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A mechanism for determining analogy and symmetric comparison among objects based on characteristics and weighting values provided by an operator or calling program. The characteristics of each object are defined in a reference table. A similarity table is constructed in which comparisons and differe

A mechanism for determining analogy and symmetric comparison among objects based on characteristics and weighting values provided by an operator or calling program. The characteristics of each object are defined in a reference table. A similarity table is constructed in which comparisons and differences between objects are detailed based on whether they possess similar characteristics. The weights are used to provide a quantitative measure of similarity and difference.

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A system for determining a selected relationship among a plurality of objects each having a plurality of characteristics having diverse values, said system comprising: A. Association means for establishing associations among characteristics of said objects; B. comparison means for performing a selec

A system for determining a selected relationship among a plurality of objects each having a plurality of characteristics having diverse values, said system comprising: A. Association means for establishing associations among characteristics of said objects; B. comparison means for performing a selected similarity operation in connection with each of the values of associated ones of said objects\characteristics to determine a characteristic similarity value associated with said characteristics; and C. similarity determination means for performing a composite operation in response to the characteristic similarity values for determining a composite similarity value representing a degree of similarity among objects.