1. A system, comprising: an associative memory subsystem including a plurality of matrices pertaining to different non-conformances in a platform, each matrix including related entity values and attributes, the subsystem including at least one processor for providing raw, unfiltered correlations between each matrix relative to each of the other matrices; and a user interface for inputting a free text query to the associative memory subsystem and displaying identified entity values in order of relevance; wherein the at least one processor of the associative memory subsystem uses the free text query to filter the raw correlations to identify those entity values most strongly correlated with the free text query.