Patent ID: 8037005

Claim:
A computerized method for the analysis of a system, the method comprising: initializing by a processor a model into a state corresponding to a given state of the system, creating a discordant variables list of characteristic variables whose value in the system differs from that predicted by the model, and for each characteristic variable of said discordant variables list, a process that includes: creating an initial suspect variables list of influent variables that may have generated the discordant value of said discordant variable, creating a restricted list of suspect variables by filtration of said initial list of suspect variables, and wherein, based on the use of a model of said system, where said model includes at least two variables divided into one or more groups, each of said groups being defined by, and including, one or more variables called characteristic variables and grouping together all the other variables, called influent variables, having a direct or indirect influence on the value of at least one of said characteristic variables of said group.