Data mining technique for enhancing library-space management

• US 20060064417A1
• Filed: 09/20/2004
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Levanoni, Menachem, Kurtzberg, Jerome M.
• Application Number:
  US10/945,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20060064417A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying

Abstract

A computer method for enhancing library-space management. The method includes the steps of providing a library-space-requirements database comprising a compendium of individual library-space-requirements history; providing a library-space-availability database comprising a compendium of at least one of library-space management solutions, library-space information, and library-space diagnostics; and, employing a data mining technique for interrogating the library-space-requirements and library-space-availability databases for generating an output data stream, the output data stream correlating library-space-requirements problem with library-space-availability solution.

Claims

1. A computer method comprising the steps of:

i) providing a library-space-requirements database comprising a compendium of individual library-space-requirements history;

ii) providing a library-space-availability database comprising a compendium of at least one of library-space management solutions, library-space information, and library-space diagnostics; and

iii) employing a data mining technique for interrogating said library-space-requirements and library-space-availability databases for generating an output data stream, said output data stream correlating library-space-requirements problem with library-space-availability solution.

2. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of updating the library-space-requirements database.

3. A method according to claim 2, comprising a step of updating the library-space-requirements database so that it includes the results of employing a data mining technique.

4. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of updating the library-space-availability database.

5. A method according to claim 4, comprising a step of updating the library-space-availability database so that it includes the effects of employing a data mining technique on the library-space-requirements database.

6. A method according to claim 2, comprising a step of refining a employed data mining technique in cognizance of pattern changes embedded in each database as a consequence of updating the library-space-requirements database.

7. A method according to claim 4, comprising a step of refining a employed data mining technique in cognizance of pattern changes embedded in each database as a consequence of updating the library-space-availability database.

8. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of employing neural networks as the data mining technique.

9. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for providing an interactive library-space management database, the method comprising the steps of:

i) providing a library-space-requirements database comprising a compendium of individual library-space-requirements history;

ii) providing a library-space-availability database comprising a compendium of at least one of library-space management solutions, library-space information, and library-space diagnostics;

and

iii) employing a data mining technique for interrogating said library-space-requirements and library-space-availability databases for generating an output data stream, said output data stream correlating library-space-requirements problem with library-space-availability solution.

10. A computer comprising:

i) means for inputting a library-space-requirements database comprising a compendium of individual library-space-requirements history;

ii) means for inputting a library-space-availability database comprising a compendium of at least one of library-space management solutions, library-space information, and library-space diagnostics;

iii) means for employing a data mining technique for interrogating said library-space-requirements and library-space-availability databases;

and

iv) means for generating an output data stream, said output data stream correlating library-space-requirements problem with library-space-availability solution.