The phrase "a certain output" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific result or outcome that is not precisely defined or is variable in nature.
Example: "The program is designed to generate a certain output based on the input parameters provided by the user."
Alternatives: "a specific result" or "a particular outcome".
Fostering a sense of control and self-efficacy, it turns out, is a far more effective way to encourage productivity and creativity than demanding a certain output.
Using the underlying thermodynamic models, a certain input (e.g. air change rate, internal heat gains or sun control) results in a certain output (i.e. room temperature).
Each state in the set is defined in terms of what the machine does when it receives an input; specifically, the machine produces a certain output and passes into another of the states in the same set.
A 2012 review of workplace-empowerment studies since the early twentieth century concluded that helping employees to feel more in control has "proven to be competitively advantageous". Fostering a sense of control and self-efficacy, it turns out, is a far more effective way to encourage productivity and creativity than demanding a certain output.
To generate a certain output, a transfer function can be used.
One does not need to know how technical devices operate, but with some experience, one can expect a certain output on a regular basis.
For example, using nonlinear response sensors implicitly "builds-in" a certain output-input characteristics (tone mapping) of the original image, which is not desired for high-fidelity imaging, and has to be removed.
You know if you have a certain power output in training that will give you a certain time for a certain distance on race day and you can win, because no one else out there can do 4min 13sec for a 4,000m pursuit, for example.
In order to reduce the communication cost, an event-triggered mechanism is utilized to decide when a certain measurement output should be transmitted from sensors to the centralized filter.
Plane seat power ports (when they are available) are limited to a certain voltage output and are configured to stop working if you exceed this during flight.
Recent studies have associated ER stress severity and the relative activation levels of certain output pathways to influence cell-fate decisions.
