WITH more than 250,000 publications to his name, Professor Philip Parker is the world's most published author.
But how is it possible for a human to pen tens of thousands of books and trade reports in a single year?

A short list of his works HERE are some of Professor Philip Parker's works generated by his computers: Webster's Online Dictionary - one of the largest free online dictionaries with translations in more than 90 languages Economic reports 1) The World Market For Non-Monetary Gold (US$325 [S$480] at www.ebooks.com) 2) The 2007 Import And Export Market For Seaweed And Algae In The US (US$90 at Amazon.com) Health Guides (co-authored with Dr James Parker, Prof Parker's brother) 1)The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook On Muscular Dystrophy (US$24.95 at Amazon.com) 2) The Official Patient's Sourcebook On Thyroid Cancer (US$28.95 at Amazon.com) Webster's Chinese Simplified To English Crossword Puzzles Level 1 (US$14.95 at Amazon.com)

'My computers did it for me,' said the 47-year-old professor of management science and international strategy at world-renowned French business school Insead, which has a campus here.

The program he created is not to churn out novels.

After 10 years of research, he developed a method of programming computers to mimic human authoring behaviour.

A United States patent was secured last month.

His 'Automatic Method of Authoring and Marketing' patent also lets computers author videos and software.

He currently has about 80 computers running non-stop to 'write' his books.

Through his publishing company, Icon Group International, he uses his computers to publish bilingual crossword puzzles, anagrams, health guides, economic forecasts and multilingual dictionaries.

The professor also created, with his computers, a leading online dictionary at websters-online-dictionary.org with translations in more than 90 languages.

But his invention will not create the next J.K. Rowling or Agatha Christie.

'The technology works best with works that resemble mathematical formulae in nature, which involve a lot of repetitive tasks,' said the professor, who divides his time between his US publishing business and teaching at Insead's campuses in France and Singapore.

Classic examples would be books on Sudoku or Haiku - traditional Japanese poetry consisting of three fixed parts of five, seven and five syllables.

Economic reports are also great, he added, because 'you only need nine or 10 reference points to create the forecasts'.

'Harry Potter would be a terrible choice because the time taken to write my program would take longer than writing the book itself,' said Prof Parker.

His publications are sold mainly through Icon's website as well as popular online bookstores like Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com .

None of his titles, however, is close to topping any bestseller lists, but he earns enough to keep his publishing and research operations running.

'I am both the world's most published, but also most obscure, author,' he joked.