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The analysis module contains algorithms for accessing the database information and arranges the variable and its connectance variables information in a network diagram. The analysis consists of two main functions: Trace-Down Analysis and Trace-Up Analysis. A Trace-Down Analysis function is an analysis to determine the effect of a given direction of change in one production system variable on other variables on the network. A Trace-Up Analysis function, however, starts with a desired direction of change in a variable and works back to find which other variables have to be changed in value and in which direction.