Patent ID: 7895021

Claim:
A method that simulates performance using modules that include cellular automata (CA), fitness landscape, generic algorithm and a graphical interface for disposing of a sensor in an environment, the method comprising: modeling a first plurality of environment elements φ i from i=1, . . . , n corresponding to conditions of the environment to form a flow-field state vector Φ={φ 1 (r,t), φ 2 (r,t), . . . , φ n (r,t)}, such that each element φ i is a function of independent variables of position vector r and time t, such that at least one of the environment elements includes spatial and temporal variation; modeling a second plurality of sensor elements σ i λ from i=1, . . . , n, corresponding to characteristic functionalities of the sensor to form a sensor state vector σ={σ 1 λ , . . . , σ n λ }, such that parameter vector λ represents sensor characteristics; covariantly coupling the environmental elements of the first plurality with the sensor elements of the second plurality to produce a third plurality of configuration elements forming a configuration space array Ω≡{φ i σ i , . . . , φ n σ n }; combining the configuration elements to obtain a fitness function parameter, wherein at least one of the environment elements is a first vector array being covariant with a corresponding at least one of the sensor elements that is a second vector array, such that coupling the first vector array with the second vector array produces a scalar; and outputting the configurations elements to the graphical interface.