Help with: "Assistant", selection, HTML pages, navigation in the pages, details and result lists

• Description of the "Assistant" functions
  The job of the Assistant is to ask you questions and then to offer you one or more products that are suitable for your particular application on the basis of your answers.
• Description of the "Assistant" technology and presentation of the product
  The "Assistant" was developed within the framework of an EU project in cooperation with the tec:inno company in Kaiserlslautern. The technology used comes from the field of AI research. This technology is called "case-based reasoning" - CBR for short. The basic features of this tool were developed at Kaiserslautern University and the Humboldt University in Berlin. The application technology for the tools was developed by tec:inno. This technology enables us to perform a "fuzzy search" that also finds products that do not exactly meet the defined criteria. This is the first time this technology has been used in an equipment catalogue anywhere in Europe.
• Description of the navigation options in the "Assistant"
  You can answer the questions asked by the "Assistant" in any order. The individual stages in the advisory process are represented by a blue register bar. When you have answered all the questions that are relevant to your specific application, you can start the search (by clicking on the "Result" button).
• Description of the input windows in the "Assistant"
  All the questions affect the result and should be answered wherever possible.
• Description of the result displayed by the "Assistant" and of the result lists
  The result list shows products that are suitable for your specific application. The accuracy of the result naturally depends on the answered questions as well as on the application. This is why you should answer all the questions wherever possible.
• Note on long search time for the first search routine
  During the first search routine, the system executes a number of procedures in the memory, and this can take some time - particularly if the catalogue is used on older computers.