Table 2b: Comparison of the results of GA and MBB for the frequency maximization problem.

	GA	GA With 4 Ply Rule	MBB	Original BB	MBB With Four Ply Rule
Value of Fitness (Frequency [rad\s])	2.51 x 105	2.42 x 105	2.54 x 105	2.54 x 105	2.43 x 105
CPU Running Time [s]	10.21	10.23	0.30	3.67	0.31
Number of stacking sequences evaluated	4000	4001	88	291	89