http://peertopatent.org/patent/20110022210/activity A process for selecting a surrogate part for metallic plating, the metallic plating of the surrogate part predicting results for the metallic plating of a new or predetermined part is disclosed. The process can include providing a reinforcement learning system having a memory circuitry and a processing circuitry. The memory circuitry can have a database with data associated with a plurality of surrogate parts and data associated with the predetermined part can be entered into the data input module. The processing circuitry can compare the data associated with each of the plurality of surrogate parts and the data associated with the predetermined part and select a surrogate part that affords predicting a plating result of the predetermined part. en-us Process for selecting surrogate part Public PAIR shows that this application has been issued. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:48:30 -0800 http://peertopatent.org/patent/20110022210/discussion