Abstract: The disclosed system obtains records from a database, determines weights associated with the records, and obtains a first and a second force acting on a record among the records. The system defines a projection space based on the records, represents the record in the projection space by projecting the record into the projection space to obtain a projected record, and represents the first force and the second force in the projection space. The system repeatedly applies the first force and the second force to the projected record, thereby changing a position of the projected record in the projection space, until an equilibrium between the first force and the second force is reached. The system determines how closely the value associated with the record satisfies the first value associated with the criterion based on a distance between the projected record in the projection space at equilibrium and the first force.

Abstract: The disclosed system obtains records from a database, determines weights associated with the records, and obtains a first and a second force acting on a record among the records. The system defines a projection space based on the records, represents the record in the projection space by projecting the record into the projection space to obtain a projected record, and represents the first force and the second force in the projection space. The system repeatedly applies the first force and the second force to the projected record, thereby changing a position of the projected record in the projection space, until an equilibrium between the first force and the second force is reached. The system determines how closely the value associated with the record satisfies the first value associated with the criterion based on a distance between the projected record in the projection space at equilibrium and the first force.

Abstract: A system for presenting a visual representation of a computing system is disclosed. The system comprises a matching engine that accesses a data store of patterns that can be used as composable design elements to map components of a computing system to a pattern. The system further comprises a visualizer that presents a graphical representation of a pattern mapped by the matching engine. Methods of using this system are also presented.