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'''Partitioning on an Element'' is used in a cyclical way to order the indexing of the matrix under development. 

In the process of [[Partitioning|partitioning]], data are supplied that partially fill the matrix. Each cycle may involve several parts, and each part involves the ''same four steps'': 

* First cycle has only one part, and four steps 
* Second cycle may have as many as three parts, depending on the results of the first
cycle. 
* Third cycle may have as many as nine parts
* The nth cycle may have as many as 3<sup>n-1</sup> parts.

Experience suggests that only a few cycles will normally be needed to develop a [[Reachability Matrix]], and the number of parts will seldom be as high as the stated maxima.



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