Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and system for generating text, and particularly but not exclusively to a method and system for generating syntactically correct text for a report. The ability of an expert system to interpret data is limited by the same factor that limits a human expert—data complexity. Therefore, traditional expert systems suffer limitations in interpreting ever increasing volumes of complex data and in converting such data to knowledge. The present invention provides a means for interpreting complex data and in converting such data to knowledge expressed in a textual report.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and system for generating text, and particularly but not exclusively to a method and system for generating syntactically correct text for a report. The ability of an expert system to interpret data is limited by the same factor that limits a human expert—data complexity. Therefore, traditional expert systems suffer limitations in interpreting ever increasing volumes of complex data and in converting such data to knowledge. The present invention provides a means for interpreting complex data and in converting such data to knowledge expressed in a textual report.

Abstract: A ripple down rules knowledge based system for generating an output conclusion in response to an input case, the system including a database arranged to receive and store a plurality of conclusions and a plurality of rules, each new conclusion added to the database being associated with a previously stored conclusion as a refinement of the previously stored conclusion and each new conclusion added to the database being associated with a rule, input mechanism for facilitating input of a case, and output mechanism for outputting at least one previously stored conclusion in response to the input case, the system being arranged such that when multiple identical conclusions are returned by the system in response to an input case and a new conclusion associated with the input case is added as a refinement of the identical conclusions, a list of cornerstone conflict cases associated with all of the identical conclusions is generated, and the system being arranged to receive an input rule indicative of a difference b