Inferencing Learning and Utilisation System and Method

Abstract The present invention relates to the field of learning systems and methodologies, and, in particular, discloses a system and method for learning and performing statistical inference. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided an automatic method for the performance of scientific inferencing on a computational system, comprising: receiving an input description of a hypothesis test, and data on which the hypothesis is being tested; inferring a mathematical formulation of the hypothesis test from the input description for conducting the hypothesis test using the computational system, wherein inferring of the mathematical formulation comprises automatically inferentially selecting an appropriate type of test; executing the hypothesis test on the data using the corresponding inferred mathematical formulation and the input description with the computation system to produce a result; and displaying the result of the hypothesis test