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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Yang LI, Ipswich, GB;
Simon Giles Thompson, Ipswich, GB;
Nick Giles, York, GB;
Hamid Gharib, Ipswich, GB;
Yang Li, Ipswich, GB;
Simon Giles Thompson, Ipswich, GB;
Nick Giles, York, GB;
Hamid Gharib, Ipswich, GB;
British Telecommunications plc, London, GB;
Abstract
An interactive workflow schedule optimizer arranged to enable a user to reconfigure an instantiated workflow for a task comprising a plurality of actions having a predetermined dependency relationship to each other. The optimizer comprises means to input one or more user-specified constraint conditions into the workflow schedule optimizer; means to regenerate a workflow dependent on user specified condition from the instantiated workflow, the regenerated workflow satisfying said one or more user-specified constraint conditions. The optimizer optimises the global utilisation of the resources required to fulfil the user request by processing in parallel the resource requirements of each of said plurality of actions required by the regenerated workflow.