In this article the algorithm for calculating a mutual influence of the
vertices in cognitive maps is introduced. It has been shown, that in the
proposed algorithm, there is no problem in comparing with a widely used method
- the impulse method, as the proposed algorithm always gives a result
regardless of whether impulse process, which corresponds to the weighted
directed graph, is a stable or not. Also the result of calculation according to
the proposed algorithm does not depend on the initial impulse, and vice versa
the initial values of the weights of the vertices influence on the result of
calculation. Unlike the impulse method, the proposed algorithm for calculating
a mutual influence of the vertices does not violate the scale invariance after
increasing the elements of the adjacent matrix, which corresponds to the
cognitive map, in the same value. Also in this article the advantages of the
proposed algorithm on numerous examples of analysis of cognitive maps are
presented.