Event Outcome

An Event Outcome is a state of the world that was caused by an event (and represents the resultant condition after the event occurrence).

AKA: Event Result, Event Consequence, Event Effect, Event Aftermath.
Context:
- It can characterize the change in state between pre-event conditions and post-event conditions.
- It can affect subsequent event sequences through causal chain relationships.
- It can provide evidence for event occurrence in retrospective analysis.
- It can become the subject of evaluation processes to determine outcome significance.
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- It can range from being an Observable Event Outcome to being an Unobservable Event Outcome, depending on its event outcome detectability.
- It can range from being a Deterministic Event Outcome to being a Stochastic Event Outcome, depending on its event outcome predictability.
- It can range from being an Immediate Event Outcome to being a Delayed Event Outcome, depending on its event outcome temporality.
- It can range from being a Singular Event Outcome to being a Compound Event Outcome, depending on its event outcome complexity.
- It can range from being a Reversible Event Outcome to being an Irreversible Event Outcome, depending on its event outcome permanence.
- It can range from being a Localized Event Outcome to being a System-Wide Event Outcome, depending on its event outcome scope.
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- It can be predicted by an Event Outcome Prediction System (that solves an event outcome prediction task).
- It can be measured using event outcome metrics to quantify outcome magnitude and outcome impact.
- It can be documented in event outcome records for historical analysis and accountability purposes.
- It can trigger event outcome responses from affected systems and stakeholders.
- It can serve as input for risk assessment processes and future planning.
- It can create patterns that enable predictive modeling of similar events.
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Examples:
- Natural Event Outcomes, such as:
  - Weather Event Outcomes like flood damage from precipitation events.
  - Geological Event Outcomes like terrain alteration from earthquake events.
  - Biological Event Outcomes like ecosystem changes from species introduction events.
- Random Process Event Outcomes, such as:
  - Coin Toss Outcome (for a coin toss event) producing heads or tails.
  - Dice Roll Outcome (for a dice roll event) yielding specific numerical values.
  - Random Experiment Outcome Member from probability experiments.
- Agent-Caused Event Outcomes, such as:
  - Act Outcomes caused by performed acts, such as:
  - Social Event Outcomes like relationship changes from interaction events.
  - Economic Event Outcomes like market price changes from trading events.
- System Event Outcomes, such as:
  - Technical System Event Outcomes from system operations or system failures.
  - Game Outcomes determining winner states and loser states.
  - Risk Event Outcomes from realized risks and hazard events.
- Cognitive Event Outcomes, such as:
  - Learning Event Outcomes changing knowledge states.
  - Decision Event Outcomes selecting course of actions.
  - Perception Event Outcomes forming belief states.
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Counter-Examples:
- Event Trigger, which precedes and causes the event rather than resulting from it.
- Event itself, which is the occurrence or happening rather than its consequence.
- Event Description, which is a representation of the event rather than its result.
- Event Context, which is the surrounding conditions of the event rather than what it produces.
- Event Potential, which represents possible future events rather than actual outcomes.
- Counterfactual Event Outcome, which represents what might have happened rather than what did happen.
See: Event, Event Chain, Causal Relationship, Outcome Analysis, Event Prediction, State Change, Act Outcome, Random Outcome, Risk Event, Event Trigger, Consequence Analysis Task, Consequence Measure.