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Workflow scheduler

US8078487B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2007
Grant dateDec 13, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/1097
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interactive workflow schedule optimizer arranged to enable a user to reconfigure an instantiated workflow for a task comprising a plurality of actions having a predetermined dependency relationship to each other. The optimizer comprises means to input one or more user-specified constraint conditions into the workflow schedule optimizer; means to regenerate a workflow dependent on user specified condition from the instantiated workflow, the regenerated workflow satisfying said one or more user-specified constraint conditions. The optimizer optimises the global utilisation of the resources required to fulfil the user request by processing in parallel the resource requirements of each of said plurality of actions required by the regenerated workflow.

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