DATABASE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING VIRTUAL DYNAMIC REPRESENTATIONS OF TAXONOMIC GROUPS

摘要

A continuously updated database is enhanced with virtual dynamic representations of taxonomic groups of records stored in the database. Each record of the database contains a vertical field that identifies a unique entity associated with that record and a horizontal attribute upon which a business decision, related to the corresponding unique entity, may be based. A taxonomic group of database records are defined for each distinct value of the vertical field, and all records in a particular taxonomic group contain a most desirable value of the horizontal field associated with that group's corresponding vertical-field value. The system creates and maintains a virtual representative of each taxonomic group that is automatically updated as the database is updated.