Also, that tree is a great representation; it's much more clear to me now. Thanks Weregoose!
Actually, this seems like a by-far better solution. Why weren't we doing this from the beginning?
I think this requires more steps computationally, but it may be simpler to program on a computer, I don't know. Using the same inputs from earlier, make a graph like the one below, then ask, "Which Hamiltonian path gives the greatest sum?" – the only restriction being that you must return to the starting point again after landing on all four vertices (which agrees with the definition of a Hamiltonian path, so rotations are automatically accounted for).



The answer should remain 01011→11110→10100→10001→01011.
That might be simple for me to program. I'll have to ruminate on the possibilities.
  
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