METHOD FOR CORRELATING BEHAVIOR BETWEEN TWO ELEMENTS OF A SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF MUTUAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS

A method for correlating behavior between two elements of a system to determine the presence of mutual interaction between the elements, the method including measuring the behavior of two elements of a system over time with respect to mutual interaction, thereby producing two behavior functions, expressing a plurality of constraints on a theoretical distance c between the behavior functions, and determining that the elements are behaving as mutually interacting elements where there exists an actual distance c satisfies the constraints.