Systems and/or methods for path finding on model structures

US10685313B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SOFTWARE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Werner Munkes · Wœlfling-lès-Sarreguemines, FR
• Markus Werner · Zweibrücken, DE
• Stefan Ruschel · Lebach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 16, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/067
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Certain example embodiments described herein relate to defining relevant data for analysis and reporting for modeled processes and process-related data. In certain example embodiments, a normal (and potentially-non-expert) user can define a model, object, or a relation as “source” and “target” of interest. The user also may be able to make a question more concrete, e.g., by specifying stopovers, a number of steps that might be between the source and the target, etc. A net of different paths from the source to the target may be retrieved as result, representing all possible relations, including those that are implicit. Such information also can be selectively excluded from the net, e.g., if the user does not want to evaluate same. However, the user can be reasonably sure that all relevant data for analysis has been returned, even though the definition was made without consulting an expert.