Appeal No. 2000-0168 Application No. 08/934,393 executed in a computer programming language of choice for application to various specific end users within specific fields of endeavor for use by professionals within those fields. A given set of events, items and actions pertinent to those fields are symbolically represented in an algorithm used to program a computer. A computer responsive to the algorithm provides a logical analysis of those symbolically represented events, items and actions to produce a result expressed as a logical computation usable by the professional to control industrial systems within those fields of endeavor, which is a useful, concrete, and tangible result. Logical elements are arranged as mathematical “statements” which describe very specific inter-relationships among the elements, i.e., both the real-world problems of industrial systems and specific real-world relationships are symbolically represented as mathematical statements to represent real world problems and how they actually inter-relate, so that computer predictions of the outcome of those inter-relations can be made. A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by the reading of claim 27, a copy of which is attached to this 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007