Method, system and aggregation engine for providing structural representations of physical entities

A system for providing a structural representation of a physical entity, comprising:

• a first processing unit having a label representing an element of a physical entity, the first processing unit further having a state and a link element for setting up at least one link towards a second processing unit;
• an aggregation engine for updating, through at least one iteration, the state and the label of the first processing unit based on a state and on a label of the second processing unit, and on the at least one link;
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• an output for providing a graphical representation of the physical entity based on the at least one link and on the labels of the first and second processing units;
• wherein each of the processing units comprise a processor coupled to a memory, the memory being configured to store a value of a label and a value of a state for the processing unit and to store a value of a link between the processing unit and another processing unit;
• wherein a state of a given processing unit reflects a level of influence the given processing unit on other processing units and wherein a label of the given processing unit is an internal representation of a given element of the physical entity;
• wherein updating the state and the label of the first processing unit is further based on the state and the label of the first processing unit before the at least one iteration;
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• wherein a strength of the at least one link between the first and second processing units is set according to a relationship of respective elements of the physical entity.

An aggregation engine for providing a structural representation of a physical entity, comprising:

• an interface for communicating with processing units;
• a memory configured to store values of labels and values of states for a plurality of processing units, and to store values of links between the processing units;
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to update, through at least one iteration, a state and a label of a first processing unit based on a state and on a label of a second processing unit, and on a link defined between the first processing unit and the second processing unit;
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• a graphical unit for forming a graphical representation of the physical entity based on the link and on the labels of the first and second processing units and
• a graphical interface for outputting the graphical representation;
• wherein a state of a given processing unit reflects a level of influence the given processing unit on other processing units and wherein a label of the given processing unit is an internal representation of a given element of the physical entity;
• wherein updating the state and the label of the first processing unit is further based on the state and the label of the first processing unit before the at least one iteration;
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• wherein a strength of the link between the first and second processing units is set according to a relationship of respective elements of the physical entity.