métodos para determinar quais os membros, individualmente ou em combinação, de um conjunto elementar de testes intermediários são preditivos de um conjunto elementar de resultados de teste de uso final, para prever se uma amostra candidato atenderá ao conjunto elementar de resultados de teste de uso final, para prever se uma amostra de lubrificante candidato será aprovada em um teste de uso final escolhido para lubrificantes, para determinar qual a combinação de membros de um conjunto elementar

The present invention is directed to a method that determines the necessary and sufficient tests to relate a variety of apparently non-related tests to desired final test results. The present invention also provides a method to determine those tests which, having been shown capable to be used in a high-throughput environment, are able to predict end-use qualification test results for lubricants, greases or industrial fluids. As a corollary, the present invention provides a method to select lubricant formulations and components based on apparently non-related, but predictive tests. In an applied example, the present invention is directed to a device and method that produces and evaluates formulated lubricants, functional fluids, and greases by determining previously unknown relationships between Intermediate Tests and End-use Tests.