Patent ID: 8561020
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for computer-aided determination of dependencies of a plurality of modules of a technical system, with each of the modules of the system having a known, first runtime, the method comprising: modifying the first runtime of at least one of the modules by prolonging the runtime by a logarithm of a prime number, resulting in a modified system where the first runtime of each of the modules of the system is unique and different; executing the modified system; measuring a second runtime for each of the modules of the modified system, the second runtime resulting from the modification of the first runtime of the at least one module; and determining whether there is a dependency between a respective module and the at least one module with modified runtime by, determining differences between the first runtimes and the second runtimes, exponentiating the determined differences, and performing a prime factor decomposition on the exponentiated determined differences.