Job release with multiple constraints
First Claim
1. A method of scheduling the release of jobs from a pool of pending jobs, the method comprising:
- selecting a job;
determining available machine capacity for said job based on job characteristics of said job and machine information including machine availability information about one or more machines capable of processing said job;
allocating at least some of said available machine capacity to said job subject to multiple job release constraints; and
updating said machine availability information to reflect said allocating.
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Abstract
To schedule the release of jobs from a pool of pending jobs, machine information and information about items to be processed are used to determine available machine capacity. Available machine capacity is allocated to jobs subject to multiple job release constraints. Allocation may be performed first for any pending jobs which were partially released during a previous time interval, and then to new jobs in decreasing order of determined job rank. If different operative constraints dictate different numbers of units of a job to be released, the minimum number of units meeting each constraint may be released. After the number of units to be released has been determined for a job, machine information is updated to account for available capacity consumed by the release of the selected number of units of the job. Updated information may be used for job release scheduling of the next job.
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68 Claims
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1. A method of scheduling the release of jobs from a pool of pending jobs, the method comprising:
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selecting a job;
determining available machine capacity for said job based on job characteristics of said job and machine information including machine availability information about one or more machines capable of processing said job;
allocating at least some of said available machine capacity to said job subject to multiple job release constraints; and
updating said machine availability information to reflect said allocating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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34. A machine-readable medium including code for scheduling the release of jobs from a pool of pending jobs, comprising:
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machine-executable code for selecting a job;
machine-executable code for determining available machine capacity for said job based on job characteristics of said job and machine information including machine availability information about one or more machines capable of processing said job;
machine-executable code for allocating at least some of said available machine capacity to said job subject to multiple job release constraints; and
machine-executable code for updating said machine availability information to reflect said allocating. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A computing device comprising a processor and persistent storage memory in communication with said processor storing machine-readable code for directing said device to schedule the release of jobs from a pool of pending jobs, comprising:
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means for selecting a job;
means for determining available machine capacity for said job based on job characteristics of said job and machine information including machine availability information about one or more machines capable of processing said job;
means for allocating at least some of said available machine capacity to said job subject to multiple job release constraints; and
means for updating said machine availability information to reflect said allocating. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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