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Results of 100,000 iterations of a stochastic economic optimization algorithm applied to government costs associated with bovine tuberculosis detection in cow-calf herds. Costs were calculated using the national average for values that vary by region. Level (color) indicates frequency of visit by the optimization algorithm, with the optimal solution being that with a level closest to 1.
