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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2010
Jay W. Benayon, Vaughan, CA;
Mariya M. Koshkina, Vaughan, CA;
William G. O'farrell, Markham, CA;
Vincent F. Szaloky, North York, CA;
Jay W. Benayon, Vaughan, CA;
Mariya M. Koshkina, Vaughan, CA;
William G. O'Farrell, Markham, CA;
Vincent F. Szaloky, North York, CA;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Resource usage calculation for process simulation (such as business process simulation). For each resource used by a simulated process, a usage counter object (or similar data structure) is used. In one embodiment, the usage counter object for each resource includes a list of time slots sorted by start times, and another list of time slots sorted by end times, to keep track of currently-scheduled time slots for this particular resource. In another embodiment, the usage counter object for each resource includes a list of time slots, sorted by start times and having associated end times, to keep track of the currently-scheduled time slots for this particular resource. The usage counter objects also store a count of how many units of this resource are currently in use, and a count of how many users are currently using the resource. These counters are updated using the sorted time slot lists.