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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
James M. Bogusky, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mary Ann Emmett, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Donald A. Hallock, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Arden Steuart Lake, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Joseph Paul Palmeri, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
James I. Paradies, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
William Madison Sipperley, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
James M. Bogusky, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mary Ann Emmett, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Donald A. Hallock, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Arden Steuart Lake, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Joseph Paul Palmeri, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
James I. Paradies, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
William Madison Sipperley, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.