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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Murray R. Cantor, Westwood, MA (US);
Sunita Chulani, San Jose, CA (US);
Kate Ehrlich, Newton, MA (US);
Mary E. Helander, North White Plains, NY (US);
Giuseppe Valetto, New York, NY (US);
Mark N. Wegman, Ossining, NY (US);
Clay E. Williams, New York, NY (US);
Murray R. Cantor, Westwood, MA (US);
Sunita Chulani, San Jose, CA (US);
Kate Ehrlich, Newton, MA (US);
Mary E. Helander, North White Plains, NY (US);
Giuseppe Valetto, New York, NY (US);
Mark N. Wegman, Ossining, NY (US);
Clay E. Williams, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system constructs a socio-technical network representing design and development processes. In one aspect, a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process is established; an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types is established; one or more relationships between the nodes in the network of inter-personal interactions are determined; one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network are determined; and one or more relationships between the nodes in the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network are determined.