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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Hisashi Kashima, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Hisashi Kashima, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A workforce analysis method for solving L-based clustering problem of multinomial distributions of workforce data includes acquiring workforce allocation data, arranging the workforce allocation data in sets of fraction data with respect to the Ldistances, clustering the sets of fraction data t corresponding set of cluster centers, or Ldistances for each set, minimizing the sets of fraction data based on the cluster centers or Ldistances and outputting analysis results of the clustering problem.