Technique for classification of small collections of high-value entities

A computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• gathering available data about relevant attributes of high-value entities that are to be classified, wherein the relevant attributes include one dependent variable and multiple independent variables for each high-value entity, wherein the dependent variable identifies a particular high-value entity, and wherein the independent variables are values that represent answers to questions asked about the particular high-value entity;
• preparing the available data, about each high-value entity, for analysis by:
• validating values for the available data,
• converting non-numeric values that make up the available data into numeric values, and
• inverting scales as needed such that increases in each independent variable lead to increases in a correlating dependent variable;
• computing a computed weight for each independent variable associated with the high-value entities, wherein the computed weight is set to zero for any independent variable that has missing values, and wherein the computed weight is increased above a standard baseline weight value for any independent variable that has no missing values;
• scoring each high-value entity variable by multiplying each independent variable, of said each high-value entity, by the computed weight to create a score for every high-value entity;
• classifying all high-value entities as cases that have a similar calibration score that is based on a) multiplying each independent variable by its computed weigh to create a weight product, b) summing the weight products for all independent variables into a score for each dependent variable, and c) calculating a combination of scores for each dependent variable to classify similar cases of high-value entities;
• categorizing each high-value entity according to the calculated combination of scores for each dependent variable assigned to the entity;
• and
• representing all high-value entities as high-value entity representations in a calibrated visual model, wherein a newly classified high-value entity, which has missing data in its independent variables, is displayed in a graphical manner such that similarly scored high-value entities are represented in close proximity to one another.