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Author: Lynn Foster <foster.j.lynn@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:29:13 -0600
Merge pull request #406 from elf-pavlik/illustrate-flows
additional figures explaining flows
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@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ Commitments describe potential future event which involved agents already agreed
Economic event describes past event, something already observed, never some potential future event.
+## Timeline, plans and observations
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+Figure below shows that Economic Events have to be observed and for that reason only appear as records of the past. Future plans get represented with Intents and Commitments.
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+![flows](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/valueflows/valueflows/master/assets/flows.png)
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+## Matching Intents
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+Often agents will start their plans independently and record their initial intents. Later once they make a Commitment with other agent, it will represent a specific shared part of their plans. For that reason any Commitment can result in Satisfaction of providing agent's Intent as well as Satisfaction of receiving agent Intent.
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+![matching](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/valueflows/valueflows/master/assets/matching.png)
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## Granularity
Intents, Commitments, and Economic Events can occur at any granularity that is needed or for which data can be obtained. So they primarily are used for all operational needs, but can also be used at higher levels for analytical and high level planning needs for communities or regions, for example.