For acceleration of pathway selection, application, and ranking in a hybrid network

In a hybrid network representation having a plurality of node types and link types, a method of directing a computer that accesses the hybrid network representation, the method comprising:

• a. Identifying a type of start node and a type of end node;
• b. Determining a plurality of pathways from each node of the start node type to each node of the end node type;
• c. Counting the links between nodes of each of the plurality of pathways;
• and
• d. Ordering the plurality of pathways in order of fewest links per pathway to most links per pathway.

A computer-readable media comprising machine-readable instructions that direct a computational system to execute the method comprising:

• a. Generating an object-oriented schema from a hybrid network schema;
• b. Analyzing the object-oriented schema to determine a plurality of search pathways that link rows in one table with rows in the same or another table of a same or two different relational database of the hybrid network;
• c. Ranking each of the plurality of search pathways for expected computational efficiency;
• and
• d. Providing the search pathways to a query engine in accordance with the expected computational efficiency search ranking.