non-monotonic

Under unified government, we find that the endogeneity of the status quo leads to a non-monotonic effect of the size of the legislative majority on gridlock; surprisingly, under unified government, gridlock is higher when the party in control of the legislature has a supermajority than when it has a bare majority.

"Model" Citizens 2009

I clarify the concept of class voting by distinguishing between monotonic and non-monotonic associations between class and vote choice.

Class and Voting: Chavismo and Bushismo 2009

Since then, class voting in Venezuela has been non-monotonic, with the very wealthiest Venezuelans disproportionately voting against Chavez.

Class and Voting: Chavismo and Bushismo 2009

So I'm still left puzzled as to why, when yet again (and again and yet again) the relationship between CO2 and temperature is shown to be non-monotonic and non-linear (as it cannot otherwise be in a very heterogeneous medium such as the surface and atmosphere of the Earth), that the discussion is almost entirely in terms of the 'forcings'.

The Simplest Explanation EliRabett 2010

Reasoning about statistics is horribly non-monotonic more true information selected carefully leads to the wrong conclusions.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Anchoring Effects and the Law: 2009

“Conditional implications and non-monotonic consequence”, in

Logic and Artificial Intelligence Thomason, Richmond 2008

“Circumscription: A form of non-monotonic reasoning”,

Logic and Artificial Intelligence Thomason, Richmond 2008

It suggests that defeasible (non-monotonic) logic, probability theory and other non-classical formal frameworks may be well suited to this task.

Informal Logic Groarke, Leo 2007

In general, for given sample, correlation is a non-monotonic function of running-mean window length.

New Holland and Webster Paper « Climate Audit 2006

Even though this may not drive the entire annual record into a non-monotonic response, it still distorts the temperature/ring width response in a way that cannot be removed by subsequent analysis.

Bristlecones, Foxtails and Temperature « Climate Audit 2006