METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COLLECTION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

摘要

An integrated method for searching and reporting the search of electronic data files by receiving a plurality of first and second search concepts from the user, forming the first and second concepts into two-dimensional matrix of paired concepts, performing a search of one or more databases based on all concepts and paired concepts in the matrix, and identifying and displaying a corresponding matrix of search results. An integrated search collection provides formatted documents for drag and drop collection of search information in construction of a search library. An integrated report generation utilizes the format of the collection document for automatic construction of a report.