METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS WITH RESPONDENT DIRECTED BREEDING
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each comprising at least one attribute variant to a respondent;
receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives;
transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives; and
receiving a response from the respondent indicating the requested identified variant.
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Abstract
A method comprises displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each including at least one attribute variant to a respondent, receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives, transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives and receiving a response from the respondent identifying at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each comprising at least one attribute variant to a respondent; receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives; transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives; and receiving a response from the respondent indicating the requested identified variant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each comprising at least one attribute variant to a respondent; receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives; transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives; and receiving a response indicating the identified requested attribute variant. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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