A method and system for classifying small collections of high value
entities with missing data. The invention includes: collecting
measurement variables for a set of entity cases for which classifications
are known; calibrating standard weights for each measurement variable
based on historical data; computing compensating weights for each entity
case that has missing data, computing case scores for each of one or more
dimensions as a sum-product of compensating weights and variables
associated with each dimension; executing an iterative process that finds
a specific combination of compensation weights that best classify the
entity cases in terms of distinct scores; and applying a resulting model,
which is determined by the specific combination of compensation weights,
to classify other entity cases for which the classifications are unknown.