Figure 1.

Flowchart of Steady-State Determination: After identification of all CQs of the system, the algorithm performs a loop where in each pass one cycle of the steady-state graph is removed. Since for each cycle the nodes are analyzed with regard to the number of in- and outflux rates, the graph structure as well as the structure of the steady-state equations is kept as simple as possible. Once the steady-state graph is tree-like, the remaining equations are solved and equations are returned.