Patent Document ID: 7505947
Application ID: 11255200
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. In a computer controlled genetic algorithm method for providing solutions involving physical constraints comprising: generating an existing population of N, where N represents the number of solutions (chromosomes) to a problem, each solution (chromosome) including a set of values for M, where M represents a predetermined number of said physical constraints (genes); regenerating a next generation from said initial population by reproducing P solutions where P represents a percentage of N solutions obtained through the application of a set of genetic operators to said N solutions (chromosomes); applying a weighted fitness function to said P solutions to fail and thereby discard a number of said P solutions; adding the undiscarded solutions to a number of existing solutions to provide the next generation of solutions; and after a plurality of said regenerating steps, selecting the solution having the highest fitness function value; the improvement comprising: applying said genetic algorithm method for providing solutions to determine the optimum arrangement of tangible objects each having defined linear dimensions within a container of defined linear dimensions; counting the number of a plurality of said regenerations for each solution; and changing said set of genetic operators for each solution after a predetermined plural number of said regenerations.