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Rate-Limited Systems Failure

Demand Profile

Definition

The temporal and procedural structure of demands on a regulatory system. Demand profiles can be shaped to reduce pressure: batch processing, staged submission, or structured deliberation cycles modulate when pressure arrives.

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Universities that admit students once per year have a different demand profile than rolling admissions. The annual cycle concentrates pressure but also allows recovery; rolling admissions spread pressure but eliminate recovery periods.

Source

RSRLS Section 4

Related Terms from Rate-Limited Systems Failure

Rate-Limited Resource

Throughput Limit

Recovery Asymmetry

Regenerative Feedback

Non-Governing Mechanism

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