Patent ID: 7962356
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of causing a particular computer system to create a deployment plan for staff members with single or multiple qualifications for performing activities, each activity requiring at least a single qualification, the method comprising: repeatedly generating, by a processor associated with the particular computer system, a deployment plan assignment of the staff members, and assessing a quality of the assignment generated regarding the state of coverage of activities by using a target function, using, by a processor associated with the particular computer system, one of the assignments on the basis of the assessment of the quality as the assignment representing the deployment plan, wherein the target function comprises a normal-activity term: and a multi-activity term: wherein the normal-activity term and the multi-activity term are combined to form the target function as follows: wherein a longer time interval of the deployment plan assignment is divided into shorter time intervals t, where A MA refers to a multi-activity which is a thought bundling of activities to which staff members with single or multiple qualifications are assigned, R maximizing the coverage of activities by minimizing the target function.