Patent ID: 8447763

Claim:
A method for numbering antecedents by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a nontransitory computer-readable medium comprises: providing an outcome by an executable instruction stored on the nontransitory computer-readable medium, a plurality of contributing antecedents, and a plurality of preceding antecedents; categorizing, by an executable instruction stored on the nontransitory computer-readable medium, antecedents and the outcome in cohorts; assigning, by an executable instruction stored on the nontransitory computer-readable medium, of a unique indexing number for each outcome and antecedent, wherein the unique indexing number is a number set comprising a contributor line number, a cohort number, a combination number, and a counterpart sequence number; calculating, by an executable instruction stored on the nontransitory computer-readable medium, of contributor line number, wherein the contributor line number of the antecedent is determined by an antecedent formula dependent on the contributor line number assigned to the outcome; and calculating, by an executable instruction stored on the nontransitory computer-readable medium, the contributor line number for each antecedent using the following formula: M cn =P C +( n− 1)× N C-2 where M cn is the contributor line number for the antecedent, P C is the contributor number for the direct outcome of the antecedent, n is a number (an integer from 1 through a maximum of N) for the associated antecedent for the outcome, N is a total number of direct contributors per cohort, and C is the cohort of the antecedent.