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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Katiuscia Berretta, Rome, IT;
Francesca Curzi, Rome, IT;
Rossella Donadeo, Rome, IT;
Giuseppe Longobardi, Rome, IT;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, program product and system for planning execution of a plurality of tasks according to a plurality of dependencies includes receiving an indication of a task type and execution time, ordering the tasks into a task list according to a primary ordering criterion, receiving an indication of a dependency type for the task type and an indication of a dependency time for the execution time of a predecessor one of the tasks, ordering the dependencies into a dependency list according to the primary ordering criterion, scanning the dependency list for resolving each current one of the dependencies, identifying the predecessor task as a current one of the tasks having the task type meeting the dependency type and the execution time meeting the dependency time, and planning the execution of the tasks according to the resolved dependencies.