Probability comparator

Claim 1

A PROBABILITY COMPARATOR CAPABLE OF COMPARING THE MAGNITUDE OF EACH PROBABILITY OF EVERY POSSIBLE CONCLUSION D1 THROUGH DM WHICH MAY BE DRAWN AGAINST THE GIVEN STATE OF OBSERVED PHENOMENA XU THROUGH XN COMPRISING A MATRIX HAVING N ROW AND M COLUMN WINDINGS ASSOCIATED RESPECTIVELY WITH CONCLUSIONS AND OBSERVED PHENOMENA X1 THROUGH XN; A PLURALITY OF ADMITTANCE ELEMENTS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SELECTED ONES OF SAID ROW WINDINGS TO SELECTED ONES OF SAID COLUMN WINDINGS; SAID ADMITTANCE ELEMENTS HAVING DIFFERING ADMITTANCE VALUES TO CORRESPOND TO THE RELATIVE PROBABILITY OF THE EXISTENCE OF A CONCLUSION DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF AN OBSERVED EVENT; MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID ROW WINDINGS FOR PROVIDING A READING RELATED TO THE SUM OF ALL OBSERVED EVENTS RELATED TO EACH OF SAID ROW WINDINGS; AN ELECTRICAL SOURCE; SWITCH MEANS OPERABLE TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF AN OBSERVED EVENT CONNECTED TO EACH OF SIAD COLUMN WINDINGS; EACH OF SAID SWITCH MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO CONNECT SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE TO SELECTED ONES OF SAID ROW WINDINGS UPON CLOSURE THEREOF; SAID READING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF AMMETERS EACH BEING CONNECTED TO AN ASSOCIATED ROW WINDING; SAID ELECTRICAL SOURCE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ADJUSTABLE VOLTAGE SOURCES EACH CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLUMN WINDING ADAPTED FOR REGULATING THE INTENSITY OR SEVERITY OF AN OBSERVED PHENOMENA.