Patent ID: 7177774
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for quantitatively evaluating a complexity associated with a configuration of a system under evaluation, comprising the steps of: collecting configuration-related data for the system under evaluation; quantitatively analyzing at least a portion of the configuration-related data to estimate a configuration complexity of the system under evaluation; and reporting the configuration complexity of the system under evaluation based on the quantitative analysis; wherein the step of quantitatively analyzing at least a portion of the configuration-related data to estimate the configuration complexity of the system under evaluation further comprises computing one or more configuration complexity scores; and further wherein the one or more configuration complexity scores one or more of a human completion time score, an error rate score, an error severity score for a specified number of human operators with specified skill levels, and a raw complexity score based on statistical summarization of the collected configuration-related data.