abstract |
The present invention provides methods for combinatorial materials development comprising the steps of: (1) creating a set of initial points, (2) testing the set of points according to a determined definition of fitness, (3) choosing a subset of the points based on the selection criteria, (4) perturbing points in the subset until a new larger set is generated that satisfies any determined constraints, and (5) repeating steps 2 and forward until an acceptable set of points is found. |