Productivity Metric
Your favorite blogger is having that paralytic feeling again but, as per usual, being in lab is much easier than getting to lab. It's the activation energy that kills me.
P = M - (h + w) / [E(A1) + E(A2) + E(A3) + E(A4) + E(An)]
Where P = productivity quotient.
Let M = motivation to work. Let h = headache value; w = (cold * wet) factor. Let E(A1) = energy to get out of bed; E(A2) = energy to leave apartment; E(A3) = energy to leave coffee shop; E(A4) = energy to begin experiment; E(An) = energy to complete experiments from previous day(s).
As you can see, unless M is extremely high, any increase in energies of activation is likely to result in decreased productivity. The numerator is also dependent on the negative contributions of headache and inclement weather variables.
Interestingly, the variable h is correlated to w through a series of complex differential equations, as well as to t(pd), the time to onset of menstruation.
h ~ w - t(pd)
M is dependent mainly on S(pw) (success in lab during the previous week) and on the proximity of the PI (dPI).
M ~ S(pw) - dPI
Activation energies are propotional to [O], the concentration of obstacles between the resting state and the completion of the task, divided by S(b), the amount of serotonin free in the brain.
E(A) = [O] / S(b)
P = M - (h + w) / [E(A1) + E(A2) + E(A3) + E(A4) + E(An)]
Where P = productivity quotient.
Let M = motivation to work. Let h = headache value; w = (cold * wet) factor. Let E(A1) = energy to get out of bed; E(A2) = energy to leave apartment; E(A3) = energy to leave coffee shop; E(A4) = energy to begin experiment; E(An) = energy to complete experiments from previous day(s).
As you can see, unless M is extremely high, any increase in energies of activation is likely to result in decreased productivity. The numerator is also dependent on the negative contributions of headache and inclement weather variables.
Interestingly, the variable h is correlated to w through a series of complex differential equations, as well as to t(pd), the time to onset of menstruation.
h ~ w - t(pd)
M is dependent mainly on S(pw) (success in lab during the previous week) and on the proximity of the PI (dPI).
M ~ S(pw) - dPI
Activation energies are propotional to [O], the concentration of obstacles between the resting state and the completion of the task, divided by S(b), the amount of serotonin free in the brain.
E(A) = [O] / S(b)
posted by Joolya at
12:44 PM
1 Comments:
Sorry, but, seriously, caffeination level needs to figure into this equation somewhere, not just "energy to leave the coffee shop". After all, one wouldn't have enough energy to leave the coffee shop without adequate caffeination, surely; but it is complicated by the fact that caffeine adds directly to several forms of E, as well as to M.
Still working on where & how best to factor that in.
Math brain in poor nick today. Need more caffeine........
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