment. It is the computed response of the system or organism to various stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary.Taking a behavior informatics perspective, a behavior consists of actor, operation, interactions, and their properties. This can be represented as a behavior vector.

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    Quantum Behavior As Extreme Classical Behavior

    Why can't quantum behavior be explained as an extreme version of classical behavior? For instance, the idea of a small quantum particle being in superposition could be explained by that particle switching between 2 or more states at an extremely high frequency. How high a frequency? Well, on...
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    Differential Equations behavior for large t?

    dy/dt = 2 - 2ty y(0) = 1 I am not asked to solve this (I know it's not easy to solve), but what I am asked is, "for large values of t is the solution y(t) greater than, less than, or equal to 1/t"? I would think less than because 1/e^(t^2) converges faster than 1/t, but at the same...
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    Functions that exhibit exponential decay behavior?

    Any help is appreciated, thanks. Homework Statement In my course of differentials equations we were given the task to model a real life system with them, we choosed something that resembles a pendulum.Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution We went to the lab and got experimental data from...
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    What is Sound? Exploring Perception, Frequency & Wave Behavior

    I am looking for a definition of sound. Does it have anything to do with what is perceived by the ear, and therefore restricted to certain frequencies? Is it even a perception or is it simply a longitudinal wave? I can find lots of physics material about sound, but I can't find a definition.
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    Peculiar Opamp circuit behavior

    An opamp circuit was given in the homework forum: There the circuit was analyzed with the usual assumptions of opamp ideality. But, if the circuit is analyzed with one change to ideality, namely the opamp voltage gain is set to 7 rather than ∞ (this brings with it the change that v+ ≠ v- any...
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    Asymptotic behavior of a power series near its branch point

    I was reading a paper the other day that made the following claim, and provided no reference for the assertion. I would like to find a reference or figure out how to derive the asymptotic behavior myself. The situation is as follows: Suppose we have a function ##f(z)##, defined as a power...
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    Mathematica Mathematica: Graphing The behavior of a double pendulum

    Hello, I have a few newb questions. How can I graph the behavior of a double pendulum in Mathematica to make strange attractors like in the Lorenz equations?
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    Exploring Boson Behavior in a Thought Experiment

    Hi guys, Let us consider this thought experiment of having say Avogadro number of bosons in a box. According to statistical mechanics, it is equally probable to find every distribution of bosons in the box. But, say we wait really long enough to find that at one point of time, we find all the...
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    Singular behavior of the density state called a van Hove singularity

    Homework Statement I was doing a condensed matter problem (3rd year) of a phonon dispersion relation for a monatomic linear chain. It asked told me to derive an expression for the density state per unit length and I obtained the following: g(\omega) = \frac{L}{a\p} \frac{1}{4C/M -...
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    Voltage Regulator Properties and Behavior

    Hello, simple question here! When a voltage is regulated down or up in a circuit by, let's say a DC/DC converter, does the corresponding current increase or decrease respectively so that the system remains consistent with the laws of conservation of energy? In other words, I want to know...
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    A very easy maths , asymptotic behavior

    i know this question should be very simple, but i just dun know how to do what is asymptotic behavior means? x-> infinite ? and does this question need to use binomial expansion? or mayb binomial approximation? i got the ans is 0 but i think my step are not correct any tips ? i want to work...
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    Behavior of besselfunction for index

    How can I show that a first-degree Besselfunction a la Jn=Bessel(n,eta) for large etas always lead to something like a bathtub? I.e. how can I show that J(n=eta) produces sth like a overshoot? I would really appreciate every idea.
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    Questions about the behavior of the Higgs particle and Higgs field

    1.) If the particle they believe to be the Higgs particle has a mass of 125 GeV, then how is it that the Higgs field itself does not have mass or react with gravity? If it is in fact the field creating the mechanism that gives everything its mass, and its particle form also has mass, why is it...
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    Solving Three-Tank System Modeled by ODEs

    Consider a three-tank system modeled by the equations: x_1' = -5x_1+5x_3 x_2' = 5x_1-2x_2 x_3' = 2x_2-5x_3 (A) Initially there are 10 pounds of grain in each tank. What will the amounts be as t \rightarrow \infty? (B) Solve the system and verify your conclusion from (A). I'm...
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    Can Wavelength Be Negative if Velocity is Negative in Wave Behavior of Matter?

    λ = h/(mv) so, if the velocity is negative, how could the wavelength be negative??
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    Question about ohms law and non-ohmic behavior.

    I recently learned that ohms law is not always obeyed. I found this surprising because I thought ohms were defined in terms of volt and amperes by the equation R=V/I. I did a little googling and found the following definition... This clarified things a little in that the definition of an ohm...
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    What is the size and behavior of atoms in relation to celestial bodies?

    i've read a theory about dark stars resently and I've got some questions that's been gnawing at my mind, hope i can get some answers here. 1: what is the size of an atom? as in if the nucleus was the sun, where would the electrons be? i know diffrent substances has diffrent atom sizes but for...
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    Autonomous system - asymptotic behavior

    I have an autonomous system of two ODEs, i.e., dx/dt = f(x,y) dy/dt = g(x,y) I plotted the phase portrait in Mathematica and found that for y>0, all the solutions seemed to flow towards a constant value of y. The problem is I'm rusty on my ODEs and am not sure how to calculate that value...
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    Behavior of Liquid Nitrogen at 3000psi & 6000psi

    hi all How would nitrogen behave at 3000psi? or 6000psi? assuming it starts at liquid form and at 1 atms pressure heated to 20 Celsius. thank you
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    Interpretation of Dispersion Behavior of Wave Function

    Hi, I've been reading a QM book and it mentions that particles can be represented as a wave packet, which provides a description for particles simultaneously as a wave and particle. It also mentions that the wave packets disperse, and the width becomes extremely large for free microscopic...
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    Behavior of DE as t approaches infinity

    Homework Statement y' = -2 + t - y Draw a slope field and determine behavior as t -> infinity Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution This is the first DE in my book that includes t in the differential equation. The slope field looks pretty wacky. For the others I was...
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    Abnormal behavior of the Liouville-von-Neuman equation

    Hello everyone, I am trying to solve time-dependent Liouville-von-Neumann equations for the dynamics of an electron traveling between several coherently coupled states with constant dephasing time. I was very surprised receiving negative values for diagonal elements of the density matrix in...
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    How to study the behavior of a vector valued function?

    Hi, I would like to know how to treat a vector valued function when I want to know where are minima, maxima and saddle points. Thanks in advance!
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    Behavior of MR Fluids in Magnetic Fields

    Like to know the behavior of MR Fluids when rotated inside a hollow shaft subjected to magnetic fields.. Could anyone please help
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    Behavior of a function and its inverse.

    This is in reference to the Chapter 10. of P. R. Halmos's Naive Set Thoery, namely 'Inverses and Composites'. He speaks of two equations in that section. 1. Let f be a function from X to Y. The inverse of a set is defined as another set as follows. f^{-1}(B) = {x\inX:f(x)\inB}. The first...
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    Behavior of wire subjected by two equal and opposite pulling forces?

    Imagine a wire with uniform circular cross-sectional area and length l. It is being pulled at both ends with a horizontal force that is equal and opposite to each other. The wire obeys Hooke's law up to breaking. (1) How do we calculate the work done by the wire if both sides of the wire...
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    Medical CTE, tau protein plaques, and strange behavior

    So how exactly do tau plaques resulting from CTE cause strange behavior? Jr. Seau was found dead due to suicide, several hockey enforcers have died violently or due to drug overdoses just recently, and Chris Benoit murdered himself and his whole family. What is the understood physiology behind...
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    Particle Behavior in Double Slit

    This is more a conceptual question, but after watching several videos about Quantum Mechanics, I noticed a little discrepancy about an explanation of the double slit experiment and it's implications. According to one video, the electron fired traveled through both slits at the "same time as...
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    Lyapunov and behavior of a linearized system

    Homework Statement Examine the behavior in the neighborhood of the origin. Derive the given Lyapunov V(x,y). Show the region \frac{dV}{dt} = 0 and relate it to your analysis. Homework Equations \dot{x} = x^3 - xy \dot{y} = -y + y^2 + xy - x^3 As given by the text: V(x,y) = \frac{x^4}{4} +...
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    Simulating velocity behavior w/ IF conditionals and ODE45

    Hello, I've made a script to solve a non-linear ordinary differential equation for the temperature (lumped-mass) of a brake rotor due to some constant deceleration of a race car (Qbrake in script). The problem I'm having is properly simulating the velocity of the car. What I'd like for it to...
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    Can Two Independent Lasers Create an Interference Pattern?

    If a laser was shined at a device to measure the amount of photons striking it and then another laser was shined perpendicular to first laser, would the reading on the meter change?
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    What Temperatures Contribute to Air's Heat Capacity Due to Vibration?

    Homework Statement Air is mostly composed of diatomic nitrogen, N2. Assume that we can model the gas as an oscillator with an effective spring constant of 2.3 x 103 N/m and and effective oscillating mass of half the atomic mass. For what temperatures should vibration contribute to the heat...
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    Behavior of water in a vacuum?

    I've been reading about what happens to water when exposed to vacuum, but can't seem to find a definitive answer concerning a few details in the step-by-step process. I read that water will quickly boil in the vacuum of space due to very low pressure, and then freeze. But roughly how long does...
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    Abnormal behavior from [working] voltage detector

    It is a GREENLEE "GT-11 Voltage Detector" "50-1000V AC CAT IV" It has a little plastic encased metal nib on the end and it looks like a fat marker. You just stick it in an outlet and it lights up and beeps to indicate a current. There is no read-out, it just detects. Anyway, an outlet of...
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    Calculating BJT Dynamic Parameters with Charge Control Equations

    Hi! Can anyone recommend a text that goes through calculation in fall time, rise time, saturation time and final rise time thoroughly with some examples provided? I've looked through microelectronic circuit design by Jaeger / Neamen, they briefly mention the concept at best but do not have...
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    Electromagnetic Waves and Boundary Behavior

    I like to know if electromagnetic waves pass through a medium (Glass) and if this medium were in contact with two other mediums in its boundary which the first one with same optical dense (Glass) and the second with less optical dense (air). Is there any tendency or priority for wave to pass...
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    Niobium atom lattice structure and its behavior

    Hi, I am trying to understand how do cluster of niobium atoms behave when I apply force to compress/stretch them. Niobium has a cubic lattice structure, 8 atoms on each corner and 1 in the center. So my question is let's say I have 2 of these cubes connected, and composed of 14 atoms. In...
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    Are Both Sensible Interpretations of Poisson Behavior?

    Are both sensible (equivalent? contradictory?) interpretations of "Poisson" behavior? I've come across two quite distinct notions (or so it seems to me, anyway) of Poisson behavior and I'm not sure if they're equally sensible or perhaps even equivalent. I'll apply both "views" to the same case...
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    Understanding Quark Behavior Through Experimental Measurements

    Hi, I am a novice to nuclear physics and I was reading some stuff about quarks and how they can possesses fractional charge. I was wondering how this fractional charge behaves in an electric field. Does it just experience 1/3 of the force that an electron or a proton would feel in the...
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    Calculating wall's behavior at object impact

    Homework Statement Hello and thank you for reading my question. I am attempting to calculate what effect on a wall has an impact (a car impact or as in my theoretical calculations a punch) of an object into it. With effect I mean how strong impacts can a wall a, survive and b, stay...
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    What is Time and its behavior in different instances?

    Recently I started reading on thermodynamics and from it only I saw that utilizing the second law of thermodynamic we could define the arrow of time. And not only the arrow but we could also try to define time utilizing the second law. We could state, that time is used to sequence events where...
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    Finding Fractal Behavior - Methods & Statistical Analysis

    Hi, I have been looking for fractal behavior in a data set. I've used the box method to determine fractal dimension by looking at the inverse of box size and the number of boxes needed to enclose the object. These two variables seem to be fairly accurately predicted by a power law...
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    Exploring the Behavior of f(x) = (x) / (x^2 - 1)

    Homework Statement The equation is f(x) = (x) / (x^2 - 1)Homework Equations The equation is f(x) = (x) / (x^2 - 1) The Attempt at a Solution Well I first took the derivative, which was f'(x) = -(x^2 - 1) / (x^2 -1) ^2 I set it equal to zero to find the relative extremas, and I got -X^2 -1 =...
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    Dealing with flirtatious behavior

    A girl has been flirting with me to the point that I think it might be time for a confrontation. Since I've never been one to pickup on the subtleties of flirting (much to the dismay of my wife :redface:), I decided to tell her about some of the things this girl does that I'm assuming aren't...
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    Electron's magnetic behavior

    Hello all, I have a few questions regarding the magnetic charge of an electron. First of all, I read an electron behaves like a bar magnet, which would suggest the south-pole of one electron would attract the north-pole of another electron. However, electrons also repulse each other. So what...
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    Graph Vo vs Vin: Zener Diode Behavior

    There is a variable Vin which goes through a resistor to a node (Vo) which then branches through a diode to a 3V source or to ground through a Zener diode. I'm to sketch the graph of Vo as a function of Vin. -4V < Vin < 4V The resistor is 1K The diode is CVD model, Von is .7V, Vzener = 2.7V...
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    Ideal Gases: Intermolecular Forces & Kinetic Energy

    http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/gases.html "Elastic" means that the energy of the particle before collision equals to the energy of the particle after collision. How is this related to the presence or absence of intermolecular forces and How is this related to kinetic energy? Does the...
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    Comp Sci Weird File Output behavior in java

    Homework Statement I've implemented RSA and just need to print some stats and write to files.Homework Equations My solution works fine when I provide an input file, however, if I let it read from standard input there is no output written to either of my output files. Reading works regardless. I...
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    Molecular Behavior Near Faucet: Exploring the Continuity Principle

    From the viewpoint of the continuity principle, we know that the stream of water is fatter near the mouth of the faucet and skinner lower down. The question is how single molecules understand when/how they should deviate from their perpendicular free fall to a deviated one ?
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    Steady state behavior for a particle undergoing damped forced oscillations

    Homework Statement consider a system with a damping force undergoing forced oscillations at an angular frequency ω a) what is the instantaneous kinetic energy of the system? b) what is the instantaneous potential energy of the system? c) what is the ratio of the average kinetic energy to the...
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