Order Method

The Order solving method is the second most popular type, after Recipe. An Order is a permutation of a list of items, where Evolver attempts to find the best way to arrange those items. Unlike the Recipe and Budget solving methods, which ask Evolver to generate values for the chosen variables, this solving method asks Evolver to use the existing values in the model.

An Order could represent the order in which to perform a set of tasks. For example, it might be desirable to find the order in which to accomplish five tasks, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The Order solving method would scramble those values, so one scenario might be 3, 5, 2, 4, 1. Because Evolver is just trying variable values from the initial sheet, there is no min-max range entered for adjustable cells when the Order solving method is used.