Patent ID: 8934112
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of determining a cell configuration in a print production environment, the method comprising: identifying a set comprising a plurality of print production devices, wherein each print production device is available to be used in a cell of a print production environment; running a first simulation using the plurality of print production devices to determine: a first primary performance metric value associated with assigning the plurality of print production devices to the cell, and a first secondary performance metric value associated with assigning the plurality of print production devices to the cell; determining whether the first primary performance metric value satisfies a first constraint and the first secondary performance metric value satisfies a second constraint; and in response to determining that the first primary performance metric value and the first secondary performance metric value satisfy the one or more constraints: identifying one or more subsets, wherein each subset comprises a unique portion of the plurality of print production devices, wherein each portion comprises a number of print production devices that is less than a number of print production devices in the plurality of print production devices, for each subset, running a second simulation using the print devices associated with the subset to determine: a second primary performance metric value associated with assigning the print devices associated with the subset to the cell, and a second secondary performance metric value associated with assigning the print devices associated with the subset to the cell, selecting one of the subsets based on one or more of the associated second primary performance metric value and the second secondary performance metric value, determining one or more removed print production devices, wherein each removed production device is included in the set but not the selected subset, and removing the removed print production devices from the set to create a modified set.