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The connection between positive feedback and instability has been widely observed in network theory. In this paper several points are made regarding this connection from the point of view of developing a criteria for determining which models from a class of possible models are unstable or admit an exchange of stabilities. The criteria may be used as a preliminary test of model design.
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Eisenfeld, J. (1985). Remarks on the Connection between Positive Feedback and Instability in Regard to Model Selection in Population Biology. In: Capasso, V., Grosso, E., Paveri-Fontana, S.L. (eds) Mathematics in Biology and Medicine. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93287-8_66
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