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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Leonardo R. Augusto, Campinas, BR;
Rodrigo Ceron Ferreira DE Castro, Campinas, BR;
Lucas G. Franco, Campinas, BR;
Luis Gustavo P. Machado, Piracicaba, BR;
Carlos E. Seo, Campinas, BR;
Leonardo R. Augusto, Campinas, BR;
Rodrigo Ceron Ferreira de Castro, Campinas, BR;
Lucas G. Franco, Campinas, BR;
Luis Gustavo P. Machado, Piracicaba, BR;
Carlos E. Seo, Campinas, BR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention can increase the odds of choosing the right people for a team by considering their 'rate of interest/knowledge' in multiple topics. Given a known contacts network, represented by nodes interconnected by links, several different sub-networks are identified within it, corresponding to different topics or areas of expertise required to a specific project. For each sub-network, there will be nodes with an associated grade, based on that person's knowledge/interest for the topic related to that sub-network. As such, each node/person receives a grade for each topic. Using these grades, a weight of each link between the nodes is calculated. This process is performed for every node for each topic and associated grade. After that, a superposition of all sub-networks is made and a multiple interest network is yielded.