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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Saurabh Bhola, Drogheda, IE;
Gary Denner, Longwood, IE;
Paula M. Keohan, Dungarvan, IE;
Michael J. Loughran, Dublin, IE;
John Meade, Dublin, IE;
Saurabh Bhola, Drogheda, IE;
Gary Denner, Longwood, IE;
Paula M. Keohan, Dungarvan, IE;
Michael J. Loughran, Dublin, IE;
John Meade, Dublin, IE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for managing development of a model set comprised of one or more object models by a plurality of model developers. Each model developer may be considered an interested party. For example, when a model developer changes an area of the model, that person becomes the most interested party in other changes made to the same area. An automated mechanism is provided to track changes made to the model set and informs interested parties as changes are made or after changes are made to the model based on a weighting system. In one embodiment, the weighting system may be based on a distance from the changed portions and on the amount of time since a party last made a change to the same area.