Building an Equation

For a more general overview of Affect Engineering, please visit the section An Overview of Affect Engineering (Work in progress). Below are the main variables in the equations.  As time goes on I will list modifications of the functions that might be used to model different things.  The range of values for each variable will be mentioned on each page.  Most, however, have values ranging range from zero to one.  Some exceptions include Self-Distinction (either positive one or negative one), Time, Emotional Units, the Half-life of Attention, and the Doubling-Time of Inattention. As for a working definition of emotion, the following sums it up. Emotion: A cognitive and physiological response that signals success or failure with regards to the acquisition of entities (both corporeal and non-corporeal) valued for the fulfillment of specific purposes that are either harbored by the self or vicariously interpreted as belonging to others, as in other people, animals, or anthropomorphized objects.  The cognitive/physiological response response may also be understood as a call to action if the deadline to act to acquire or safeguard an entity is imminent.

• The x-axis and y-axis: Time and the Emotional Unit
• Existence
• Utility Components: Sufficiency; Uniqueness; Sentiment
• A 1:1:1:1 Ratio
• Appraisal Towards the Restoration of Equilibrium
• Self-Distinction
• Threat: Severity and Susceptibility
• Efficacy: Response and Self
• Attention: to Threat and to Efficacy
• Inattention: to Threat and to Efficacy
• Half-Life of Attention
• Doubling-Time of Inattention
• Trigonometric Functions, Biological Rhythms, and Entropy
• Multi-dimensional Modeling
• The z-axis: The Organization of Different Entities Being Valued for the Same Purpose and Complementary Purpose
• The d-axis: The Organization of Multiple Valuations of Entities for Multiple Purposes and Complementary Purposes for a Single Individual
• The c-axis: The Organization of Vicariously Experienced Valuations for a Single Individual
• The e-axis: Valuations and Vicariously Experienced Valuations for Multiple People
• Categories of Emotions
• Sample Neurological Models

Other Links Within This Section

What is Affect Engineering?

An Overview of Affect Engineering

Additional Concepts