feedforward
Noun
An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
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The continuum is dynamic through the action of modulating feedbacks and feedforwards.
Verb
To respond in advance
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Contingency is handled by, for example, managers and nurses, through feedforwarding, that is, by acting anticipatively, and thereby raising the prospect of modifying not just the practical means toward an end, but of modifying the end itself.
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feedforwardsfeed-forwardfeed forwardfeedforwardsfeedforwardingfeedforwardedfeedforwarded