Table 4.
Improvements in the Information Content Scores.
| (l, d) | Initial Pattern | Score | First Tier Pattern | Score | Second Tier Pattern | Score |
| (11,2) | AACGGTCGCAG | 125.1 | CCCGGTCGCTG | 147.1 | CCCGGGAGCTG | 153.3 |
| (11,2) | ATACCAGTTAC | 145.7 | ATACCAGTTTC | 151.3 | ATACCAGGGTC | 153.6 |
| (13,3) | CTACGGTCGTCTT | 142.6 | CCACGGTTGTCTC | 157.8 | CCTCGGGTTTGTC | 158.7 |
| (13,3) | GACGCTAGGGGGT | 158.3 | GAGGCTGGGCAGT | 161.7 | GACCTTGGGTATT | 165.8 |
| (15,4) | CCGAAAAGAGTCCGA | 147.5 | CCGCAATGACTGGGT | 169.1 | CCGAAAGGACTGCGT | 176.2 |
| (15,4) | TGGGTGATGCCTATG | 164.6 | TGGGTGATGCCTATG | 166.7 | TGAGAGATGCCTATG | 170.4 |
| (17,5) | TTGTAGCAAAGGCTAAA | 143.3 | CAGTAGCAAAGACTACC | 173.3 | CAGTAGCAAAGACTTCC | 175.8 |
| (17,5) | ATCGCGAAAGGTTGTGG | 174.1 | ATCGCGAAAGGATGTGG | 176.7 | ATTGCGAAAGAATGTGG | 178.3 |
| (20,6) | CTGGTGATTGAGATCATCAT | 165.9 | CAGATGGTTGAGATCACCTT | 186.9 | CATTTAGCTGAGTTCACCTT | 194.9 |
| (20,6) | GGTCACTTAGTGGCGCCATG | 216.3 | GGTCACTTAGTGGCGCCATG | 218.8 | CGTCACTTAGTCGCGCCATG | 219.7 |
The consensus patterns and their corresponding scores of the original local optimal solution obtained from multiple random starts on the synthetic data. The best first tier and second tier optimal patterns and their corresponding scores are also reported.