Method and system for modeling, validating and automatically resolving goals and dependencies between elements within a topology

US8126692B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• William C. Arnold · Mahopac, US
• Daniel C. Berg · Wilton, US
• Brad L. Blancett · Raleigh, US
• Tamar Eilam · New York, US
• Michael D. Elder · Durham, US
• Chad M. Holliday · Holly Springs, US
• Michael H. Kalantar · Millwood, US
• Alexander V. Konstantinou · Campion Road, US
• Narinder Makin · Morrisville, US
• Edward C. Snible · New York, US
• John E. Swanke · Terryville, US
• Andrew Neil Trossman · North York, CA
• Paul Darius Vytas · Toronto, CA
• Alice Yeung · Markham, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for configuring a computing system. A determination is made whether there are any errors in the model, and responsive to determining that there is at least one error in the model, a determination is made whether there is at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error. Responsive to determining that there is at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error, at least one resolution among the at least one resolution for correcting the at least one error is selected to form at least one selected resolution to correct the at least one error. The at least one selected resolution is applied to the model to form a transformed model, and the transformed model is output to a user.