Structural approach to system analysis (Q1097205)

Structure systems are considered whose units can be described by the operators \(A_ i:\) \(X_ i\to Y_ i\). Information about the structure is useful in solving the systems of equations \(F_ i(X_ i,Y_ i)=0\). Models of dynamic systems consisting of causal operators are analyzed, and robustness problems are discussed. To solve the dynamic problems in terms of operators \(A_ i\) representing the cause-and-effect relations between the variables and specifying the structure is better than to write them down in the form of systems of equations.