A computer-implemented method for processing a plurality of data entries in a computer data bank persisted in at least one hardware medium, each data entry representing a respective significant pattern and comprising at least one activation attribute and at least one linking attribute, the method comprising:
- (a) priming a first subset of the plurality of data entries based at least in part on a first objective of a plurality of objectives and based at least in part on at least one linking attribute of at least one data entry associated with the first objective, the first objective comprising identifying a first significant pattern selected from the group consisting of:
- a first significant pattern represented by a first data entry of the plurality of data entries, a first significant pattern maintained in a transitory pattern of activation, and combinations thereof, the priming comprising altering, in the computer data bank, at least one activation attribute of each first-subset data entry to at least one distinguishing state of activation;
- (b) identifying, within processed data, a first set of at least one processed significant pattern, the identifying being based at least in part on the primed first subset;
- (c) priming a second subset of the plurality of data entries, each data entry in the second subset representing a respective one of the first set of at least one processed significant pattern, the priming the second subset comprising altering, in the computer data bank, at least one activation attribute of each second-subset data entry to at least one distinguishing state of activation;
- (d) determining whether the first objective has been accomplished, based at least in part on:
- (i) states of activation attributes of data entries belonging to the first subset;
- (ii) states of activation attributes of data entries belonging to the second subset;
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- (iii) at least one relationship among at least two data entries, the at least one relationship being specified by at least one item selected from the group consisting of:
- a filter/exemplar represented by at least one data entry, a linking attribute of at least one data entry, and combinations thereof, the at least one relationship being with respect to at least one dimension of at least one space;
- (e) in response to determining that the first objective has been accomplished, performing at least one operation, with respect to the computer data bank, selected from the group consisting of:
- creating a data entry in the computer data bank representing the first significant pattern and comprising at least one linking attribute associating the created data entry with at least one constituent data entry of the first significant pattern, altering at least one attribute of an existing data entry in the computer data bank to persist the first significant pattern, maintaining the first significant pattern in a transitory pattern of activation by maintaining activation attributes of constituent data entries of the first significant pattern in distinguishing states of activation, and combinations thereof;
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- (f) in response to determining that the first objective has not been accomplished, recursively processing significant patterns of significant patterns by:
- (i) recursively identifying, within processed data, additional sets of processed significant patterns;
- (ii) recursively priming additional subsets of the plurality of data entries, each additional-subset data entry representing a respective processed significant pattern of a respective additional set of processed significant patterns, the priming comprising altering, in the computer data bank, at least one activation attribute of each additional-subset data entry to at least one distinguishing state of activation;
- (iii) recursively determining whether the first objective has been accomplished, based at least in part on states of activation attributes of data entries belonging to the first subset, the second subset, and at least one additional subset, and at least one relationship among at least two data entries belonging to at least two of the first subset, the second subset, and the at least one additional subset, the at least one relationship being specified by at least one item selected from the group consisting of:
- a filter/exemplar represented by at least one data entry, a linking attribute of at least one data entry, and combinations thereof, the at least one relationship being with respect to at least one dimension of at least one space;
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- (iv) terminating the recursive processing in response to determining that at least one condition selected from the group consisting of:
- the first objective has been accomplished, the first objective is to be reformulated, the first objective is to be reassessed, the first objective is to be postponed, the first objective is to be abandoned, and combinations thereof, has been satisfied.