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The study aims to clarify the concept of structural drift as a measure of system viability under resource limitations.

April 3, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Structural Drift (Φ): A Viability Constraint Beyond Expected Value (EV Âm)

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The study aims to clarify the concept of structural drift as a measure of system viability under resource limitations.
Introduced the concept of structural drift Φ as a system-level measure.
Analyzed the relationship between local performance and overall system failure.
Developed a framework distinguishing growth from survival.
Identified systems with Φ < 0 are likely to fail in a finite expected time.
Formalized the idea of negative expected drift (EV Âm) as a significant metric for viability.

Abstract

We introduce structural drift Φ as a system-level measure of viability under resource constraints. Even when local performance appears optimal, systems with Φ < 0 exhibit failure in finite expected time. This framework distinguishes growth from survival. This formalizes what we refer to as “negative expected drift” (EV Âm).

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Ho Minh (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5ecb5a333a821460d77b https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19358389