1. A data process for measuring the fractional satisfiability of a given numeric sequence based on conformity with a predetermined constraint on the minimum and maximum difference between consecutive values in the sequence, comprising the steps of: (a) inserting and/or deleting values in the sequence to produce a new sequence such that the new sequence conforms to the predetermined constraints; (b) determining the minimum total number of such insertions and deletions; (c) returning the fractional satisfiability based on the total number in (c) in proportion to the sequence size, and (d) deriving a comparison between the fractional satisfiability and another fractional satisfiability and (e) based on the comparison selecting or deselecting the numeric sequence.