1. A method for measuring or quantifying a degree of relevance between two or more citationally or contextually related data objects, comprising the following steps: measuring the number and type of relevance links between said two or more data objects of interest; and applying a probability transform function to probabilistically determine or estimate an event probability that a particular defined relationship exists or will exist between said two or more data objects of interest, said transform function being formulated or determined through multi-variate regression analysis and wherein the existence or non-existence of the particular defined relationship is the dependent variable and wherein the number and type of relevance links is provided as one or more of the independent variables.