The ocean stores solar energy, swinging waves. Buoys on the waves turn motion into current, but their efficiency depends on shape, placement, and tuning. Previously, these parameters were chosen separately, ignoring the mutual influence in the real sea.

A new model combines all calculations and accounts for uncertainty. The program iterates through buoy geometry, arrangement, and resistance, testing them in any weather, and finds the most powerful and compact configuration. Entropy, a measure of disorder, becomes an assistant in searching for the optimum. This mathematical tool came from aviation: previously it was used to calculate turbulence in engines.

Joint design is rooted in the works of Bernoulli and Euler, and wave motion was described by Stokes.