other versions are possible for example according to another embodiment of the present invention a method or process is disclosed wherein an n dimensional n d array is created whereby the search among plural n d coordinate positions most central to each of plural planar spatial arrays therein is reduced by a collapse of space or of temporal contingencies analogous to that described in claim 1 thereby facilitating the final disposition of plural items arranged in a predetermined order according to plural parameters according to this embodiment plural criteria for sorting items is assigned to each of n dimensions each of said plural criteria for sorting items is assigned its own higher level ordinal rank among said plural criteria while items are sorted within each criterion the remaining criteria associated with each item are themselves sorted while items are placed according to the inventive process as applied to each of plural spatial arrays representing the order of item selection mapped to the order of the local sorting principle the arrays are likewise mapped according to the mapping of the order of item selection to the order of plural supraordinate sorting principles thereby reducing the steps required to achieve a desired outcome according to another example of the present invention a method or process is disclosed wherein means for indexing and moving physical tokens according to the sorted order of items arranged by the.