Scheduling for service projects via negotiation

US9336516B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• T. K. Balachandran · Raleigh, US
• Pu Huang · Shandong, CN
• Kaan K. Katircioglu · Yorktown Heights, US
• Ta-Hsin Li · Yorktown Heights, US
• Ying Li · Potsdam, US
• Axel Martens · White Plains, US
• Rakesh Mohan · Somers, US
• Krishna C. Ratakonda · Yorktown Heights, US
• Richard B. Segal · Chappaqua, US
• Lisa A. Smith · Denver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2013
• Grant date: May 10, 2016
• Expiry date: May 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L41/5006
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Assignment scheduling for service projects, in one aspect, may comprise preparing input parameter data for servicing a client service request; generating a schedule for servicing the client service request by executing an optimization algorithm with the input parameter data; determining whether the schedule is acceptable by the client; and repeating automatically the preparing, the generating, the transmitting and the determining until it is determined that the schedule is acceptable by the client, wherein each iteration automatically prepares different input parameter data for inputting to the optimization algorithm and generates a different schedule based on the different input parameter data.