Patent ID: 8250021

Claim:
A non-transitory storage medium comprising program instructions which are executable by a processor for: identifying a plurality of classification regions within a classification matrix which is framed by ranges of values associated with one or more measurable parameters of particles that are configured for assay analysis; reassigning unit locations jointly assigned to two or more of the plurality of classification regions as non-classification regions; computing a quantity of the jointly assigned unit locations within the classification matrix prior to reassigning unit locations of the classification matrix as non-classification regions; adjusting values of one or more dimensional attributes of one or more of the plurality of classification regions upon computing a quantity of jointly assigned unit locations above a predetermined threshold; identifying unit locations within the classification matrix jointly assigned to two or more of the classification regions subsequent to adjusting values of one or more dimensional attributes of one or more of the classification regions; and iterating the steps of computing a quantity of the jointly assigned unit locations within the classification matrix, adjusting values of one or more dimensional attributes of one or more of the plurality of classification regions, and identifying unit locations within the classification matrix jointly assigned to two or more of the classification regions until a quantity of jointly assigned unit locations within the classification matrix is computed to be equal to or below the predetermined threshold, wherein the program instructions for reassigning unit locations of the classification matrix as non-classification regions comprise program instructions for reassigning the jointly assigned unit locations associated with the classification regions having the quantity of jointly assigned unit locations computed to be equal to or below the predetermined threshold as non-classification regions.