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Originating outside the system or process being considered.
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outside disruptions; model boundaries; externally imposed conditionsIdentify which forces the analysis treats as coming from outside.
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- exogenous shock
- exogenous variable
- exogenous influence
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The drought enters the model as an exogenous shock to food supply.
Population size is treated as exogenous in this simplified comparison.
A policy change is not necessarily exogenous if it responds to the outcome being studied.
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Primary category: academic. Academic and technical; whether something is outside depends on the chosen boundary. In models, an exogenous variable is taken as given rather than explained internally. Normally non-gradable in this sense; comparison requires a specific contextual scale. Derived family (not inflections): exogeneity.
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