TY - JOUR
T1 - An Input/Output Approach to the Structural Analysis of Digraphs
AU - Burns, James R.
AU - Winstead, Wayland H.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Input/output analyses of digraphs representing dynamic systems are developed and presented. The relevant literature in control and system theory is reviewed. This review leads to the use of input and output reachability as being particularly appropriate for input/output analyses. Methods and algorithms are presented for determining input reachability and output reachability. These notions are applied to Forrester's WORLD2 model. Relationships between input/output reachability and the level partition are fully developed. Implications for input and output selection and analysis are given.
AB - Input/output analyses of digraphs representing dynamic systems are developed and presented. The relevant literature in control and system theory is reviewed. This review leads to the use of input and output reachability as being particularly appropriate for input/output analyses. Methods and algorithms are presented for determining input reachability and output reachability. These notions are applied to Forrester's WORLD2 model. Relationships between input/output reachability and the level partition are fully developed. Implications for input and output selection and analysis are given.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0019896162&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TSMC.1982.4308771
DO - 10.1109/TSMC.1982.4308771
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0019896162
SN - 0018-9472
VL - 12
SP - 15
EP - 24
JO - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
IS - 1
ER -