TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– Based on knowledge of the variables of a link system and their interrelation, the purpose of this paper is to show how it is possible to specify all the objects relating to dependency chains of a discrete system which are essential in systemic analysis of any system.Design/methodology/approach– An algorithm is designed based on previously developed theoretical concepts which enables the discovery of the aforementioned objects.Findings– A tool has been developed which is able to analyse any system with given variables and dependencies in a fast and economical manner.Practical implications– These results can be applied to a number of cases. For example, in the case of an ecosystem, the structural function associated with each species of the ecosystem can be determined, it could be ascertained whether a group of species covered another group of species, whether there is an invariant group of species can be determined, and the orbit of each species analysed.Originality/value– The algorithm presented in this paper is innovative in that it is a direct transfer of the theoretical results presented in recent publications, and therefore presupposes a different treatment of the qualitative analysis of the system.
VL  - 38
IS  - 9
SN  - 0368-492X
DO  - 10.1108/03684920910991531
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920910991531
AU  - Lloret‐Climent M.
AU  - Esteve‐Calvo P.F.
AU  - Almenara‐Carmona E.
PY  - 2009
Y1  - 2009/01/01
TI  - Algorithm for qualitative analysis of a system's dependencies
T2  - Kybernetes
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1556
EP  - 1565
Y2  - 2024/09/25
ER  -