Last winter I created a system to build symbols dynamically depending on multiple variable values. The effort was published at Directions Magazine and can be found at:
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3564
Business intelligence software has techniques to analyze and handle multivariable data. Technical management consultant George Moon offers an approach that uses parameter/variable driven symbolical displays, colors and cues for interpretation, providing the ability to quickly convey multivariable and spatial temporal data. He includes some fonts and tools to test it yourself.