A comparative study of applying Mason’s Rule in the case of flow-graphs and bond-graphs

Abstract

The paper presents two methods to analyzethe electric circuits using the flow-graphs and thebond-graphs studying the differences between thesemethods.As it can be noticed, the two methods are totallydifferent; their common point being Mason’s rule thatis applied in both cases but it is applied differently foreach type of graphs.

Keywords

• flow-graphs
• bond-graphs
• Mason’s rule