Patent Document ID: 20070005522
Application ID: 11370698
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of schedule and resource selection optimization based on an operation of at least one genetic algorithm, the method comprising: employing a single variable length chromosome comprising genes that consist essentially of a value for a resource assigned and a relative order of use for the resource, without requiring a deterministic scheduling procedure; determining fitness of an order of at least a pair of genes in relation to another pair of genes by rating criteria associated with the order of associated genes; using a continuous sub-string crossover method of reproduction for creating sub-strings of genes coupled with a procedure that effects a composite population creation and reproduction process; the procedure comprising creating a population optimization history for the population creation and reproduction process, eliminating at least some less optimum populations in a progression of the reproduction process; and defining at least one optimum schedule and-resource selection based upon a combination of optimized populations that have been reproduced.