Software for Qualitative Flow-Path Modeling of Systems

A computer program called "the explicit global-modeling tool" implements a dynamic method of operation by which researchers can (1) determine global flow-path changes that occur during computational simulations of the behaviors of engineering systems; (2) analyze both normal and faulty qualitative system behavior; and (3) identify the corresponding local changes, caused by operational events or failures, in mathematical models of such systems. The program is a generic device-modeling tool that effects a software version of human qualitative analysis of device behavior.