Patent ID: 6014633
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for the production of at least on standard bill of resources, from bills of resources which include a list of resources to be utilized in performing a procedure, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:selecting a plurality of bills of resources from a known universe of bills of resources;developing a model for each of the selected bills of resources, each of said models including values which correspond to the number of units of given resources from the selected bills of resources;manipulating said models mathematically to highlight similarities and dissimilarities of defined characteristics in said models;expressing the manipulated models in a format in which a relative position of each of said manipulated models may be determined, the relative position of each of the manipulated models reflecting the degree of similarity or dissimilarity to the other manipulated models;analyzing said selected bills of resources based upon the expression of the manipulated models; andproducing the at least one stand bill of resources based on the analysis of the bills of resources.