1. The human brain operates on a system by which incoming information is processed and stored in memory as a chain, or pattern, of amino acids. This pattern of amino acids is stored for future reference and later, when new incoming information is processed and a pattern generated, the brain makes a comparison of the stored amino acid chain and the new chain. Because information is stored in a pattern in the brain and the incoming signal is also processed temporarily into a pattern, the brain performs a pattern-comparison rather than a database search, makes a simultaneous comparison of all the properties of the amino acid chains and determines the extent of matching, which allows identification of incoming information as new information, recognition as previously-stored information or making a "best guess" based on similarities to previous patterns. The real strengths of this system are that discrete patterning of these chains allows for virtually unlimited combinations, there is massive memory storage capacity and minute changes in patterns can be detected. 2. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems attempt to allow computers to emulate the style by which the human brain deals with incoming information and reach conclusions which simulate the adaptability for which the human brain is designed. Although these schemes have become more effective in the recent past, they still suffer from difficulties in information storage, retrieval and matching - in essence storing and matching information like a computer and trying to use it like a human. This hybrid performs, but still falls far short of the genuine article, the human brain. 3. MESIA (Multiple Element System Integration Analysis) is a computer software scheme which allows the computer to successfully mimic the human process of intaking information, creating a pattern equivalent, storing that pattern and then later comparing new incoming information to the stored patterns and either achieving a successful match, storing a unique new pattern or making a reasonable "guess" and resolving ambiguities. Instead of chains of amino acids,fields of numbers related to each other are used to achieve almost limitless pattern possibilities. If we combine MESIA with artificial intelligence and an expert system which allows the system to learn new patterns and relations as it builds a base of experience, we can virtually duplicate the functions of the human brain. 4. Unlike computers, MESIA does not require ultra-fine measurements, allows for simultaneous comparison of multiple characteristics (either numerical, auditory, or optical or a combination thereof), accesses and identifies rapidly based on recognition of patterns and can detect trends of changes before any one characteristic exceeds its defined individual range limitations. MESIA also formats the database in relational patterns, creates new patterns of "addresses" for incoming information and provides for the possibility of ambiguity resolution or "best guess" scenarios. It is simple, requiring only that any item have identifiable characteristics to which ranges can be attributed, it is rapid because it performs simultaneous comparison of the whole rather than the disparate parts and the filter by which information is initially stored is also the means by which new information is processed and recognized. The main advantage is that MESIA will detect changes in patterns before any single characteristic exceeds defined limits and unlike a human, it never needs a cigarette break, gossips, gets sick or falls asleep when it should not. |