COMPUTER-BASED RATING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIVARIATE, HIERARCHICAL DATA-MANAGEMENT INTERFACE

摘要

A computer-based rating system is configured to manage multivariate, hierarchical data through an interface. The interface presents transformations of the hierarchical data that can be made at a host machine into entirely new information and presentation forms that can enable users at client machines to perform any one or more of a variety different interrogations including inspection of the computational basis for the transformations, exposing hierarchical information underlying a particular rating value, interaction with one or more of such parameters to influence the computed rating value presented to a given user. In more particular aspects, the rating system can include controls to limit which users can influence the computation of rating values. The rating system interface can be configured to provide users with multivariate geometric renderings, optionally with statistical or benchmark information rendered as well, using the hierarchical data and data transformations described herein.