1. A method comprising: specifying a class network having a class, wherein a membership function defines a likelihood that an object of a data network belongs to the class; specifying a process step that is part of a process hierarchy; acquiring table data values that include pixel values of an image of cell components; generating the data network by generating the object of the data network and by selectively linking selected table data values to the object according to the class network and the process hierarchy; and quantifying the cell components.