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Manufacturing or service system allocating resources to associated demands by comparing time ordered arrays of data

  • US 5,128,860 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1989
  • Issued: 07/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for altering the physical state of predetermined input materials by allocating one or more resources to meet one or more predetermined demands on the resources, comprising:

  • providing predetermined input materials having a physical state it is desired to alter;

    identifying a plurality of demands for altering the physical state of the predetermined input materials;

    providing a plurality of physical resources needed to perform the desired alteration of the physical state of the predetermined input materials;

    converting the demands into an array of physical resource capacity requirements for each resource which is ordered in time and has entries only for time values when the required capacities change;

    providing for each resource an array of available capacities which is ordered in time and has entries only for time values when the available capacities change;

    comparing the time ordered arrays of required and available capacities to determine whether and when the available capacities equal or exceed the required capacities and, when successful, modifying the time ordered array of available capacities to provide an up-dated time ordered array of available capacities reflecting the assignment of available capacities to meet the requirements associated with the demands, wherein the up-dated time ordered array of available capacities only has entries when the up-dated available capacities change; and

    applying the resource required first in time to the input materials to change the physical state thereof.

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