Patent Document ID: 8983881
Application ID: 14480858
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for sequencing a plurality of items, the system comprising: a solution store configured to store a plurality of sequences of the items; and a processor programmed to implement a selector, register, accumulator and generator configured to perform a plurality of iterations of a process for generating a new sequence of the items, where for each iteration: the selector is configured to subject the plurality of sequences stored by the solution store to a weighted evaluation in which the plurality of sequences are weighted and compared according to respective measures of efficacy with respect to predetermined selection criteria, the selector being configured to select at least some of the plurality of sequences based on the weighted evaluation; the register is configured to store the selected at least some of the plurality of sequences; the accumulator is configured to effect a statistical treatment of the selected at least some of the plurality of sequences stored by the register, and the generator is configured to employ the statistical treatment to generate a new sequence, wherein for at least one of the iterations, the solution store is configured to further store the new sequence along with a respective measure of efficacy, and for at least one of the iterations, the selector is configured to select a higher-weighted one of the plurality of sequences stored by the solution store to displace a lowest-weighted one of the selected at least some of the plurality of sequences stored by the register.