The phrase "a minimal input from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small amount of contribution or feedback from someone in a particular context.
Example: "The project was completed successfully with a minimal input from the stakeholders."
Alternatives: "a small contribution from" or "a slight input from".
As k increases, sensitivity at low input becomes more like a threshold response, such that a minimal input is needed to stimulate significant change in output.
The next generation, such as the US Navy's X-47B, will be even more advanced, with onboard intelligence that will allow it to adapt its course and fly with only minimal input from a pilot.
Other services like MyShoebox do similar things when it comes to NeroKwik's automated gallery-generation tools, which organize photos into "Tapestry" galleries based on minimal input from a user, but they also require you to upload images to the service to begin with.
4 Anyone with diabetes, including type 2 diabetes, has to make multiple daily choices about the management of their condition, such as appropriate dietary intake, physical activity, and adherence to drugs, often with minimal input from a healthcare professional.
On the assumption that citizens reason and behave roughly according to the Downsian model, either the society must in fact be run by a relatively small group of people with minimal input from the rest or it will be very poorly run.
This would allow for students as a whole class to build a more robust theoretical structure of cellular biology, with minimal input from the instructor.
Film experts said the fact that the five Cuban feature films in competition at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema this year were shot digitally, most of them with minimal input from the institute, was a watershed.
The World Cafe is yet another method that allows for a structured conversation to take place among students, with minimal input from the instructor.
After talking to analysts, partners and competitors, and prying some very minimal input from Amazon itself, I suspect the company has a two-tiered vision for the future of shipping.
