19. A method of analyzing information regarding a plurality of documents, each having a unique document index, the method comprising the steps of: parsing each document into a plurality of elements; generating a first representation of each of said elements; and for selected pairs of documents, comprised of a first document and a second document, determining a first utility measure based on the respective first representation of the plurality of elements for the documents in that pair.
19. A method of analyzing information regarding a plurality of documents, each having a unique document index, the method comprising the steps of: parsing each document into a plurality of elements; generating a first representation of each of said elements; and for selected pairs of documents, comprised of a first document and a second document, determining a first utility measure based on the respective first representation of the plurality of elements for the documents in that pair. 39. The method of claim 19 wherein said step of determining a first utility measure further comprises the steps of: determining a first intermediate utility measure; determining a second intermediate utility measure; selecting a particular intermediate utility measure from said first intermediate utility measure and said second intermediate utility measure as said first utility measure.