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:
      • Deliberate Action Outcomes from conscious agent choices.
      • Accidental Action Outcomes from unintended actions.
      • Collective Action Outcomes from coordinated group behavior.
    • 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.

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