Abstract: Broadly there is provided a control system in the form of a decision support system for a matter; the matter of indeterminate duration; and during the course of the matter third-party inputs are received consecutively and periodically for the duration of the matter; the decision support system allowing replication of an expert's approach to a complex problem; said system comprising: At least a primary clipboard into which data is entered by the user into one or more data windows; a database of public information comprising data modules for selective input into a Data Matrix relevant to the matter; preconfigured specialist algorithms assembled by an expert knowledgeable in decision-making in relation to the matter; the specialist algorithms contained in a Decision Support mode of the decision support system; an input system by which the third-party inputs comprising each item of data presented to the User as a matter progresses are consecutively and periodically assembled by a user at first instance on to the

Abstract: Broadly there is provided a control system in the form of a decision support system for a matter; the matter of indeterminate duration; and during the course of the matter third-party inputs are received consecutively and periodically for the duration of the matter; the decision support system allowing replication of an expert's approach to a complex problem; said system comprising: At least a primary clipboard into which data is entered by the user into one or more data windows; a database of public information comprising data modules for selective input into a Data Matrix relevant to the matter; preconfigured specialist algorithms assembled by an expert knowledgeable in decision-making in relation to the matter; the specialist algorithms contained in a Decision Support mode of the decision support system; an input system by which the third-party inputs comprising each item of data presented to the User as a matter progresses are consecutively and periodically assembled by a user at first instance on to the

Abstract: This invention concerns a control system that makes use of a computer user interface to control a process having a plurality of different stages of operation, in particular a multi-stage legal process. The system comprises a computer memory that stores a decision tree having a network of interconnected nodes, each of which represents a stage of the multi-stage process. The system further includes historical patterns of entries made by users and a plurality of different types of resource information for each stage of the multi-stage process. In use, each node requires an input to satisfy specified criterion, in response to which, one of the downstream nodes is automatically selected and the computer screen is updated. Input is made by a user either directly or automatically as determined by a selected historical pattern of entries.