Interpreting the Smartphone Life Cycle Through Smarta

Abstract

Many complex systems, such as the product life cycle (PLC), can be described in terms of networks, with elements interacting and based on terms of graph theory. In this article, we intend to analyze the PLC from the point of view of network theory and chaos. To do this we will use the Smarta software, developed by our research group (but not yet in a commercial phase), based on network analysis and that allows us to interpret the virtuous circles that the system possesses, and analyze the causalities by observing the plot of existing relationships between the system’s attractors. Smarta allows us to manage the uncertainty of whether or not the product is ecological, and to be proactive, in the sense of designing strategies that anticipate it. A case study is the PLC of a smartphone, where Smarta will act as a filter since it will allow us to associate the concepts of ecological and attractor, so that if the product is recyclable an attractor will be found, and if it is not recyclable it will lack attractors.