Say, I have this following relation:
output_value = (V0, V1, ..., Vn)
The output_value depends on the input values V0...Vn such that some values when reduced may increase the output_value, and some values when increased may decrease the output_value. On the otherhand, increasing some values may increase the output_value, and decreasing some values may decrease the output_value.
Each Vk value depends on two values Vk_X and Vk_Y. The change in these various Vk_X and Vk_Y values determine the value of Vk and hence affect the final output_value.
A very crude hypothetical example, where there is only one input value V0, could be:
pay_per_employee(V0) = profit(V0_X) / number_of_employees(V0_Y)
productivity = pay_per_employee
(There could be many values Vk that might affect the final productivity value, but I have shown just one value)
Other real-world example could be calculating credit score.
Is it possible to mathematically represent this type of relationship of multiple input values on the final output value? If yes, then what field of mathematics does this fall under?
Also, is there a way in mathematics to avoid divide-by-zero errors in equations?
If you want to look at how small changes in inputs affect the output ("sensitivity analysis"), multivariate calculus can help with that.
If you want to find particular values of the V0, V1, etc which give the highest or lowest output value, that is called mathematical optimization. What kind of optimization (linear, quadratic, local, global etc) depends exactly on what your function looks like.