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A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for generating a data request graphical user interface during project assessment. First, a request form including a plurality of fields relating to an assessment is displayed utilizing a network. Data is then received in the fields utilizing t

A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for generating a data request graphical user interface during project assessment. First, a request form including a plurality of fields relating to an assessment is displayed utilizing a network. Data is then received in the fields utilizing the network in response to displaying the request form. Then, the data is stored in a database. The stored data is then used in an assessment of a project.

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A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for generating a data request graphical user interface during project assessment. First, a request form including a plurality of fields relating to an assessment is displayed utilizing a network. Data is then received in the fields utilizing t

A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for generating a data request graphical user interface during project assessment. First, a request form including a plurality of fields relating to an assessment is displayed utilizing a network. Data is then received in the fields utilizing the network in response to displaying the request form. Then, the data is stored in a database. The stored data is then used in an assessment of a project. a first control computer operable to control a first apparatus carried by said vehicle, said first control computer determining a vehicle driving force, computing a vehicle acceleration as a function of said vehicle speed signal and estimating a mass of said vehicle as a function of said vehicle driving force and said vehicle acceleration only if said gear ratio is between predefined high and low gear ratio values; a second control computer operable to control a second apparatus carried by said vehicle, said second apparatus different that said first apparatus; and a communications path disposed between said first and second control computers, said first and second control computers configured to communicate information therebetween via said communications path, said information including information relating to said mass of said vehicle. 9. A method of estimating vehicle mass comprising: determining a road speed of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine coupled to a transmission; determining a gear ratio of said transmission; determining a vehicle driving force; computing a vehicle acceleration value as a function of said road speed; and estimating a mass of said vehicle as a function of said vehicle driving force and said vehicle acceleration value only if said gear ratio is between first and second predefined gear ratio values and an engine fueling command is above a fueling command threshold. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the estimating step is further conditioned upon said road speed being between first and second predefined road speed values. 11. The method of claim 9 wherein the estimating step is further conditioned upon said vehicle acceleration value being above a vehicle acceleration threshold. 12. A system for estimating vehicle mass comprising: a first sensor producing a vehicle speed signal indicative of road speed of a vehicle carrying an internal combustion engine; a second sensor producing an engine speed signal indicative of rotational speed of said engine; a fuel system responsive to a fueling signal to supply fuel to said engine; and a control circuit producing said fueling signal and computing an engine driving force as a function thereof, said control circuit responsive to said engine speed signal to determine a first resistance force associated with at least one accessory driven by said engine and to compute a net driving force as a function of said engine driving force and said first resistance force, said control circuit determining a vehicle acceleration value as a function of said vehicle speed signal and estimating a mass of said vehicle as a function of said vehicle acceleration value and said net driving force. 13. The system of claim 12 wherein said control circuit is responsive to said vehicle speed signal and an established vehicle mass value to determine a second resistance force corresponding to a force required to overcome a rolling resistance of at least one wheel driven by said engine, said control circuit computing said net driving force further as a function of said second resistance force. 14. The system of claim 13 wherein said control circuit is responsive to said vehicle speed signal to determine a third resistance force corresponding to a force required to overcome a rotational resistance of a drivetrain driven by said engine, said control circuit computing said net driving force further as a function of said third resistance force. 15. The system of claim 14 wherein said control circuit is responsive to said vehicle speed signal to determine a fourth resistance force corresponding to a force required to overcome an aerodynamic resistance acting upon said vehicle, said control circuit computing said net driving force further as a function of said fourth resistance force. 16. The system of claim 15 wherein said control circuit is operable to compute said net driving force as a difference between said engine driving force and a sum of said first, se