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Method and apparatus for transforming a resource planning data structure into a scheduling data structure

  • US 5,765,139 A
  • Filed: 04/30/1996
  • Issued: 06/09/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for directing a computer system to transform a plurality of data in a planning data structure into a scheduling data structure, each entry of the scheduling data structure having at least a start date, quantity, and duration, comprising the steps of:

  • if the first data is a member of a cost group, setting the duration to 0 and the start date to a beginning of a month;

    if the first data is not a member of the cost group, determining if the first entry is new;

    if the first entry is new, retrieving a second data from the planning data structure;

    setting the quantity for the first entry in the scheduling data structure to the larger of the first data and the second data;

    if the first entry is at least as large as the second entry, setting the start date to a beginning of a month and the duration to approximately a month;

    if the first entry is smaller than the second entry, setting the start date to a date later than the beginning of the month and the duration to a value less than a month; and

    repeating the above steps for all data.

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