ABSTRACT
Tier 1 Method (T1M).Reconfiguration is identified by observing the principles of two types of inorganic chemistry reactions: decomposition followed by synthesis (or just synthesis), and the organic chemical/biological reaction whereby biological monomers (amino acids, nucleotides) form polymers (protein, DNA, RNA). Specifically, T1M.Reconfiguration employs the general search algorithm: identify an appropriate starting point; deconstruct it into several components; and study whether selective reconstruction of some or all of these components, with some modifications, will yield useful innovations. Searches based on T1M.Reconfiguration can be further organized according to two different logic matrices: the intra-component reconfiguration matrix and the inter-component reconfiguration matrix. The intra-component reconfiguration matrix captures how search could be conducted if changes are limited to component modifications, without changing connections (interactions) between components. The inter-component reconfiguration matrix captures how search could be conducted if the focus is on how different components connect and/or interact with each other and with elements of the external environment.
